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toadsuck/core
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Front controller and other core libraries used by the Toadsuck project.

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Toadsuck.Core
=============

[](#toadsuckcore)

Core libraries for the [Toadsuck Project](http://toadsuck.github.io)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

[](#core-libraries-for-the-toadsuck-project)

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- Routing - [Aura.Router](https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Router)
- HTTP Abstraction - [Symfony\\HttpFoundation](https://github.com/symfony/HttpFoundation)
- Templates - [Plates Native PHP Templates](http://platesphp.com/)
- Database Abstraction - [Illuminate\\Database](https://github.com/illuminate/database)
- Configuration Management - [FuelPHP\\Config](https://github.com/fuelphp/config)
- Unit Tests - [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit) (of course, why use anything else?)

Learn more at [The Toadsuck Project](http://toadsuck.github.io) or see [Toadsuck.Skeleton](https://github.com/toadsuck/toadsuck-skeleton) for a reference implementation.

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

[](#installation)

Installation of this package is easy with Composer. If you aren't familiar with the Composer Dependency Manager for PHP, [you should read this first](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md).

If you don't already have [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) installed (either globally or in your project), you can install it like this:

```
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
```

Create a file named composer.json someplace (usually in the root of your project) with the following content.

```
{
	"require": {
		"toadsuck/core": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

Suggested Directory Structure
-----------------------------

[](#suggested-directory-structure)

- Your application resides in `src/` and has a base namespace of `Example\Project`
- Your controllers are in `src/controllers/` and have a namespace of `Example\Project\Controllers`
    - Your controllers extend `Toadsuck\Core\Controller`

```
src/
	config/
		local/
			config.php
		test/
		prod/
		config.php
		routes.php
	controllers/
		Home.php
	models/
	views/
		home/
			index.php
		layouts/
			default.php
vendor/
	Composer's installation directory
web/
	index.php
	composer.json

```

Front Controller
----------------

[](#front-controller)

Your `web/index.php` serves as the front controller and contains the following content:

```