In CakePHP 3.0, what's the difference between initialize () and beforeFilter ()?

Question

I am moving from CakePHP 2.x, and I don’t understand what the difference is between initialize() and beforeFilter() . Between them, it seems, a lot of coincidences. When should I use one and not the other?

Answer 1

This is the order in which events occur. initialize() is called immediately after the __construct() method, while beforeFilter() is called only when the action is beforeFilter() .

Answer 2

initialize() always called.

beforeFilter() is optional. If present, it is:

called before the beforeFilter controller, but after the initialifiers () method.

http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/components.html#component-callbacks