Silex4begginer

##About Easy way to learn a little about Silex and use this micro framework as service.

Installing via Composer

Follow the steps below :

  $ mkdir api-test-silex           # Create a directory for our test
  $ cd api-test-silex              # Enter in new folder created
  $ composer require silex/silex   # set Silex as dependency via Composer

Setting up

• Now we need to use a Silex Application as object to do what we want. So lets start creating a 'index.php' file:

  $ sudo nano index.php

• Then put the contents below inside him:

  <?php
  require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
  $app = new Silex\Application();
  $app->get('/myroute/{name}', function($name) use($app) {
      return json_encode(
		  [
  			"name" => $name,
			  "phone" => '99988-8855',
  		]
	  );
  });
  $app->run(); 

Executing

• For this scenario, we will use PHP Built-in web server. Use the command below:

  $ php -S 127.0.0.1:8888 index.php

• Now access the url http://127.0.0.1:8888/myroute/YourName
• If it works fine, uou will see your some information as json.

Understanding

• This path require_once __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php'; require Composer Autoloader;
• $app = new Silex\Application(); here we create a object of Silex Application;
• $app->get('/myroute/{name}', function($name) use($app) { here we set the route "/ionic/{name}", where the {name} will be send as parameter.
• And here return json_encode(... we have our return for this route

Finish

Simple, no? Any question, send me a mail!