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A progressive PHP 8.5 micro-framework tutorial in 10 chapters
<?php declare(strict_types=1);
// Copyright (C) 2015-2025 Mark Constable <mc@netserva.org> (MIT License)
echo new class {
private const string DEFAULT = 'home'; // PHP 8.3 typed constant
private array $pages = [
'home' => ['Home', '<h2>Home</h2><p>Lorem ipsum home.</p>'],
'about' => ['About', '<h2>About</h2><p>Lorem ipsum about.</p>'],
'contact' => ['Contact', '<h2>Contact</h2><p>Lorem ipsum contact.</p>'],
];
public private(set) string $page; // PHP 8.4 asymmetric visibility
public private(set) string $main;
public function __construct() {
$this->page = ($_REQUEST['m'] ?? '') |> trim(...) |> htmlspecialchars(...) |> (fn($p) => $p ?: self::DEFAULT);
$this->main = $this->pages[$this->page][1] ?? '<p>Error: page not found</p>';
}
public function __toString(): string {
$nav = $this->pages |> array_keys(...) |> (fn($k) => array_map( // PHP 8.1 first-class callable
fn($p) => "<a href=\"?m=$p\">{$this->pages[$p][0]}</a>", $k)) |> (fn($a) => implode(' | ', $a));
return <<<HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark">
<title>SPE::01</title><style>a{text-decoration:none}nav{margin:1em 0}</style></head>
<body><header><h1><a href="../">« Simple PHP Example</a></h1><nav>$nav</nav></header>
<main>{$this->main}</main>
<footer><small>© 2015-2025 Mark Constable (MIT License)</small></footer></body></html>
HTML;
}
};PHP 8.5's elegant data transformation chains
Extensible architecture with meta.json config
270 lines, dark mode, no Bootstrap
Type-safe queries with QueryType enum
Single-file anonymous class, pipe operator basics
Custom CSS, dark mode, toast notifications
Plugin architecture, CRUDL pattern
Model/View separation, multiple layouts
PSR-4 autoloading via Composer
PHP session management
SQLite database, QueryType enum
User management CRUDL
Full CMS: Auth, Blog, Pages, Categories
OAuth, API integration
git clone https://github.com/markc/spe
cd spe
composer install
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