Famework

Famework is a simple to use PHP Framwork to easily create splendid but lightweight web applications, based on a MVC pattern. See Wiki for further information and documentation!

Minimal setup

In order to make Famework ready to use, you have to do the following easy steps:

1. Download the latest version of Famework from https://github.com/LaCodon/Famework/releases and unzip the folder in any folder on your webserver.

2. Create your own project in a seperate folder an make sure it has at least the following folder structure:

   |- index.php
   |- .htaccess
   |- config/
       |- config.ini
       |- routes.ini
   |- controller/
       |- IndexController.php
   |- view/
       |- index/
           |- index.php
   

3. Paste the following in your /.htaccess file ("/" is the root of your project folder)

   
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   

4. Paste the following in your /index.php

   <?php
   
   use Famework\Famework;
   use Famework\Config\Famework_Config;
   use Famework\Registry\Famework_Registry;
   
   // the root folder of the application
   define('APPLICATION_PATH', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
   // the root folder to use in URLS; usually you can keep this as it is
   define('HTTP_ROOT', str_replace(basename(__FILE__), '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . '/');
   // the path to your /view folder
   define('VIEW_PATH', APPLICATION_PATH . 'view');
   // require Famework; yes, that's it!
   require '../Famework/Famework.php';
   
   // activate error_reporting and define default error and exception handlers
   // you can replace this with your own handlers
   // DEACTIVATE error_reporing on production
   error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
   Famework::registerDeafaultHandler();
   // Famework::ENV_PROD for producation
   // this is just a nice constant
   Famework_Registry::setEnv(Famework::ENV_DEV);
   
   // initialize Famework
   $famwork = new Famework(new Famework_Config(APPLICATION_PATH . 'config/config.ini'), new Famework_Config(APPLICATION_PATH . 'config/routes.ini'));
   // this require statement is the simplest autoloader on earth, replace it with your own
   require './controller/IndexController.php';
   
   // handle request and load controller, because this is MVC pattern!
   $famwork->handleRequest();
   $famwork->loadController();
   

5. Paste the following in your /config/config.ini file

   [famework]
   ; make sure you use the correct PHP const names
   public_root = HTTP_ROOT
   view_path = VIEW_PATH
   ; true means, that Famework_Session::start() gets called (session_start())
   use_session = false
   
   [database]
   ; db connection information
   ;db_dsn = "mysql:dbname=test;127.0.0.1"
   ;db_user = dbUser
   ;db_pass = userPassword
   

6. Paste the following in your /config/routes.ini file

   [default]
   ; "{root}" means HTTP_ROOT
   ; e.g.: http://www.example.com/index/index calls IndexController::indexAction() and /view/index/index.php
   famework_route = {root}/:controller/:action
   famework_controller = :controller
   famework_action = :action
   

7. Paste the following in /controller/IndexController.php

   <?php
   
   use Famework\Controller\Famework_Controller;
   
   class IndexController extends Famework_Controller {
   
       /**
        * this function is required
        */
       public function init() {
           // do some init for all actions
       }
   
       public function indexAction() {
           // sets the <title> tag to "Hello World"
           $this->_view->title('Hello World');
       }
       
   }