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Learning PHP 7

You're reading from   Learning PHP 7 Build powerful real-life web applications in a simple way using PHP7 and its ecosystem.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880544
Length 414 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Antonio L Zapata (GBP) Antonio L Zapata (GBP)
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Preface 1. Setting Up the Environment 2. Web Applications with PHP FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding PHP Basics 4. Creating Clean Code with OOP 5. Using Databases 6. Adapting to MVC 7. Testing Web Applications 8. Using Existing PHP Frameworks 9. Building REST APIs 10. Behavioral Testing Index

C for controller


It is finally time for the director of the orchestra. Controllers represent the layer in our application that, given a request, talks to the models and builds the views. They act like the manager of a team: they decide what resources to use depending on the situation.

As we stated when explaining models, it is sometimes difficult to decide if some piece of logic should go into the controller or the model. At the end of the day, MVC is a pattern, like a recipe that guides you, rather than an exact algorithm that you need to follow step by step. There will be scenarios where the answer is not straightforward, so it will be up to you; in these cases, just try to be consistent. The following are some common scenarios that might be difficult to localize:

  • The request points to a path that we do not support. This scenario is already covered in our application, and it is the router that should take care of it, not the controller.

  • The request tries to access an element that does not...

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