Intuitive admin interface
So easy to use. So easy to customize. You’re going to love the content you build better with ButterCMS.
Handy integration with PHP
Our PHP CMS has a simple content API and drop-in PHP SDK that makes the magic happen in minutes, not hours.
A truly zero-maintenance solution
With ButterCMS, you’ll never worry about security upgrades, hosting, or performance again.
Powerful CMS for PHP. Zero headache.
Drop our API-based CMS into your PHP app in minutes.
ButterCMS provides a component-based CMS and content API for PHP apps. Use ButterCMS to enable dynamic content in your apps for page content, blogs, and anything else. Most customers get our PHP CMS set up in one hour or less.
That leaves plenty of time for you and your marketing team to do what you do best: create killer apps with killer content.
See how Butter’s API enables you to compose flexible page layouts and easily reorder components, without a developer.
“Best CMS on the market”
Butter's API slides right into our apps and lets us avoid having yet another WordPress site. DANIEL, FOUNDER OF COLLECTIVE IDEA
Deploy our PHP Starter in 30 Seconds!
Or follow the below commands to clone a copy of the repo from github, install dependencies, set your free Butter token, and run your local server on localhost:8000/.
$ git clone https://github.com/ButterCMS/larvel-starter-buttercms
$ cd laravel-starter-buttercms
$ composer install
$ echo 'LARAVEL_APP_BUTTER_CMS_API_KEY=your_free_api_token_here' >> .env
$ php artisan serve
Built to make content marketing easy
ButterCMS is the best headless cms for PHP for a simple reason: PHP developers can build solutions that marketing people love. Our API allows your content gurus to quickly spin up high-converting, dynamic landing pages, SEO pages, product marketing pages, and more, all using simple drag-and-drop functionality.
The simplest PHP CMS you'll find
Our simple setup saves you time and money. Take us for a spin to see for yourself!
It's the epitome of plug-and-play simplicity for content creators. It does exactly what I need it to. LUKE GARDNER, CONTENT SPECIALIST, PRINTAVO
Fast integration with any PHP app
Our mission was to make it easy to integrate Butter with your existing PHP app in minutes. It’s so simple! To demonstrate, here’s a mini tutorial to give you a feel for the process of adding marketing pages to your app.
Of course, you can also use our Collections to do advanced content modeling. For a full integration guide, check out our Official Guide for the ButterCMS PHP API client.
See how easily you can integrate the ButterCMS Pages API with your app.
Seamless PHP components
Empower your marketing team with dynamic landing pages that align perfectly with your PHP components.
Components are the essential building blocks of any PHP app, and ButterCMS handles them with ease.
Our drag and drop interface makes it simple to structure your content to match existing PHP components and to create new reusable components whenever you need them.
One PHP CMS with everything you need
There’s a reason so many developers are choosing a headless PHP CMS. It’s easy to set up, offers flexible, customizable content modeling, and gives you access to our full PHP API.
ButterCMS saves you development time
Most customers get our PHP CMS up and running in less than an hour. Try it yourself!
Simple as can be, with powerful features and great customer support. DILLON BURNS, FRONT END DEVELOPER, KEYME
How to integrate ButterCMS into your PHP application
Just follow the simple steps below to complete the integration and begin creating pages with Butter. Be sure to check out our full guide to creating pages using the ButterCMS PHP API.
First you would set up a new Customer Case Study page type in Butter and create a page. With your page defined, the ButterCMS API will return it in JSON format like this:
{
"data": {
"slug": "acme-co",
"fields": {
"facebook_open_graph_title": "Acme Co loves ButterCMS",
"seo_title": "Acme Co Customer Case Study",
"headline": "Acme Co saved 200% on Anvil costs with ButterCMS",
"testimonial": "<p>We've been able to make anvils faster than ever before! - <em>Chief Anvil Maker</em></p>\r\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.buttercms.com/NiA3IIP3Ssurz5eNJ15a\" alt=\"\" caption=\"false\" width=\"249\" height=\"249\" /></p>",
"customer_logo": "https://cdn.buttercms.com/c8oSTGcwQDC5I58km5WV",
}
}
}
To create these pages in our app, we create a dynamic route that fetches content for the page by using a URL parameter in routes/web.php
:
Route::get('/customers/{slug}', 'CustomerController@showCustomer');
Create a new controller in app/Http/Controllers/CustomerController.php
:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response as Response;
use ButterCMS\ButterCMS;
class CustomerController extends BaseController {
private static $apiToken = 'your_api_token';
private $client;
public function __construct() {
$this->client = new ButterCMS(CustomerController::$apiToken);
}
public function showCustomer(string $slug) {
$page = $this->client->fetchPage('customer_case_study', $slug);
return view('customer', [
'seoTitle' => $page->getField('seo_title'),
'facebookTitle' => $page->getField('facebook_open_graph_title'),
'headline' => $page->getField('headline'),
'customerLogo' => $page->getField('customer_logo'),
'testimonial' => $page->getField('testimonial'),
]);
}
}
Display results in resources/views/customer.blade.php
:
<html>
<head>
<title>{{$seoTitle}}</title>
<meta property="og:title" content="{{$facebookTitle}}" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{$headline}}</h1>
<img width="100%" src="{{$customerLogo}}">
<p>{{$testimonial}}</p>
</body>
</html>
That's it! If you browse to your homepage you'll see your homepage populated with the content you created in Butter.
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