This is a simple PHP framework that I used in a few projects of mine. I was getting annoyed how long it always took to get the basic setup of a PHP website done (classes, pages, actions) so I wrote this framework to help speed up my development process without using one of the big frameworks out there.
No other software required
Here a quick overview on how the framework works.
- [[include/classes/]]
For classes used in your projects, a debug class is already included.
- include/pages/
pagename.inc.php
For pages that are called by index.php?page=<pagename>. pagename.inc.php
must exist and will be included by the index.php file when required.
- include/pages/
pagename/action.inc.php
For each page you can create a subdirectory that will be searched for callable
actions for a page: index.php?page=<pagename>&action=<action>. action.inc.php
must exist in the directory and will be included by the index.php file.
Currently the framework always defaults to home. This still needs to be made
configurable at some point but technical difficulties made this impossible as
a short term solution.
The default action for all pages is unset which means by default the page include file is loaded. Once an action is defined the page include file is skipped and the action loaded instead.
Smarty defaults are configured in the include/smarty.inc.php file. Change if need be but usually the defaults should work for you.
As it is the framework has simple theming support. If you wish to add a new theme create a subdirectory in templates and define that new theme in the global.inc.php configuration file. You will also need to place any images and the CSS in the site_assets directory (which is always public accessible).
The index file is taking care of including all your coded pages and actions. Please prefix each class, function, action and page with a
if (!defined('SECURITY'))
die('Hacking attempt');
This check ensures all files are called through the index.php and not directly.
To use this framework simply upload everything to your webserver and change the permissions on the
templates/compile
templates/cache
to 777 (read/write by everyone) so the Webserver can create the compiled
templates and cache files (if configured, disabled by default).
Once installed just call the index.php and you should see the demo page.
This framework comes with a debugger. Examples on how to use them are given inside the example pages. You can enable the debugger by setting the defined DEBUG variable to your debugging verbosity level. Locate the file in:
You can also add any other defines and configuration variables you use
throughout your scripts in this file. It will be included by index.php.
Author:: Sebastian Grewe ([email protected])
Copyright:: 2013, Sebastian Grewe
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.