codemonster-ru/annabel

Elegant and lightweight PHP framework for modern web applications

v1.13.0 2025-12-21 18:09 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.2
• codemonster-ru/errors: ^1.0
• codemonster-ru/razor: ^1.0
• codemonster-ru/support: ^1.0
• codemonster-ru/view-php: ^2.0

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^9.6 || ^10.5 || ^11.0 || ^12.0

Suggests

• codemonster-ru/ssr-bridge: Enable Vue/React/Svelte SSR rendering bridge

MIT

• Kirill Kolesnikov

• container
• framework
• php
• mvc
• view
• router
• codemonster
• annabel

README

Elegant and lightweight PHP framework for modern web applications.

Installation

composer require codemonster-ru/annabel

Quick Start

// public/index.php
require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

$app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
$app->run();

// bootstrap/app.php
use Codemonster\Annabel\Application;

$baseDir = __DIR__ . '/..';

$app = new Application($baseDir);

require "$baseDir/routes/web.php";

return $app;

// routes/web.php
router()->get('/', fn() => view('home', ['title' => 'Welcome to Annabel']));

CLI

Annabel ships with a lightweight CLI similar to Laravel's artisan. It already supports:

• about - show version, base path, and loaded providers
• route:list - list registered routes
• config:get key - read a config value
• container:list - show container bindings/instances
• serve - run PHP built-in server (default 127.0.0.1:8000)
• With codemonster-ru/database installed: make:migration, migrate, migrate:rollback, migrate:status, make:seed, seed (appear in annabel list; connection is checked when commands run)

php vendor/bin/annabel
php vendor/bin/annabel help
php vendor/bin/annabel help list

Database Integration

Annabel ships with first-class integration for
codemonster-ru/database.

1. Create config/database.php

return [
    'default' => 'mysql',

    'connections' => [
        'mysql' => [
            'driver'   => 'mysql',
            'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
            'port'     => 3306,
            'database' => env('DB_NAME'),
            'username' => env('DB_USER'),
            'password' => env('DB_PASS'),
            'charset'  => 'utf8mb4',
        ],

        'sqlite' => [
            'driver'   => 'sqlite',
            'database' => base_path('database/database.sqlite'),
        ],
    ],
];

2. Usage

// Query builder
$users = db()->table('users')->where('active', 1)->get();

// Schema builder
schema()->create('posts', function ($table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->string('title');
});

// Transactions
transaction(function () {
    db()->table('logs')->insert(['type' => 'created']);
});

Helpers

Function	Description
app()	Access the application container
base_path()	Resolve base project paths
config()	Get or set configuration values
env()	Read environment variables
dump() / dd()	Debugging utilities
request()	Get current HTTP request
response() / json()	Create HTTP response
router() / route()	Access router instance
view()	Render or return view instance
session()	Access session store
db()	Get the active database connection
schema()	Get the schema builder
transaction()	Execute a DB transaction

All helpers are autoloaded automatically.

Testing

composer test

Author

Kirill Kolesnikov

License

MIT