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kengoldfarb/underscore\_php
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\_php - a lightweight MVC structure. Designed to provide the basics or allow you to change it. Emphasis on speed with routing done at the webserver (apache) layer.

1.0.0(13y ago)014[1 issues](https://github.com/kengoldfarb/underscore_php/issues)GNU General Public License Version 3JavaScriptPHP >=5.3.0

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\_PHP - a lightweight php framework
===================================

[](#_php---a-lightweight-php-framework)

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

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

The easiest way to install is by using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org)

In your composer.json file:

```
{
	"require": {
		"php": ">=5.3.0",
		"kengoldfarb/underscore_php": "1.*",
	}
}
```

Alternately, you can just [Download the source](https://github.com/kengoldfarb/underscore_php/tags)

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

This framework follows the MVC pattern with all routing occuring at the webserver level.

> The best way to enjoy \_PHP is by using it in conjunction with [\_Libs](https://github.com/kengoldfarb/underscore_libs) which can be installed by composer (this is there by default)

```
{
	"require": {
		"php": ">=5.3.0",
		"kengoldfarb/underscore_libs": "1.*",
	}
}
```

### Controllers (and basic routing)

[](#controllers-and-basic-routing)

Creating friendly urls is easy.

`http://localhost/` maps to `controllers/defaultController.php [action=index]`

`http://localhost/hellothere` maps to `controllers/defaultController.php [action=hellothere]`

`http://localhost/lists` maps to `controllers/listsController.php [action=index]`

`http://localhost/lists/add-list` maps to `controllers/listsController.php [action=add-list]`

and so on...

Just check out controllers/defaultController.php for examples.

> For custom routing check out the .htaccess file and the nginx example config file

### Models

[](#models)

Models should be created in models/ and then used normally

```
require_once _MODELS . 'MyModel.php';
$myModel = new MyModel();
```

### Views

[](#views)

Views are included by the controller. This allows you a lot of flexibility to create layouts as you see fit.

```
include _VIEWS . 'header.php';
include _VIEWS . 'myview.php';
include _VIEWS . 'footer.php';
```

See the views/ directory and defaultController.php for examples

### Config

[](#config)

#### Environments

[](#environments)

Environment specific configuration options can be defined in files located in `src/env/`

Mapping your server name to an environment happens in `src/config/environments.php`

#### Constants

[](#constants)

\_PHP defines some handy constants that can be used throughout your code.

`_WEBROOT` The full path to the web root directory (/path/to/project/src/www)

`_MODELS` The full path to the web root directory (/path/to/project/src/www/models)

`_CONTROLLERS` The full path to the web root directory (/path/to/project/src/www/controllers)

`_VIEWS` The full path to the web root directory (/path/to/project/src/www/views)

#### Versioning

[](#versioning)

You can set a version in the `src/config/version.php` file. This is particularly useful for cache busting.

Anything that comes in with a version number will be routed to the corresponding location.

For example:

`http://local.underscorephp.com/v1.2.3/css/bootstrap-responsive.css` is the same as `http://local.underscorephp.com/css/bootstrap-responsive.css`

`http://local.underscorephp.com/v1.2.3/underscore_php` is the same as `http://local.underscorephp.com/underscore_php`

### Webserver Config

[](#webserver-config)

Check out the .htaccess file for apache. Nginx coming soon...

License
-------

[](#license)

[GNU General Public License Version 3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4854d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

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