njcannington/my-mvc

Custom MVC

In order to gain a better understanding of how the MVC framework operates. I wanted to build one from scratch., _(*1)

Usage

Routing

Within the web/index.php file, all routing is handled with $route->add(). You just need to specify the uri, controller, and action., _(*2)

eg: $route->add("/", "index", "index"), _(*3)

This ensures the home page is routed to the IndexController and returns the indexAction method., _(*4)

Controllers

All controllers should stored in the App\Controllers namespace (and directory), using the syntax {Uppercasename}Controller (eg. IndexController). However the file itself should be all lowercase (eg. indexcontroller.php), _(*5)

The action within the controller uses the syntax {lowercasename}Action (eg. indexAction), _(*6)

Views

Set the view within an action using setView() method. (eg. $this->setView("/login"))). All view files are lowercase and stored in the app\views directory., _(*7)

Setup

Tested with:

1. PHP 5.6 - PHP 7.2
2. Apache 2.4.*
   • needed modules:
     • mod_rewrite
   • set AllowOverride to All
   • point the DocumentRoot to the /web directory within project
3. MySQL 5.7.20