How to use SEO urls in CakePHP without the id?

@priscilla.langworth 

In CakePHP, you can use SEO-friendly URLs without the ID by utilizing the routes.php file to define custom routes. Here is an example:

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Router::connect(
    '/:slug',
    ['controller' => 'products', 'action' => 'view'],
    ['pass' => ['slug']]
);

In this example, the /:slug URL pattern will match any URL that has a slug value following the root path. The ['controller' => 'products', 'action' => 'view'] setting maps the URL to the view action of the products controller. The ['pass' => ['slug']] setting passes the slug value to the controller action.

In your ProductsController, you'll then need to modify the view action to retrieve the product based on the slug value:

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public function view($slug) {
    $product = $this->Products->findBySlug($slug);
    $this->set(compact('product'));
}

Note that you'll need to define the findBySlug method in your ProductsTable to retrieve the product based on the slug value.