Silex-Blog-App: A PHP repository from Mparaiso

#Silex Blog

A blog engine powered with Silex and MongoDB in php

Check out the silex framework , by Fabien Potencier, author of Symfony,Twig,Simso,Pimple ... http://silex.sensiolabs.org

0.0.21 :

help learn silex symfony
- Symfony is the #1 php MVC framework,
- Silex is a framework that allow direct integration with Symfony components but with a fastest learning curve.
help learn MongoDB
- MongoDB allows easy scaling of the database.
create a wordpress like CMS
- Most of clients are used to manage their content with a Wordpress like interface
- this app will try to reproduce the best features of the wordpress CMS , like easy content management , easy template management , and easy plugin extension

user management
- sign in
- sign out
- register
articles management
- create , update , delete articles
- comments
- tags
- articles support key,value metadatas
Symfony modules :
- security
- session
- monolog
- form
- config
- translation
- ...
antispam integration +via Akismet

PHP 5.3.*
MongoDB driver for PHP
a local or remote MongoDB database
an apache server , the server or virtual host root must point to the public folder.
composer for package management

install with composer :

php /path/to/composer/composer.phar install
change the path of the autoloader.php in app/bootstrap.php to "../vendor/autoload.php" or wherever the vendor/autoload.php file is.
use a local MongoDB server (localhost) , the name of the database is by default mongoblog OR set the envirronment variables on your server SILEXPRESS_DBSERVER and SILEXPRESS_DBNAME ( in a .htaccess file with SetEnv for instance ).
get an askimet api key to deal with spammers and declare a envirronment variable called AKISMET_APIKEY

###TODO