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[Framework](/categories/framework) 4. / 5. enginr/enginr ActiveLibrary[Framework](/categories/framework) enginr/enginr ============= A lightweight PHP solution to creating easily PHP applications. v1.0.2-alpha(7y ago)261[13 issues](https://github.com/Enginr/enginr/issues)MITPHPPHP >=7.2.0 Since Oct 31Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Enginr/enginr)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/enginr/enginr)[ RSS](/packages/enginr-enginr/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (3)Versions (4)Used By (0) Enginr v1.0.\*-alpha ==================== [](#enginr-v10-alpha) [![GitHub](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/934e91b52d90885c3f9ebf696e8fb84a7955e6b4a69a8c48b2bef2257a5934f3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f6d6173686170652f6170697374617475732e7376673f7374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/934e91b52d90885c3f9ebf696e8fb84a7955e6b4a69a8c48b2bef2257a5934f3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f6d6173686170652f6170697374617475732e7376673f7374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)[![PHP](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9010a1d44aa0751a5e76ac0a928ac51175947e07730dbb0b257b4278ea834d84/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344372e322e302d626c75652e7376673f267374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9010a1d44aa0751a5e76ac0a928ac51175947e07730dbb0b257b4278ea834d84/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344372e322e302d626c75652e7376673f267374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)[![RELEASE](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ca9a251274f599d678c1cf0e3b05b933cf9d9867d95d24e21cf076ad7e33918c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7072652d2d72656c656173652d76312e302e312d2d616c7068612d677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ca9a251274f599d678c1cf0e3b05b933cf9d9867d95d24e21cf076ad7e33918c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7072652d2d72656c656173652d76312e302e312d2d616c7068612d677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666f722d7468652d6261646765) Enginr is a very lightweight micro-framework for writing Web applications or API quickly. Strongly inspired by **Node.js** (and more particularly by its micro-framework **Express.js**), learning how to use it is therefore very simplified if you know these technologies. The biggest difference is the use of `$` for your variables... Yey... 🚩 **Note :** This guide is for the alpha version. Many changes can be made in the near future. - [**Getting started**](#gs) - [Installation](#gs-installation) - [Hello world](#gs-hello-world) - [Using manager (prototype)](#gs-manager) - [From scratch](#gs-from-scratch) - [**Routing**](#route) - [Introduction](#route-intro) - [Usage](#route-usage) - [**Static files**](#static) - [Introduction](#static-intro) - [Usage](#static-usage) - [**Views**](#views) - [Introduction](#views-intro) - [Usage](#views-usage) - [**View engine**](#ve) - [Introduction](#ve-intro) - [Usage](#ve-usage) - [**HTTP**](#http) - [Introduction](#http-intro) - [Request](#http-req) - [Response](#http-res) - [**Middlewares**](#mid) - [Introduction](#mid-intro) - [Usage](#mid-usage) - [**Session**](#session) - [Introduction](#session-intro) - [Usage](#session-usage) Getting started --------------- [](#getting-started) This section will show you how to create your first Enginr application. Installation ------------ [](#installation) It is strongly recommended to use `composer` to work with Enginr. #### Using composer [](#using-composer) ``` composer require enginr/enginr:v1.0.*-alpha ``` #### Using git [](#using-git) ``` git clone https://github.com/Enginr/enginr.git \ cd enginr \ composer update ``` Hello world ----------- [](#hello-world) ### Using Manager (prototype) [](#using-manager-prototype) To easily create an Enginr project, you can use the manager. To use it, start by installing it globally on your machine via composer. ``` composer global require enginr/manager:dev-master ``` Once the manager is installed. We will create our first project... For this guide, I will call it `myProject`. But you can give it any name you want ! ``` enginr create myProject ``` You will have to follow a short interactive guide, then once done, your project will be generated ! Once the generation is complete, go (still in your terminal) to the folder of your project (its name corresponds to the name you gave to your project), then launch the server. ``` cd myProject \ php app.php ``` If your server has started correctly, go to your browser, then enter the address of your server. **Note :** The alpha version of the manager will have given you the address `localhost:8000`. You should see the Enginr welcome page ! ### From scratch [](#from-scratch) The most existing moment... 😁 Let's create our first application ! #### 1. Create a new project [](#1-create-a-new-project) ``` mkdir myApp \ cd myApp ``` #### 2. Deploy Enginr to the project [](#2-deploy-enginr-to-the-project) See [installation](#gs-installation) guide. #### 3. Create the application file [](#3-create-the-application-file) You could named your **application file** like you want. By convention, I will use `app.php` for this guide... ``` touch app.php ``` This will be the **main file** of your application. By analogy, I would say that it is in a way the **"motherboard"** of your application. It will be in this file that you will define the *configuration of your server* and that you will add your different *modules*. #### 4. Let's code ! [](#4-lets-code-) Now, let's define what our application needs a minimum to work. In your `app.php` file, enter the following code. ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; $app = new \Enginr\Enginr(); $app->get('/', function($req, $res) { $res->send('Hello world !'); }); $app->listen('127.0.0.1', 3000); ``` 💡 Need some explanations ? OK. First, we need to instanciate Enginr : ``` $app = new \Enginr\Enginr(); ``` After that, the minimum to do is to declare our first route. Here, we listening for the root route of our website. ``` $app->get('/', ... ``` At the same time, we specify the controller (the action we choose to do) when a user goes to this route ... ``` $app->get('/', function($req, $res) { $res->send('Hello world !'); // Send 'Hello world !' to the client }); ``` Now, your application need an host and a port to listening connections ... ``` $app->listen('127.0.0.1', 3000); ``` #### 5. Run the server [](#5-run-the-server) For our application to work, we need to start it. To do this, let's go to our terminal (to the root location of our project), then launch the application. ``` php app.php ``` #### 6. Test our app [](#6-test-our-app) Open our favorite browser, and enter the host:port of our app. Normaly, we get a great : > Hello world ! That's it ! 🍻 ### Health Score 18 — LowBetter than 8% of packages Maintenance0 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity11 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity44 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 96.3% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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