php-boilerplate-API

A collection of helper classes to perform generic functions in php web development

classes contained

• Config - Global access to config options
• DB - Database class (uses PDO)
• Flash - Flash messages class (uses Session storage)
• Hash - Password hashing and verification class
• Redirect - Page redirection class
• Request - For getting request type and form values (for POST)
• Session - Provides session storage capabilities
• Token - Tokenization on forms for csrf attacks
• User - Basic wrapper around DB class for user operations
• Validation - Basic rules for form validation

setup files

• config - contain configuration options
• constants - Conatin information that should be hidden e.g password, db connection params
• init - Used by almost all view files. Contain basic setup like session starts, class autoloading, fetching a logged in or anonymous user
• utils - Used by almost all classes. Contains utility funtcions