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This is the second part of a series, I assume you have read Url Routing with PHP – Part One as it covers the basics that I’ll build on in Part Two.
The first problem I want to address is that there are two different things going on with the script in part one. 1. The parsing of the URL to obtain a command array and 2. The actual dispatch of the command ...
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Most PHP frameworks use some variation of the front controller pattern to centralize common code and logic. There are advantages and disadvantages to this. I am going to ignore those for now. In fact the first part of this series will explore a simple procedural URL routing method that contains many of the disadvantages. In later articles we will build upon this basis and address the disadvantages.
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Posted by: Doug Hill
Call it NIH, re-inventing the wheel, narcissism, or any number of other terms that come to mind, but I’ve always wanted to write my own PHP framework. Simple time constraints usually stop this self destructive urge in its tracks, but I’ve decided that I’m tired of saying to myself “Framework PHPxyz would be great if only it had ABC.”. So it is time to Just Do It.
No matter how much this project screams ego, my real objective ...
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