What Libraries and script you prepare for new PHP Project

PHP
1

Hello everyone;

I always wandered what other developers use in there projects

What are the must have libraries for any new project
and how you organize them

I read few articles about this but i would love to know more things from SitePoint members.

IM NOT TALKING ABOUT FRAMEWORKS HERE.

To what i read you organize your files this way

img
—layout
—content
—and maybe more things needed

css
----reset.css
----common.css

js
----Jquery.js
----maybe something else

resources
----library
--------- DBclass.php
--------- fprmvalidationclass.php
--------- MaybeAuthClass.php
--------- CommonFunc.php

----template
------------header.php
------------content.php
------------footer.php
------------sidebar.php
----config.php

What do you usually do for your organization and prepare ready script for your new project…?

Grateful as usual

2

Here’s a simplified version of what I would use in real life. It might give you new ideas to mull.

src/ (your PHP here)
	controllers/
		BlogController.php
	templates/
		layout.html.php
		Blog/
			list.html.php
			show.html.php
			edit.html.php
	model/
		entities/
			Blog.php
		repositories/
			BlogRepository.php
	config/
		config.yml
vendor/ (third-party PHP here)
	swiftmailer/
	doctrine/
	twig/
web/ (publicly accessible files here)
	images/
	css/
	js/
	index.php (all requests go through this single entry point)
3

Thanks Jeff for the reply

In term of organizing its really interesting Thank you for the tip.

But How do you route your code …!!!
Do you use a particulate class or functions to handle it…

Any other class o library you use beside the ones mentioned

What about the rest of developers here… Any experience you would like to share with us?

4

I checked the third party libraries you have mentioned
I got to say Why would someone need a framework…?

swiftmailer
doctrine
twig

These libraries are nice though im not into template engines,… Twig…
I found few other libraries
Good for any new project
PDF Generator
-tcpdf
Image Manipulation
-wideimage
Charts
-PHP/SWF Charts (Though i prefer a class that does not make it flash)
Authentication
-PHPUserClass

Anymore suggestion for common libraries …?

5

Do you mean going from a URL to a controller? The low-tech solution could look something like this:

function routingMatch($urlPath)
{
    if ($urlPath == '/') {
        return array('controller' => 'Blog', 'action' => 'list');
    } elseif ($urlPath == '/show' && isset($_GET['id'])) {
        return array('controller' => 'Blog', 'action' => 'show');
    }
}

// ...

$routeParameters = routingMatch($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

Or we could use the Symfony Routing component. (Beside being a full-stack framework, Symfony is also a set of standalone libraries, so we can use the routing component without using the full framework.)

// src/config/routing.php

use Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\RouteCollection;
use Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\Route;

$collection = new RouteCollection();

$collection->add('blog_list', new Route('/', array(
    'controller' => 'Blog', 'action' => 'list',
)));

$collection->add('blog_show', new Route('/show/{id}', array(
    'controller' => 'Blog', 'action' => 'show',
)));

return $collection;

// web/index.php

use Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\RequestContext;
use Symfony\\Component\\Routing\\Matcher\\UrlMatcher;

$routes = require __DIR__.'/../src/config/routing.php';
$context = new RequestContext('/base-url');

$matcher = new UrlMatcher($routes, $context);

$parameters = $matcher->match($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

In my case, I do actually use the full-stack Symfony framework, so I can define my routes in a few ways. The first is the plain PHP way, similar to the config/routing.php shown above. Or I have the option to use YAML.

# app/config/routing.yml

blog_list:
    pattern:   /
    defaults:  { _controller: AcmeBlogBundle:Blog:list }

blog_show:
    pattern:   /show/{id}
    defaults:  { _controller: AcmeBlogBundle:Blog:show }

Or I have the option to use annotations within the controller itself.

// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Controller/BlogController.php

use Symfony\\Bundle\\FrameworkBundle\\Controller\\Controller;
use Sensio\\Bundle\\FrameworkExtraBundle\\Configuration\\Route;

class BlogController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @Route("/")
     */
    public function listAction()
    {
        // ...
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/show/{id}")
     */
    public function showAction($id)
    {
        // ...
    }
}
6

Thanks Jeff
Its really informative.

Now i have a good idea how it works.