MiniFramework

An exercise on how to make an MVC framework from (not really) scratch.

Environment

The framework uses the package vlucas/phpdotenv for environment secret's management.

Environment are stored in the .env file. Use the ENV[$key]super global or the env($key, $default = null) global function to access the individual environment values.

Container

A simple IoC container.

Objects can be bound to the container:

Application::bind(
    $object, 
    $name // opcional
);

For complex objects a Closure can be used:

Application::bind(function(){
    return (new Object())
        ->doSomethingElse();
});

Objects can be resolved:

Or using the helper:

Application::resolve($name);

Here's the list of objects bound by the Application:

• env
• config
• template
• router

The can be resolved using the keyword:

Application::resolve('config');

Routes

For routes the package bramus/router is used.

Add routes in app/routes.php calling the verb method, with the path as a first parameter and a closure as a second parameter:

use Core\Application;

$router = Application::resolve('router');

$router->get('/', function() { 
    // your code here
});

Methods available:

• get
• post
• put
• patch
• delete

Views

Views use the package thephpleague/plates.

You can add views inside the resources\Views folder.

To render the view the view helper can be used. The first parameter must be the name of view's file (without the .php) and the second parameter is an array with available arguments that will become available inside the view:

use Core\Application;

$router = Application::resolve('router');

$router->get('/', function() { 
    
    view('home', [
        'foo' => 'var',
    ]);

});

• Layouts
• Sections

Config

Configuration values can be stored in the App/config.php file. Environment values can be used inside for composing values:

return [
    'title' => env('TITLE', 'MiniFramework 2'),
];

To access the config the helper can be used.

$this->get('/', function (){
    
    $title = config('title');

});

Todo

• Middleware
• Models
• Request
• Singletons for the container
• 404 view