#defs

defs is a PHP definition handle class package,

managing keyed data like

• configurations
• definitions
• locales
• etc

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

The purpose of defs is five-folded:

• providing keyed data

  'on-demand',

• using the 'separation-of-concern' paradigm,

  managing configuration/definition/locale sources, not mixed up in business logic,

• contributing higher security

  placing classified or sensitive key data outside the webserver document root,

• consolidating, simultaneously, multiple structured data sources

  csv / ini / php / text / PO source files,

  using PHP scripts as defs data source, provides adaptability to any PHP software,

  database source, currently, MySQL/MariaDB,

  access to the lastest updated source data, using ttl logic, on each date source base.

• supporting

  highly demanding and/or changing environments.

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

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

The defs class package includes

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