CakePHP v3.x how to bake without connecting to a database

Question

I am using CakePHP v3.x and my application has no models, but I would like to return a couple of views or controllers.

$ bin/cake bake template Reports

I tried: * using the option --connectionwith a false or empty string * Removing Datasourcesfrom app.php * Leaving in Datasources, but set Datasources['default']tofalse

All this leads to an error:

Welcome to CakePHP v3.1.2 Console
---------------------------------------------------------------
App : src
Path: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/src/
PHP : 5.6.10
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Exception: The datasource configuration "default" was not found. in [/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Datasource/ConnectionManager.php, line 187]
2015-10-22 02:30:48 Error: [Cake\Datasource\Exception\MissingDatasourceConfigException] The datasource configuration "default" was not found.
Exception Attributes: array (
  'name' => 'default',
)
Stack Trace:
#0 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/ORM/Locator/TableLocator.php(164): Cake\Datasource\ConnectionManager::get('default')
#1 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/ORM/TableRegistry.php(109): Cake\ORM\Locator\TableLocator->get('Reports', Array)
#2 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/bake/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php(282): Cake\ORM\TableRegistry::get('Reports')
#3 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/bake/src/Shell/Task/TemplateTask.php(147): Bake\Shell\Task\TemplateTask->_loadController()
#4 [internal function]: Bake\Shell\Task\TemplateTask->main('Reports')
#5 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Console/Shell.php(447): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#6 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Console/Shell.php(442): Cake\Console\Shell->runCommand(Array, false)
#7 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Console/ShellDispatcher.php(212): Cake\Console\Shell->runCommand(Array, true, Array)
#8 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Console/ShellDispatcher.php(179): Cake\Console\ShellDispatcher->_dispatch(Array)
#9 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Console/ShellDispatcher.php(126): Cake\Console\ShellDispatcher->dispatch(Array)
#10 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/listings/bin/cake.php(33): Cake\Console\ShellDispatcher::run(Array)
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Answer 1

I doubt it will work anytime soon. You can create a ticket like a function request in Github, but this is unlikely to happen because bake uses a DB schema to read fields and builds everything based on the schema.

Table, Model Cake2, $useTable = false. . . .