Arc

A lightweight, modern PHP MVC framework. Small core, batteries included, built for PHP 8.4+.

Full documentation → andrewthecoder.com/projects/arcmvc

Principles

• No hidden magic. Request flow is traceable from public/index.php to response.
• Decoupled core: uses a dedicated DI container for service management.
• Secure defaults: including automatic XSS protection in views.
• Fast startup, low memory by default.
• One canonical way to do common things.
• First-party modules for the common website stack, each optional and independently replaceable.

Requirements

• PHP 8.4+
• PDO extension (for database features)
• Composer

Quick Start

composer require andrewthecoder/arcmvc
cp -r vendor/andrewthecoder/arcmvc/skeleton/* .
arc serve

Visit http://localhost:8080

Learn More

Routing, controllers, views, middleware, database, validation, console commands, configuration — all documented at:

andrewthecoder.com/projects/arcmvc

License

MIT