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Vanda PHP (vanda to her friends)
“A journey of a 1000 miles is started with a really small MVC framework”
Vanda PHP is a bare-bones MVC PHP framework, based on the CakePHP framework.
It is designed for use on small projects where you want a well structured base and for learning about MVC. I have also found it very useful for refactoring spaghetti code into more structured code. The core is three files of 2KB each - index.php, controller.php & model.php.
It however allows a good portion of the cake framework usage.
Included from the CakePHP
- automatic hookup from view -> controller -> model
- views, with variables generated in the controller
- controllers, that can call the associated model through
$this->modelNameand can pass variables to the view through$this->set() - basic models
- layouts (added by popular request!)
- Disco fever
Missing from CakePHP
- Behaviors
- Helpers
- Components
- Data Sources
- View parameters
- All that jazz
So you get your model, your view and your controller... and not a lot else.
Vanda
Inspired by:
- The view and action URL params, e.g. http://localhost/vanda/?v=myview&a=index
- The V&A museum
- Vanilla