ARI Framework

ARI Framework is a lightweight PHP micro-framework based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, designed to streamline the development of structured web applications.

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📌 What is it?

ARI Framework is a simple and efficient tool for PHP web development. It's ideal for projects that need a clean structure without the overhead of larger frameworks. It was built to promote organized, maintainable, and scalable code.

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⚙️ What does it do?

This framework enables you to build web applications following the MVC pattern, clearly separating business logic, presentation, and control flow. It also includes useful utilities and libraries to speed up development.

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📖 Developer Guide

Source code is available on GitHub:
👉 https://github.com/arielcr/ari-framework

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🔧 1. Installation

1. Copy the files to your web server

   • For local development, place the files in a subfolder that can be accessed like:
     http://localhost/myapp
   • For production, open /lib/common/Dispatcher.php:
     • Uncomment line 8
     • Comment out line 9

2. Update the configuration

   • Edit /config/config.inc.php with the correct:
     • Database credentials
     • Base URL

3. Ensure mod_rewrite is enabled

   • Apache's mod_rewrite module must be active for URL routing to work.

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📁 2. Directory Structure

+---app              # Main application
|   +---controller   # Controllers
|   +---language     # Language files
|   +---model        # Database logic
|   +---object       # Additional classes
|   +---view         # Views (templates)
+---config           # Configuration files
+---css              # Stylesheets
+---doc              # Documentation
+---image            # Images
+---js               # JavaScript libraries
+---lib              # Framework core
    +---common
    +---helper

Key folder descriptions:

• app/controller/: Contains site logic. Controllers load data from the model and pass it to views.
• app/model/: Handles all database interactions.
• app/view/: Templates where data is presented.
• app/language/: Language files for internationalization.
• app/object/: Helper or domain-specific classes.

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🌐 3. URL Structure

The application uses clean URLs in the following format:

http://yourdomain.com/<controller>/<method>/<parameter>

• <controller>: The controller name (lowercase, without the word Controller)
• <method>: The method to execute. Defaults to index if omitted.
• <parameter>: Optional parameter passed to the method.

Example:

http://yourdomain.com/user/profile/123

This will call the profile method in the UserController with 123 as a parameter.

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🚀 4. Example Application

The repository includes a functional example app to help you understand the framework’s structure and usage.

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🧑‍💻 Author

Developed by Ariel Orozco Rivera
👨‍💻 Senior Software Engineer | Backend Developer | 10+ years of experience in PHP and Go

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📜 License

This project is released under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file for more information.

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