README

Clover PHP is a modern, unopinionated, and lightweight Express.js-style framework for PHP 8.4. It helps you build REST APIs, web apps, and microservices with the simplicity of Express.js and the power of modern PHP.

✨ Features

🚀 Minimal & Fast – Simple API design, inspired by Express.js.

⚡ Async Support – Built with PHP Fibers & AMPHP for non-blocking I/O.

🗂️ Routing System – Intuitive get(), post(), etc., with async router support.

🔑 Auth Ready – Supports sessions, cookies, and JWT-based authentication.

🧩 Extensible Middleware – Add global and route-level middleware for logging, security, and validation.

💾 Database Agnostic – Works with both SQL and NoSQL databases.(Upcoming)

🛠️ MVC Support – Controllers, models, and views with interfaces for clean architecture.

🛡️ Error Handling & Logging – Developer-friendly error responses and logging tools.

🎨 Unopinionated – Flexible enough for small apps or large enterprise projects.

📦 Composer & PSR-12 – Modern PHP practices with full Composer/PSR-12 compliance.

📦 Installation

composer create-project cloverphp/clover my-app

cd my-app

php -S localhost:3000 -t public

🚀 Quick Start

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";

use Clover\Clover;
use Clover\Http\Request;
use Clover\Http\Response;

$app = new Clover();
$router = $app->router();

// Home route
$router->get("/", fn(Request $req, Response $res) =>
$res->send("<h1>Welcome to 🍀 Clover PHP!</h1>"));

$router->post("/", fn(Request $req, Response $res) =>
    $res->json(['name' => 'Clover PHP!'])
);

$app->run(3000, true);

📂 Project Structure

my-app/
├── app/
│   ├── Controllers/
│   ├── Models/
│   └── Views/
├── public/
│   └── index.php
├── vendor/
├── composer.json
└── README.md

🔑 Example Middleware

$app->use(function (Request $req, Response $res, callable $next) {
    $res->setHeader("X-Powered-By", "Clover PHP");
    $next($req, $res);
});

🛡️ License

Clover PHP is open-sourced software licensed under the

cloverphp / clover

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