The PHP paradox: PHP is a web framework. Any attempt at using PHP will result in building a web framework.
composer require 4d47/http-resource:3.*namespace App;
# First you define a 'class' of URLs.
# That's a set of documents that share the same structure of data and operations.
# Instances of the class will represents a specific URL.
class Product extends \Http\Resource {
# The `$path` static variable holds the URL pattern that this resource
# match. When matched, the instance will have properties assigned with
# the pattern variables. Parenthesis can be used for optional variables,
# colon denote a variable and a star matches anything. eg: `/foo((/:bar)/*)`
public static $path = '/products/:name';
# Then you implement HTTP methods, GET, POST, PUT, etc
# to update the instance resource representation.
# Server errors (5xx), client errors (4xx) and redirects (3xx) are sent by throwing
# [http exceptions](http://github.com/4d47/php-http-exceptions).
public function get() {
if ($this->name == 'bazam')
throw new \Http\NotFound();
$this->price = 12;
}
# Implement any other methods you like
public function __toString() {
return sprintf("%s, %d$$", ucfirst($this->name), $this->price);
}
}Default render use scripts located in the views directory and named after the class name. Eg. views/app/product.php. The instance properties are extract before being included. $this reference the resource itself, it can be used to assign properties or call helpers methods. link is used to reference back resource path.
<a href="<?= \App\Product::link($name) ?>">
<?= $this ?>
</a>If there is a file named layout.php in the views subpath, the first one will be used.
The $content variable will hold the result of the first view and $this will also be available.
Eg. using views/layout.php.
<html>
<title><?= $this->title ?></title>
<body><?= $content ?></body>
</html>Finally you bootstrap everything in your index.php by handling
the list of your resources.
\Http\Resource::handle(['App\Product']);See 4d47/php-start for a basic layout of the code.