README

ríki is a minimalistic framework that focuses on bootstrapping, environment handling and configuration loading. It does not provide controllers, routing, or a fixed application architecture. You bring the structure — ríki keeps the foundation small and explicit.

Install

$ composer require tflori/riki-framework

Recommended project structure

There is no required structure, but the following layout is recommended because it matches how Riki\Environment resolves paths by default:

your-app/
 bootstrap.php # creates and returns the Application instance
 .env # environment configuration (defaults)
 .env.production # optional, depends on APP_ENV
 config/ # PHP config files returning arrays
 resources/ # templates, translations, assets, ...
 storage/ # cache, logs, runtime files
 public/
  index.php # web entrypoint

Bootstrapping (bootstrap.php)

bootstrap.php is intentionally small:

• it loads Composer autoloading
• it creates an Environment
• it creates your application and returns it

Example:

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$environment = new \Riki\Environment(realpath(__DIR__));
$application = new \App\Application($environment);

return $application;

Environment

The Riki\Environment class represents the install root and the filesystem conventions of your app. It provides path helpers (config/resources/storage) and lazily loads environment variables from .env files.

Environment variables are loaded automatically on first config load. The environment file is chosen by APP_ENV, which must be set from the process environment (shell, php-fpm, nginx, systemd, CI, etc.). Process environment always overrides values from .env.

Example:

APP_ENV=production

This will load .env.production if it exists, otherwise it falls back to .env.

Common usage:

$environment = new \Riki\Environment(realpath(__DIR__));
$environment->loadEnvironment();

$cacheDir = $environment->cachePath();
$value = $environment->get('APP_ENV', 'local');

Config

Riki\Config is a small wrapper around nested arrays. It loads your config/*.php files and provides dot-notation lookups that return sub-config objects when the value is associative.

Configuration is done with PHP files in config/ that return arrays. There are no environment-specific config files; use .env and APP_ENV for that.

Use the env($key, $default) helper in config files:

<?php

return [
    'name' => 'My App',
    'log' => [
        'level' => env('LOG_LEVEL', 'WARNING'),
    ],
];

Reading config values:

$config = \Riki\Application::config();
$name = $config->get('name');
$level = $config->get('log.level', 'WARNING');

Mutating config values at runtime (useful for tests or overrides):

$config->set('log.level', 'INFO');
$config->push('features.enabled', 'new-feature');

Application

Riki\Application is your DI container and the central registry for the environment and configuration. It ensures there is only one live application at a time and exposes static accessors for convenience (Application::environment(), Application::config(), and any container entry).

Typical usage is to extend it and register dependencies:

class App extends \Riki\Application
{
    protected function initDependencies()
    {
        $this->instance('logger', new \Psr\Log\NullLogger());
        $this->alias('logger', \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class);
    }
}

Then construct it in bootstrap.php and return it:

$environment = new \Riki\Environment(realpath(__DIR__));
return new \App\App($environment);

Kernel

Riki\Kernel represents a single entrypoint for your application (web, CLI, jobs, etc.). It is intentionally tiny: pass the application in, and implement handle() with whatever boot logic you need.

Because Application::run() simply calls handle(), you decide when to run bootstrappers, dispatch requests, or short-circuit early.

Example:

class HttpKernel extends \Riki\Kernel
{
    public function handle()
    {
        $router = \Riki\Application::app()->get('router');
        return $router->dispatch($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
    }
}

Helper function

The env() helper reads values from the current environment object and can be used inside config files:

$level = env('LOG_LEVEL', 'WARNING');

Exception

Riki\Exception is a dedicated base exception for the framework. You can catch it to separate framework-level failures from your own exceptions if you want to handle them differently.

Entrypoint

Entrypoint (for example public/index.php):

<?php

class MyKernel extends \Riki\Kernel
{
    public function handle()
    {
        echo 'Hello world!' . PHP_EOL;
        return 0;
    }
}

<?php

$app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
$ret = $app->run(new MyKernel($app));
if ($ret > 0) {
    exit($ret);
}