kigkonsult/defs

defs is a PHP definition handle class package

defs

defs is a PHP definition handle class package,, _(*1)

managing keyed data like, _(*2)

• configurations
• definitions
• locales
• etc

on a class / namespace / HTML page / mvc / component / module / plugin / system (aka node) basis., _(*3)

The purpose of defs is five-folded:, _(*4)

• providing keyed data, _(*5)

  'on-demand',, _(*6)

• using the 'separation-of-concern' paradigm,, _(*7)

  managing configuration/definition/locale sources, not mixed up in business logic,, _(*8)

• contributing higher security, _(*9)

  placing classified or sensitive key data outside the webserver document root,, _(*10)

• consolidating, simultaneously, multiple structured data sources, _(*11)

  csv / ini / php / text / PO source files,, _(*12)

  using PHP scripts as defs data source, provides adaptability to any PHP software,, _(*13)

  database source, currently, MySQL/MariaDB,, _(*14)

  access to the lastest updated source data, using ttl logic, on each date source base., _(*15)

• supporting, _(*16)

  highly demanding and/or changing environments., _(*17)

defs operates in a singleton mode, on node basis (as defined above), or as single object instances., _(*18)

defs utilizes (opt) any PEAR Log complient log class, supporting 'log' and 'flush' methods., _(*19)

The defs class package includes, _(*20)

• the PHP defs factory, base and utility classes, doing the hard work,
• a comprising test set, demonstrating defs use and capabilities.