RForge

RForge Framework (on-going)

The idea is to create an easy to use framework for beginners. We will use the Application () class to load its needed modules such as routes, controllers, models. The model class directly represents the table in the database.

This framework is under development. Will offer MVC Pattern architecture with components, and routing and ORM. Model classes will directly reflect the DB Tables.

To start a new project

On terminal, navigate to your project's directory and run the following code:

    composer require rforge/rforge

Then run this command to generate new autoloader

    composer dump-autoload -o

Sample application

When you completed all the required steps above you can start creating a new application. This is a sample format of your index.php. Call the require_once line as shown below to load the framework. After that line we need to import the Application class by use RforgeApplication;.

    require_once __DIR__."/vendor/autoload.php";

    use RForgeApplication;
    use RForgeSettingsConfig;

    Config::setConnection([
        "host"=>"127.0.0.1",
        "user"=>"root",
        "pass"=>"",
        "charset"=>"utf8",
        "driver"=>"mysql"
    ]);

    $app = new Application("YourProjectNameSpace");
    $app->setTables('Models\'); //<-- Directory path to your models
    $app->database('bld'); // <-- DB Name
    $app->start(); //<-- Start loading the configurations

Note: You must set the config first before running $app->start(), or it will use the default configuration

Models

Models directly represents the database structure. RForge tracks the changes on your models and updates the database. The framework does not support Model Relational Database Mapping yet.

To create your model simply create a new class then assign properties to that class. The class properties will be the name of the columns created in the database. To assign the datatype use the the JSDOC syntax as shown below :

class User{
    /**
     * @INT (10)
     * @AUTO_INCREMENT
     * @PRIMARY KEY
     */
    public $IDS;
    /**
     * @Text
     */
    public $name;
}

Operations

These class holds the database method implementation and must be inherited by your models.

class User extends Operations{
    /**
     * @INT (10)
     * @AUTO_INCREMENT
     * @PRIMARY KEY
     */
    public $IDS;
    /**
     * @Text
     */
    public $name;
}

Using your models

Some of the models return the value to the Model that trigger it. While other methods return the value as an array of that Model. Currently only two methods is supported and more methods will be available soon.

Initialize your model and use the methods below:

• selectAll(array $limit)
  • Returns all the value of the database
  • TODO: customizing the query for order, group etc
• findByID(mixed $id)
  • Returns the row of the that matches the primary of that table

$user = new User(); // initialize the model with operations
$user->findByID(23); // invoke the method
echo $user->name; //output => Alex

Notice that you directly get the value of your query on your model. Some methods returns an array of the Model that triggered the method , while others return the value directly to the class itself

Assigning Models path

You must place these model on a separate folder and should be at the upmost directy. As the filecrawler will find other classes on these directory too.

• App
  • Models <-- This is the path you must put at setTables method in application class.
    • user.php <-- User model
    • product.php <-- Product model
  • img
  • css
  • js
  • index.php

Framework Structure(Developer Reference)

• src
  • App
  • Config
  • Controller
  • Database
  • Directory
  • Exception
  • Model
  • Provider
  • Session
  • Component
  • Route