https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ 2026-05-05T05:08:08+0000 https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/ https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/lib/tpl/default/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/pure_php:introduction?rev=1591052021&do=diff Introduction This book is about using pure PHP to get the job done. It's about avoiding the complexities, slowness, and bloat of frameworks. And, it's about creating clean, portable code that's easy for any PHP programmer to understand. This book is not a primer on PHP. It's written for programmers who already have a firm grasp on PHP programming. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/pure_php:object_oriented_programming?rev=1591052021&do=diff Object Oriented Programming Having learned procedural programming from a young age, it took me a long time to grasp the ideas of object oriented programming. Once you do grasp them, however, I've found that they come in extremely handy. In this book, we've talked about models and controllers. Your models and controllers can easily be thought of as objects. Imagine a model for cars. We want to be able to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) cars from our database. So, we create a cars o… text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/pure_php:overview?rev=1591052021&do=diff Overview This is a quick overview of some of the technical concepts we'll cover in this book. Template Engine A template engine is software that is designed to process web templates and to produce the user interface output of web documents. PHP is, itself, an example of a web template engine. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/pure_php:php_as_a_templating_engine?rev=1591052021&do=diff PHP as a Templating Engine and MVC There are lots of template engines scattered across the web. Where I work we even wrote our own, which turned out to be a lot like Tiny But Strong. But, if you're using PHP, you probably don't need a separate template engine; PHP is already a template language. text/html 2020-06-01T22:53:41+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.joeldare.com/wiki/pure_php:start?rev=1591052021&do=diff Pure PHP Pure PHP : Embracing Simplicity in a Swarm of Complexity This is a rough draft of what I hope will eventually become a complete book. Introduction Overview - Integrated into Introduction PHP as a Templating Engine and MVC Object Oriented Programming API's First REST Without Rewrites GIT