The no-framework PHP MVC framework | Rasmus' Toys Page. March 1, 2006 - Disclaimer: Since a lot of people seem to me misunderstanding this article. It isn't about OOP vs. Procedural programming styles. I happen to lean more towards procedural, but could easily have gone more OOP. I simplified the code a bit for brevity, but have added a light OO layer back in the model now. Not that it makes a difference. What I was hoping to get across here is a simple example of how you can use PHP as-is, without additional complex external layers, to apply an MVC approach with clean and simple views and still have all the goodness of fancy Web 2.0 features.
So you want to build the next fancy Web 2.0 site? I don't have much of a problem with MVC itself. Goals for this approach Example Application Here is the example application I will be describing. It is a form entry page with a bit of Javascript magic along with an sqlite backend. The Code This is the code layout. The presentation layer is above the line and the business logic below. Input Filtering ui.inc. PHP MVC Best Practices/"Rules" for Success. The True Problem With PHP. There's been a lot of traffic lately about what's wrong with PHP, and counter posts about how good it is. I've even fallen into the fray in an earlier article trying to step up and defend the language. The problem with almost all of these posts is that they focus on the language itself and what's wrong (or right) with it. This is not one of those posts. The True Problem The true problem with PHP lies in the community. The simple fact that a site like w3schools still exists as a top result from a Google search is proof enough of that point.
Why Is It A Problem? This is something I've struggled with. Even if we just look at tutorials talking about accessing data from a database, we get loads of bad information. What Can We Do About It? Part of the problem there is that there hasn't been a good, authoritative tutorial repository for PHP. I'm not really a huge fan of the idea that the php.net documentation should contain tutorials and non-language related content. What Do You Think? Php - Why use a templating engine with a framework. How do you use the MVC paradigm in PHP with ADODB as your DAL. Php - Understanding MVC. PHP MVC from the scratch - How to connect these classes. Write your own PHP MVC Framework (Part 1) | anant garg. What is MVC? From Wikipedia– Model–View–Controller (MVC) is an architectural pattern used in software engineering.
Successful use of the pattern isolates business logic from user interface considerations, resulting in an application where it is easier to modify either the visual appearance of the application or the underlying business rules without affecting the other. In MVC, the model represents the information (the data) of the application; the view corresponds to elements of the user interface such as text, checkbox items, and so forth; and the controller manages the communication of data and the business rules used to manipulate the data to and from the model.
In simpler words- 1. Why should I write my own framework? This tutorial is by no means a comprehensive/definitive solution to your framework needs. So why should you write your own framework? More importantly, you have complete control over your framework. Lets dive right in The Directory Structure Coding Conventions view.php add.php. Php - How should a model be structured in MVC. Php - Architecture more suitable for web apps than MVC. PHP Tutorials Examples Model View Controller MVC. Model View Controller MVC by Kevin Waterson Contents Abstract Model View Controller. This tutorial will take you from the beginning to the end of building a MVC framework. The object is not soley to produce the finished MVC framework, although that will happen, but to demonstrate how MVC works and some of the concepts that lay behind it.. What is MVC?
MVC is a design pattern. In the MVC framework that is created in this tutorial, several key points will be raised. It is beyond the scope of this tutorial to show how to set up htaccess and mod_rewrite and more information on these can be gained from the Apache manual. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ! RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php? The .htaccess file will permit access to the site via urls such as If you do not have mod_rewrite available, the entry to the site will be the same, except that the URL will contain the values needed such as: The Site Structure <?
The Model <? Php - ACL implementation. Php - How should a model be structured in MVC. Yii Framework: Best for Web 2.0 Development.