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Learning FuelPHP for Effective PHP Development

By : Ross Tweedie
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Learning FuelPHP for Effective PHP Development

By: Ross Tweedie

Overview of this book

<p>PHP frameworks have been around for a number of years. FuelPHP was one of the first frameworks built for PHP 5.3. It makes use of more advanced features of the language to allow you to focus on delivering features and code for your projects. FuelPHP allows you to quickly build prototypes using scaffolding and command-line tools, thus allowing you to concentrate on the fun part of trialling ideas and concepts.</p> <p>This practical guide will show you how to use FuelPHP to quickly create projects more quickly and effectively. You will learn everything you need to know when creating projects with FuelPHP, including how to adapt the project as ideas change and develop.</p> <p>This guide is packed with several tutorials that will help you to build a powerful and engaging application, and in the process you will learn more about FuelPHP. This book explores how to install and build a FuelPHP project in a step- by- step approach.</p> <p>Starting with an exploration of the features of FuelPHP, this book then delves into the creation of a simple application. You will then move on to scaffolding your application using the powerful FuelPHP Oil command-line tool. Next, you will be introduced to packages and modules, and also cover routing, which allows for cleaner URL structures.</p> <p>The book concludes with an introduction to the PHP community.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Getting started


Just like WordPress, we're going to start small and demonstrate some of the FuelPHP tools that make your life easier while developing our project with FuelPHP.

Before creating your project, first create a source control repository. In this example, we'll use GitHub (https://github.com), but alternatives such as Bitbucket (https://bitbucket.org) or beanstalk (http://beanstalkapp.com) may be more suitable for you.

  1. To begin with, log in to your account and then create a new project/repository. For the purpose of this application we can choose the public option as it's free with GitHub. In this example, we'll call our project journal. Make sure to record the repository URL from the right–hand side of the page—you will need it shortly.

  2. Now, let's create the project on our development machine, but first you need to navigate to your home folder using the following command line:

    $ cd ~/
  3. Then, navigate to the Sites folder using this command:

    $ cd ~/Sites
  4. If you don't have a Sites folder...