AMams6110·May 29, 2014
I used Epiphany last time I needed something like this. https://github.com/jmathai/epiphany
Note that is more than a router, it's a microframework.
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epiphany
A micro PHP framework that's fast, easy, clean and RESTful. The framework does not do a lot of magic under the hood. It is, by design, very simple and very powerful.
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What it is
A micro PHP framework that's fast, easy, clean and RESTful. The framework does not do a lot of magic under the hood. It is, by design, very simple and very powerful.
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Not just a router but Epiphany[1] lets you specify a regex for routes[2]. My favorite part though is the API module which I blogged about a while back[3]. [1]…
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| 2010 | 2010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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6 sourcesIt still use sequential matching[0]. What i meant is something like AST implementation in routing algorithm, which is obviously faster than sequential algorithm [1] [2]
[0]: https://github.com/jmathai/epiphany/blob/master/src/EpiRoute...
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunting-yard_algorithm
[2]: http://blog.bigbinary.com/2013/01/29/journey-into-rails-rout...
In Macaw - A Simple PHP RouterNot just a router but Epiphany[1] lets you specify a regex for routes[2]. My favorite part though is the API module which I blogged about a while back[3].
[1] https://github.com/jmathai/epiphany
[2] https://github.com/jmathai/epiphany/blob/master/examples/reg...
[3] https://trovebox.com/blog/building-trovebox-entirely-using-o...
In Macaw - A Simple PHP RouterHow to write an API first and build your app with it (Epiphany PHP framework)
1 points · Open discussionEpiphany, a RESTful micro PHP framework I wrote/use for my startups
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