In the previous chapter, we have created a model and a controller, where the controller Contacts class instantiates the model Contact class. We successfully used a namespace, a use statement, a method, an access modifier, an object, and a class. We have witnessed the power of a framework in the previous chapter.
In this chapter, we will be building an MVC framework from scratch. A framework is really just a way to organize the code and structure it. Starting from an empty directory, we will build an entire working framework as a starting point for more complex applications.
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In the previous chapter, we retrieved data from an array. In this lesson, we will retrieve it from the database.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
Build a basic PHP MVC framework
Implement the OOP concepts covered in the previous chapters
Identify how to route a controller to a specified URI
Interact with the database with PHP Data Objects (PDO)
Work with HTML to build and...