README

PRADO is a component-based and event-driven programming framework for developing Web applications in PHP. PRADO stands for PHP Rapid Application Development Object-oriented.

This repo contains a basic application project for Prado4.

The best way to install the Prado4 basic application is through composer. If you don't use composer yet, first install it:

# download composer.phar
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
# install it globally on the system
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Then, create the application structure using composer:

composer create-project pradosoft/prado-app app

The application will be installed in the "app" directory.

Built-in PHP Test Web Server

The built-in PHP Test Web Server can be used to immediately start developing and testing a PRADO web application. The web server is started with command (assuming the above application in the "app" directory):

cd app
composer webserver

The application is then accessible on the machine's browser at http://127.0.0.1:8080/. The built-in web server is enabled when the application is in "Debug" mode or is enabled in the application configuration parameters.

PRADO Composer Extensions

As of version 4.2, PRADO supports Composer extensions to plug new functionality directly into a PRADO application; such as new web controls, API integration, authorization, services, analytics, custom behaviors, and CLI commands. 3rd party extensions can be found at Packagist - Prado4-Extensions.

The example PRADO Composer extension has its own manifest, Module, web page, and error messages. It can be included in the application with the following command:

composer require --prefer-dist pradosoft/prado-composer-extension "*"

Once downloaded and installed in composer, an extension is activated by adding the Composer Extension Name as a new module ID in the application configuration file application.xml or application.php. To include the example extension "pradosoft/prado-composer-extension", the PRADO configuration would include this module xml:

<modules>
  ...
  <module id="pradosoft/prado-composer-extension" PropertyA='value1' />
</modules>

When using a Composer Extension as a module id, the class for the module is embedded in the Composer Extension Manifest and does not need to be specified.