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Learning Phalcon PHP

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Learning Phalcon PHP

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Learning Phalcon PHP
Aug, 2015 | 328 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning Phalcon PHP
Learning Phalcon PHP
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Phalcon
Getting Started with Phalcon
Installing the required software
Installing Phalcon
The Apache and Nginx configuration files
Understanding the framework's internals
Summary
2
Setting Up the MVC Structure and the Environment for Our Project
Setting Up the MVC Structure and the Environment for Our Project
What is MVC?
The MVC structure
Creating the structure for our project
Creating the configuration file and the Bootstrap
Preparing the initial DI interface and the router
Using the router component in a module
Create the base layout
Summary
3
Learning Phalcon's ORM and ODM
Learning Phalcon's ORM and ODM
The main differences between SQL and NoSQL databases
Connecting to the database
ORM/ODM operations (create, update, delete, transactions, and validations)
CRUD operations using ORM
Using PHQL
Using raw SQL
Database transactions
ODM/MongoDB
ORM – drawbacks and caching
Summary
4
Database Architecture, Models, and CLI Applications
Database Architecture, Models, and CLI Applications
The database architecture
Models
Summary
5
The API Module
The API Module
Using APIs – recommended practices
Enabling SSL on our local machine
Creating the module structure
Writing a fully functional REST module with Phalcon PHP
Securing an API
Documenting the API
Summary
6
Assets, Authentication, and ACL
Assets, Authentication, and ACL
Assets management
Developing an authentication system
Securing the application using the ACL component
Summary
7
The Backoffice Module (Part 1)
The Backoffice Module (Part 1)
Editing the main layout
Cleaning the Core module
Hashtag CRUD
Category CRUD
Summary
8
The Backoffice Module (Part 2)
The Backoffice Module (Part 2)
User CRUD
User templates
Article CRUD
Summary
9
The Frontend Module
The Frontend Module
The Frontend layout and basic functionality
Modifying BaseController.php
Implementing ElasticSearch
Implementing MongoDB
Summary
10
Going Further
Going Further
Uploading files with Phalcon
Using the Annotation router
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 5. The API Module

An Application Programming Interface (API) is the most common way of exposing services to third parties, and lately, most of the software out there is driven by APIs. Why? Because, by having an API for your application, not only is it easy to implement a fully functional HTML + JS frontend, but you can also use it if you develop a mobile application, for example. In this chapter, we will implement most of the functionalities needed for our project, covering topics such as these:

  • Using APIs—recommended practices

  • Enabling SSL on our local machine

  • Creating the module structure

  • Writing a fully functional REST module with Phalcon PHP

  • Securing an API

  • Documenting the API

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