Setup

Introduction

This section provides you with basic information for download, setup and configure WebMVC framework.

Software requirements

In order to develop using WebMVC framework you need:

• Operating System: Linux, Mac or Windows
• Server: Apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled
• Database: MySql (from 5.0 to the latest version)
• Programming language: PHP (from 5.3 to the latest version) with DOM and mysqli extensions.

Skills requirements

The technical skills you need for developing with WebMVC are:

• Good knowledge of PHP programming language and OOP
• Basic knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Basic knowledge of MySQL database

Setup and configuration

To install the framework:

1. Download it from Github
2. Create a project folder in the root folder of your web server
3. Copy all the directories downloaded from Github into the project folder
4. Go into the project folder and modify the following lines of config/application.config.php" according to your db and web server

/**
 *  MySQL User
 */
define("DBUSER","PUT_YOUR_USERNAME");

/**
 * MySQL Password
 */
define("DBPASSWORD","PUT_YOUR_PASSWORD");

/**
 *  MySQL Database
 */
define("DBNAME","PUT_YOUR_DB_NAME");

/**
 *  MySQL Port
 */
define('DBPORT', '3306');

/**
 * Defines a constant for site URL
 * @note without the ending slash
 * @example: http://localhost/webmvc
 */
define("SITEURL","http://PUT_YOUR_HOST/PUT_YOUR_WEB_FOLDER");

Whats next

In the next section, we show you how to configure some optional parameters.