caxy/silex-skeleton

A pre-configured skeleton for the Silex microframework

Caxy Silex Skeleton

Welcome to Caxy's Silex Skeleton - a fully-functional Silex application that you can use as the skeleton for your new applications. We use this as a platform for learning and experimentation., _(*1)

This document contains information on how to start using the Silex Skeleton., _(*2)

Creating a Silex Application

Silex uses Composer to ease the creation of a new project:, _(*3)

composer create-project caxy/silex-skeleton path/to/install

Composer will create a new Silex project under the path/to/install directory., _(*4)

If your application will serve static assets using the PHP built-in web server during development, you should add these lines to the top of web/index_dev.php:, _(*5)

if (php_sapi_name() === 'cli-server' && is_file(__DIR__.preg_replace('#(\?.*)$#', '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))) {
    return false;
}

Browsing the Demo Application

Congratulations! You're now ready to use Silex., _(*6)

To see a real-live Silex page in action, start the PHP built-in web server with command:, _(*7)

cd path/to/install
COMPOSER_PROCESS_TIMEOUT=86400 composer run

Then, browse to http://localhost:8888/., _(*8)

Running tests

cd path/to/install
composer test

Getting started with Silex

This distribution is meant to be the starting point for your Silex applications., _(*9)

A great way to start learning Silex is via the Documentation, which will take you through all the features of Silex., _(*10)

What's inside?

The Silex Skeleton is configured with the following service providers:, _(*11)

• ServiceControllerServiceProvider - As your Silex application grows, you may wish to begin organizing your controllers in a more formal fashion. Silex can use controller classes out of the box, but with a bit of work, your controllers can be created as services, giving you the full power of dependency injection and lazy loading.
• HttpFragmentServiceProvider - Provides fragment rendering in templates.
• AssetServiceProvider - Provides versioned URLs of front end assets.
• TwigServiceProvider - Provides integration with the Twig template engine.

In development mode, these service providers support profiling and debugging:, _(*12)

• WebProfilerServiceProvider - Enable the Symfony web debug toolbar and the Symfony profiler in your Silex application when developing.
• MonologServiceProvider - Enable logging in the development environment.
• VarDumperServiceProvider - Integrates Twig and the VarDumper component.

Read the Providers documentation for more details about Silex Service Providers., _(*13)

Enjoy!, _(*14)