README

Framework Factory is a PHP application starter package. It's inspired by the Laravel framework, without all the bells and whistles. At its core is a robust and powerful PSR-11 compatible dependency container. Aside from Pest for testing and Pint for formatting it requires no external dependencies and relies strictly on its own built-in, internal libraries.

The aim is to make building a PHP 8 powered application a breeze, by giving a construct for the beginning stages of application development. Provided is an application entrypoint interface, and the logic needed to get your next project going with minimal boilerplate overhead.

You can see a basic demonstration implementation by visiting the demo repository here.

Features

• Application entrypoint: The application entrypoint is located at FrameworkFactory\Application, and assists in setting up your application by providing a fluent Boostrap API.
• PSR-11 IoC Container: The IoC container is the core and the heart of Framework Factory. It is a powerful container that includes many features for adding dependencies to your application, as well as giving you access to them.
  • Container Features:
    • Container lifecycle hooks
    • Context binding support
    • Lazy loaded providers
    • Provider caching
    • Facade support
• Fully tested codebase: The codebase is fully tested using the Pest PHP testing framework. You can see all tests by going here.

Documentation

The documentation can be accessed in one of two ways. All documentation is provided in a separate repository, and is written in Markdown format. The other way to view the documentation is by visiting the wiki pages.

License

BSD 3-Clause License

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