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amostajo/lightweight-mvc
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A light weight (small) MVC framework for Wordpress plugins and themes.

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LIGHTWEIGHT MVC (For Wordpress plugins and themes)
==================================================

[](#lightweight-mvc-for-wordpress-plugins-and-themes)

---

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**Lightweight MVC** is a small framework that adds *Models*, *Views* and *Controllers* to your custom **Wordpress** plugin or theme.

Lightweight MVC utilices existing Wordpress functionality preventing from overloading the already heavy loaded Wordpress core.

This framework was inspired by **Laravel** to add the MVC design pattern to Wordpress development in an efficient, elegant and optimized way.

- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#configuration)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Usage](#usage)
    - [Models](#models)
        - [Aliases](#aliases)
        - [Types](#types)
    - [Views](#views)
    - [Controllers](#controllers)
    - [Engine](#engine)
    - [Helpers](#helpers)
- [Coding Guidelines](#coding-guidelines)
- [License](#license)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 5.4.0

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add

```
"amostajo/lightweight-mvc": "1.0.*"
```

to your composer.json. Then run `composer install` or `composer update`.

**NOTE** If you are not using composer, you can download the ZIP but will need to include the files manually since not autoload will be generated.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Your project needs to store somewhere your `Models`, `Views` and `Controllers`, and **Lightweight MVC** must know where.

Create these as folders, like this:

```
[PROJECT ROOT]
 |---> [controllers]
 |---> [models]
 |---> [views]
```

Then in your `functions.php` or `plugins.php` file set these at the very beginnning, like:

```
// Path to the controllers folder.
$engine = new Amostajo\LightweightMVC\Engine(

	// Path to the views folder.
	$views_path = 'path_to_views_folder',

	// Path to the controllers folder.
	$controllers_path = 'path_to_controllers_folder',

	// Namespace of your plugin or theme. For controller access
	$namespace = 'MyApp'
);
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Models

[](#models)

In **Lightweight MVC**, a `Model` at the end is just a type of Wordpress post. Store your models at the `models` folder.

Here is model example:

```