No libraries, no templates and nothing that you don't need. Yes, this is Yet Another [very simple] PHP Framework. It's entierly contained within one PHP file in about 100 lines, including comments. All functionality is then supplied by plugin files that introduce new functionality.
Currently I see this as a prototyping framework designed to get something in place with minimal effort and without reinventing the wheel.
- Drop index.php in the document root of your server.
- Create the plugins subdirectory under your root.
- Write plugins that do wonderful things.
Note that there is no requirement to download or use the plugins available in the repository. They are not required at all and you are free to never use them. They are utilities that I feel will be most useful to me in my own workflow. I believe that leaving them with the repository will help you get a feel for the development style I have in mind and that they also serve as a source of extended documentation.
The plugins available with this framework are:
- Actions: An API for managing callbacks.
- Output: An API for managing a renderable array
- Preprocess Output: Adds a hook to alter the entire page's renderable array before output
- Render: An API for rendering a renderable array.
- Content: Generates a renderable array for the page's main content
- Page: Generates a renderable array for the entire page; the content array becomes nested within
While I maintain that the entire framework is contained within index.php, I realize that without some additional code it's rather useless. I therefore welcome any submissions of plugins. When a large enough collection exists, a second repository will be created dedicated to only plugins -- this will allow this installation profile to remain very small.