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Orchid mvc framework tutorial : Basic example showing how to write a simple hello world application

Posted on | March 22, 2008 |

Originally from orchid blog at: http://orchid.phpxperts.net/2008/03/18/creating-a-basic-app-with-orchid/

Ok, lets try to create baby out of orchid :P

Take her at your place for date:

Copy the orchid folder to a location of choice where you like to host the app.

Make sure she is vergin

There should not be any app folder inside the orchid folder. If any, remove it.

Get inside of her, make her move…
Open up a console, go to the orchid directory. run:

$php cli.php skeleton test

You will find a new folder named app is created in orchid directory.

The last drop….

run the following command:

$php cli.php controller main

Bingo.. orchid is a very good mother and wont take 9 months to create a baby. You can see your baby at:
http://localhost/learn/test/orchidframework/index.php?main

Don’t forget to change the url as required for your setup.

Examining the baby:

in orchid/app/controllers folder a new file is created named main.php

and two more files in orchid/app/views/main/ folder naming base.php and hello.php.

What they do is really simple and easy to understand.

Here is the controller file content:

class main extends controller
{
function base()
{
$this->view->set(”name”,’main’);
}

function hello()
{
$this->view->set(”param1″,’World’);
}
}

and hello.php and base.php are normal php files.

http://localhost/learn/test/orchidframework/index.php?main

This line executes the base method of the controller named main. ‘Base’ method is called implicitly if no explicit method is asked for.

and http://localhost/learn/test/orchidframework/index.php?main/hello

calls the hello method of the controller main.

Simple, eh ?

Just one more thing, you can pass values to the view from controller. Look at the hello method once again.

$this->view->set(’param1′,’world’);

And here how the param1 is used in hello.php

Hello <?=$param1;?>

Orchid’s baby is really smart, right ?!!

Cheers :)

Category: PHP, Web, orchid

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