_micro_micro.php codebase containing real world examples that adheres to the RealWorld spec. This implements the frontend and the backend.

Demo    RealWorld

This codebase was created to demonstrate a fully fledged fullstack application built with _micro_micro.php including CRUD operations, authentication, routing, pagination, and more.

For more information on how to this works with other frontends/backends, head over to the RealWorld repo.

_micro_micro.php

The _micro_micro.php library is mostly just a config file to use Vanilla PHP.

But also an architecture and best practices catalogue based around the ideas of

• Page based architecture (instead of MVC)
• Avoiding Code Reuse as much as possible (DRY Anti-Pattern)
• Mature and stable technology
• Build fast, maintain fast
• No fat JS (SPAs cost too much + Bug Isolation)
• Stateless architecture (Fast to understand + Bug Isolation)

(TODO Link to details when they are ready)

Use PHP+Apache+MySQL without any frameworks:

• Page based architecture since the 90s
• Build-in, mature functionality for most web use-cases
• No dependency hell (libraries are very rarely needed)
• Advanced Routing (via .htaccess)
• Cheap and easy hosting
• Mature: Google "php <do something>"

Install and Run (docker)

If you have docker and docker-compose installed. This will launch Apache + PHP + Mysql + PhpMyAdmin.

git clone git@github.com:julius/micromicro-php-realworld-example.git
cd micromicro-php-realworld-example

sudo docker-compose up -d

Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser. PhpMyAdmin (to manage the MySQL Database) runs at http://localhost:8081

Install and Run (Cheap Hosting)

There is lots of cheap hosting for PHP+MySQL, often even for free.

• Upload all files (usually via FTP)
• Run schema.sql on the MySQL DB
• Put your MySQL Credentials into _micro_micro.php

Install and Run (local apache)

You can, of course, install Apache with PHP and MySQL on your computer. Google for LAMP (Linux) or WAMP (Windows).

• Serve this folder with Apache
• Make sure the rewrite module is active (to make .htaccess work)
• Create a MySQL DB
• Run schema.sql on the MySQL DB
• Put your MySQL Credentials into _micro_micro.php