LIGHT Framework

@author zeyuec, 2013-02-03

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This is a concise and fully functional PHP MVC framework.

Structure

1. Model: Using pdo for DB connection.
2. View: Smarty.
3. Controller: A Simple Router Class.

Breif Doc

1. index.php

All request must be redirected to this file. You can do it like this in nginx.

server {
listen   80; 
server_name _;
root /home/zeyuec/www;

location ~* ^.+\.(ico|js|css|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|zip)$ {
    access_log   off;
    expires      0d;
}

location / {
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    if (!-e $request_filename) {
      rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php/$1 last;
    }
}

location ~ \.php {
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;  
    fastcgi_index  index.php;
    fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO $fastcgi_script_name;
    include        fastcgi_params;
} 

2. core/Light.php

Config file. It also includes a static function for importing Model in Controller.

3. core/LRouter.php

Router Class which is used in index.php.

4. core/LController.php

Base Controller. External libs are imported here.

5. core/LModel.php

Base Model. Support Yii-style (ex: TestModel::model()->doSomthing()). You need to add a function like this in every custom Model:

public static function model($className = __CLASS__) {
    return parent::model($className);
}

How to Install

1. Download: Download Smarty and phpmarkdown. Put them into lib/.

2. Configuration: Read core/Light.php, it's too easy to understand;

3. Format: "TestController.php", "TestModel.php" and "indexAction()" in Controller;

4. Notice: Make sure your Smarty directories are writable.

5. Run Helloworld: Run helloworld.sql then visit your website, this demo will reads data from database and write it out under markdown format.