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PHP MVC

M__ on July 11, 2020

So I got an internship somewhere and assigned a project that uses php...my knowledge of PHP is very basic to be honest and one of the specification...

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Sebastian Vargr • Jul 11 '20 • Edited

MVC is an OOP pattern, do you have a specific framework in mind?

It's a rather old pattern tho, last i checked some of the more diehard MVC PHP frameworks have been slowly moving away from it, since there are more intuitive patterns.

I have not used PHP for years tho, so i am a bit out of the loop. :)

M__ • Jul 11 '20

I was trying to see if I could use codeigniter but the concepts were challenging for me to grasp. The project is time sensitive so I don't have time to learn clearly as I'd like

Kristjan Siimson • Jul 11 '20

While not CodeIgniter specific, Symfony vs Flat PHP does a good job explaining the concept.

M__ • Jul 11 '20

Thank you.I'll take a look at it

Sebastian Vargr • Jul 11 '20

CodeIgniter is a classic, should have plenty of tutorials/examples around for what you need, so at least you have that going for you. :)

M__ • Jul 12 '20

When I look at codeigniter examples I get overwhelmed when I try them and they don't work on my side.

Thallesrangel • Jul 16 '20 • Edited

I have a slightly different view, MVC is very used currently and majority use MVC how pattern.

Sebastian Vargr • Jul 17 '20

Cool, again it's been a while since i did anything PHP. :)

For reference, do you have some examples?

Emanuel H. Farias • Jul 11 '20

I suggest you to take a look at MINI. It is a very simple example of application using MVC concepts. It does not uses any framework. Study the code, it's very simple to read.

Start small, build some CRUD applications.

After you get use to MVC concepts. Try some micro-frameworks, like Lumen. It gives you Routes, Authentication, Database and many more features.