miniPHP

A tiny PHP starter project for small websites and personal projects.

The goal is simple:

• Clone
• Change git remote
• Start building

No framework. No ORM. No dependency injection. No magic.

Just PHP.

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Features

• Simple config-based router
• Page and API endpoints
• SQLite support via PDO
• Shared partials
• Secure path traversal protection
• Helper functions
• Development server script

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Project Structure

config/
├── app.php
├── database.php
└── routes.php

public/
├── css/
│   └── app.css
└── js/
    └── app.js

src/
├── api/
├── views/
│   ├── pages/
│   └── partials/
├── bootstrap.php
├── database.php
├── helpers.php
└── router.php

storage/
└── database.sqlite

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Running

./server.sh

Default URL:

http://127.0.0.1:3333

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Routes

Routes are defined in:

config/routes.php

Example:

return [
    'GET' => [
        '/'          => 'home.php',
        '/about'     => 'about.php',
        '/api/test'  => 'api/example.php',
    ],
];

Routes beginning with:

api/

are loaded from:

src/api/

Everything else is loaded from:

src/views/pages/

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Pages

Example page:

<?php

partial('head', [
    'title' => 'Home',
]);

?>

<h1>Home</h1>

<p>Hello world.</p>

<?php

partial('footer');

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SQLite

Database configuration:

config/database.php

Usage:

$db = db();

$rows = $db->query(
    'SELECT * FROM users'
)->fetchAll();

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Helpers

Available helpers:

escape_string()
debug()
debugx()
get_config()
partial()

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License

MIT