Request example
Put something like this in your index.php:
<?php
// Holds data like $baseUrl etc.
include 'config.php';
$requestUrl = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$requestString = substr($requestUrl, strlen($baseUrl));
$urlParams = explode('/', $requestString);
// TODO: Consider security (see comments)
$controllerName = ucfirst(array_shift($urlParams)).'Controller';
$actionName = strtolower(array_shift($urlParams)).'Action';
// Here you should probably gather the rest as params
// Call the action
$controller = new $controllerName;
$controller->$actionName();
Really basic, but you get the idea... (I also didn't take care of loading the controller class, but I guess that can be done either via autoloading or you know how to do it.)
Simple controller example (controllers/login.php):
<?php
class LoginController
{
function loginAction()
{
$username = $this->request->get('username');
$password = $this->request->get('password');
$this->loadModel('users');
if ($this->users->validate($username, $password))
{
$userData = $this->users->fetch($username);
AuthStorage::save($username, $userData);
$this->redirect('secret_area');
}
else
{
$this->view->message = 'Invalid login';
$this->view->render('error');
}
}
function logoutAction()
{
if (AuthStorage::logged())
{
AuthStorage::remove();
$this->redirect('index');
}
else
{
$this->view->message = 'You are not logged in.';
$this->view->render('error');
}
}
}
As you see, the controller takes care of the "flow" of the application - the so-called application logic. It does not take care about data storage and presentation. It rather gathers all the necessary data (depending on the current request) and assigns it to the view...
Note that this would not work with any framework I know, but I'm sure you know what the functions are supposed to do.
