https://github.com/integrii/lightningphp
LightningPHP is an HHVM compatible, minimal MVC framework that is obsessed with speed.
https://github.com/integrii/lightningphp
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LightningPHP is an HHVM compatible, minimal MVC framework that is obsessed with speed.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/integrii/lightningphp
- Owner: integrii
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2014-08-10T02:40:28.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2015-08-03T19:30:45.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-25T09:51:09.852Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: framework, minimal-mvc-framework, php
- Language: PHP
- Size: 412 KB
- Stars: 7
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING
- License: LICENSE
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# Overview
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## What is LightningPHP?
LightningPHP is a FAST, mega-lightweight MVC (Model, View, Controller) framework for PHP. Unlike most every other framework available, LightningPHP includes next to nothing by default. This is a minimal barebones MVC framework with no fluff, no complication, and no wasted processing time. LightningPHP can have any PHP Class plugged in as a library or model without custom rewriting or special library versions.
In my use case, using nginx, HHVM and LightningPHP resulted in a **15x speed increase** vs the same app with CodeIgniter and Apache!
## Who should use LightningPHP?
You will love LightningPHP if you are someone who:
- Likes to keep things simple.
- Wants an *extremely* fast application.
- Wants to be able to use whatever libraries they want without rewriting them.
- Dislikes framework specific learning.
If you are just looking to stand up a PHP website without much work, LightningPHP is probably not the best framework for you. You probably do not want to use LightningPHP if you are someone who:
- Wants to use a large collection of pre-built functions.
- Wants to stand up a PHP site as quickly as possible.
- Does not care about servicing hundreds or thousands of requests per second.
## What makes it so fast?
- It is written in just a single class!
- Loaded models and libraries do not load other models or libraries until you explicitly ask for them.
- Child classes only load a pointer if a model or library has been constructed previously.
- The framework does not assume you want anything loaded by default - not even MySQL support.
- The framework uses static defines instead of variable substitution.
## Core Componets
LightningPHP is made up of a few core componets. There are as few as possible to keep things simple.
- Models ``$this->loadModel('')``
- Views ``$this->loadView('')``
- Controllers ``$this->loadController('')``
- Libraries ``$this->loadLibrary('')``
- Configs ``$this->loadConfig('')`` and ``$this->getConfig('')``
Each type of componet has its own directory at the application root. Learn more [on the wiki](https://github.com/integrii/LightningPHP/wiki/Function-List).
## Get Started
To get started using LightningPHP, download [the latest release](https://github.com/integrii/LightningPHP/archive/Release2.tar.gz) and unzip it to your PHP or HHVM web server webroot. When you start it up you will see a 'Welcome to LightningPHP' page that comes with a sample controller, model, view, config and library. Use these pages as templates to start coding your app!
## Example Application
Check out a complete example LightningPHP application [here](https://github.com/integrii/LightningPHP/wiki/Example-Application).