README

Welcome at ShiftPHP, a very simple event driven, MOVE oriented framework for PHP.

Installation

Install the ShiftPHP framework using Composer:

$ php composer.phar require shift/shift:0.*

MOVE

ShiftPHP is MOVE oriented: Model, Operation, View and Events. To learn more about this, see "MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on".

Usage

The core framework doesn't provide the things you would expect. It only provides an Event Dispatcher and some facades for it. This means you can do everything you want and you can use everything you want. The standard Shift Edition provide integration with some Symfony components, but you can also use it with other tools.

The main facade is Event, the three others (Operation, Model and Application) provides shortcuts for this facade.

Application

Make sure you always boot your application before using it, booting it makes sure the Event Dispatcher is added to the Event facade. To boot it, use Application::boot():

use Wj\Shift\Facade\Application;

Application::boot();

Event

Use Event::on($event_name) to attach a listener to an event. This returns an AttachingEvent, on which you must set the target (using ->asA / ->asAn) and the listeners (using ->call). A target is the context of the event, for instance a class name or class type. The listener can be any kind of callable:

use Wj\Shift\Facade\Event;

Event::on('some_event')->forA('the_target')->call(function ($event) {
    // ... do something nice
});

Use Event::trigger($event_name) to trigger an event, this will call all its listeners. This method returns a TriggeringEvent, on which you must set the target (->forA / ->forAn) and the event class (can be null):

use Wj\Shift\Facade\Event;

$event = new SomeEvent();
// ... set up event class

Event::trigger('some_event')->forA('the_target')->with($event);

Operation

Operations are executed when a certain event is called, use Operation::on() to attach an operation to an event. This returns an AttachingEvent which has set the target to operation. You are able to change this.

use Wj\Shift\Facade\Operation;

Operation::on('some_event')->call(function ($event) {
    // ... perform an operation
});

Model

Models also listen to events and can be attached using Model::on(). This returns an AttachingEvent with the target set to model.

use Wj\Shift\Facade\Model;

Model::on('some_event')->call(function ($event) {
    // ... do some modelish things
});

View

Views also listen to events and can be attached using View::on(). This returns an AttachingEvent with the target set to view.

View::on('some_event')->call(function ($event) {
    // ... render view
});

Operators

Operators are classes which holds multiple operations. Operator classes implement Wj\Shift\Operator\OperatorInterface. This requires a static method called getOperations which returns an array of methods and events to listen to:

namespace Acme\Operator;

use Wj\Shift\Operator\OperatorInterface;

class UserOperator implements OperatorInterface
{
    public static function getOperations()
    {
        return array(
            // key is the event and value is the method
            'save_user' => 'onSaveUser',
            // you can also attach multiple methods to one event
            'find_user' => array('onFindUser', 'onSecondFindUser'),
        );
    }
}

After this, you can register the Operator using Operation::add():

Operation::add('Acme\Operator\UserOperator');

Bundles

Operators can also be grouped/bundled into bundles. This means you can easily activate multiple bundles. A bundle must implement Wj\Shift\Bundle\BundleInterface. This requires one method called getOperators which must return a list of classnames.

ShiftPHP provides a basic Bundle class, which searches for *Operator.php files in the root of the bundle and checks if the class in there implements the OperatorInterface.

A common bundle looks like:

namespace Amce\Bundle\DemoBundle;

use Wj\Shift\Bundle\Bundle;

class AcmeDemoBundle implements Bundle
{ }

To register a bundle, use Application:registerBundle():

Application::registerBundle(new \Acme\Bundle\DemoBundle\AcmeDemoBundle());

Contributing

A framework can only get good with the contributions of other people. Issues, discussions and pull requests are very welcome! There are not many rules, as long as you stick to the Symfony Standards.

License

The Shift framework is licensed under the MIT license.

shift / shift

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