Common Usage

Implementation

Pam is very easy to use & very light to implement !

Config

You must create a configuration folder which will contain the parameters files

You can name them as you want, both the folder & the parameters files

But the index file will have to call these parameters files.

By default, I use a folder named config who contains 2 parameters files : dev-params.php & prod-params.php ...

Each parameters file must contain the Global Constants for Access, Database, Model, View, Controller, Mail & Recaptcha like this :
define("KEY", "value");
Now you can configure your Project Parameters !
Parameters File Example

Index

Don't forget to add autoload & sessions (if you need) to the file beginning...

In the index file, you have to add the parameters with a require_once
For Development :
require_once '../config/dev-params.php';
For Production :
require_once '../config/prod-params.php';
Now you can change the filename to switch between dev & prod...

Then, create the FrontController object :
$frontController = new Pam\Controller\FrontController();
And call the run method on it :
$frontController->run();
Now you can reach any controller from an URL of the Project !
Index Example

Model

For the Model naming, you need to use the same name than each table...

You can choose, the Model path & the Model suffix, in the parameters.

For example (without any changes to the Model constants), if you have a table named Pizza, you should have a Model named PizzaModel.php

To use the Pam CRUD model, simply add this use to each of your models :
use Pam\Model\MainModel;
Then you can extends the class to the MainModel :
extends MainModel
Now you can access to all CRUD methods of the MainModel !
Simple Model Example

If you need a specific query, just create a method to add it :
$query = "SELECT * FROM Table..."
Then you should return the query with one of the methods to the PdoDb.php file like this :
return $this->database->getAllData($query);
Now you can use both Pam Model methods & personalized Model methods !
Model Example with Personalized Query

View

For the views, Pam use Twig, the Template Engine of Symfony

The only configuration to manage is the 2 View constants in the parameters files

One is for the View template path & the second for the View cache path...

For the Twig functions, filters & tags, please refer to the official documentation

Here you can find a Layout example :
Layout View Example
And here a simple view example :
Simple View Example

Controller

For the Controller naming, you need to use the same name than each access value inside the URL of the website...

You can choose, the Controller path, the Controller default name & the Controller suffix in the parameters.

Same thing for the Contoller Method default name & the Controller Method suffix.

For example (without any changes to the Controller constants), if you watch the URL of this page, the access value is "start", so we have a controller named StartController.php

To use the Pam Controller Methods, simply add this use to each of your controllers :
use Pam\Controller\MainController;
Then you can extends the class to the MainController :
extends MainController
Now you can access to all methods of the Pam Contollers !
Simple Controller Example

To get the MainController Methods, simply use "this", then the method :
$this->redirect('home');
For Services & SuperGlobales Methods, same thing, but add the getter, for the Class you need, between them :
$this->getPost()->getPostArray();
Now you know the 2 kinds of syntax to call all of Pam's Controller methods !
Controller Example with Different Methods Called