Slim 3 MVC Skeleton

This is a simple skeleton project for Slim 3 that includes Doctrine, Twig, Flash messages and Monolog.

Base on https://github.com/akrabat/slim3-skeleton

Prepare

1. Create your project:

   `$ composer create-project -n -s dev vhchung/slim3-skeleton-mvc your-app`
   

2. Execute your-app\sql\blog.sql to create sample database (MySQL)

3. Change database connection settings at entities_generator.php and app/settings.php

4. Generate models (Doctrine entities):

$ cd your-app
$ php entities_generator.php

Add namespace for each model: namespace App\Model;

Notice: Delete all models before re-generate to update models.

Run it:

1. $ cd your-app
2. $ php -S 0.0.0.0:8888 -t public/
3. Browse to http://localhost:8888

Notice

Set logs and cache folder permission to writable when deploy to production environment

Key directories

• app: Application code
• app/src: All class files within the App namespace
• app/templates: Twig template files
• cache/twig: Twig's Autocreated cache files
• log: Log files
• public: Webserver root
• vendor: Composer dependencies
• sql: sql dump file for sample database

Key files

• public/index.php: Entry point to application
• app/settings.php: Configuration
• app/dependencies.php: Services for Pimple
• app/middleware.php: Application middleware
• app/routes.php: All application routes are here
• app/src/controllers/HomeController.php: Controller class for the home page
• app/src/models/Post.php: Entity class for post table
• app/templates/home.twig: Twig template file for the home page