orinoco framework is a light full-stack web framework written in PHP5. It is based on MVC architecture and implements the Model 2 design pattern. Its infrastructure helps developers create a clean and maintainable applications.

Framework's Features

- Framework

• Full-stack framework (Model, View and Controller)
• Extremely lightweight
• Easy to install and very easy to configure
• Clean and organized directory structure
• Classes can be easily extended
• Integrated Object-relational mapping (ORM)

• Multiple table query support
• CRUD functionalities
• Rich record and data helper
• Supports various RDMS (PostgreSQL, SQLite, etc.) Under Development
• Supports and tested for MySQL

• Search engine friendly URL scheme
• Customizable route and URLs

• Work with various AJAX frameworks and javascript libraries (jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous, Dojo, etc.)

Framework's Structure

Download source file

Latest branch source: 0.1.5

svn checkout http://orinoco-framework.googlecode.com/svn/branches/0.1.5/ orinoco-framework-0.1.5

Framework in action!

Here's an overview of orinoco framework's technical code structure. Please see the tutorial page for a more detailed documentation.

Models

For this example, we'll use two (2) models (employee and position) to map two (2) existing table called employee and position.

/apps/default/models/employee.model.php

class employee extends Record {
	// lists of table fields and its associated table/model
	public $id = array('primary' => true);
	public $first_name;
	public $last_name;
	public $address;
	public $phone;
	public $position_id = array(
					'model' => 'position',
					'join' => 'right'
				   );
}

/apps/default/models/position.model.php

class position extends Record {
	// lists of table fields
	public $id = array('primary' => true);
	public $position_name;
}

Controller/Action

/apps/default/controllers/employee.controller.php

class employeeController extends Controller {
	function __index__() {
		$this->employee->find(); // one line query; find all records
	}
}

View

/apps/default/views/contents/employee/__index__.view.php

<table>
		<tr>
			<td><b>First name</b></td>
			<td><b>Last name</b></td>
			<td><b>Address</b></td>
			<td><b>Phone</b></td>
			<td><b>Position</b></td>
		</tr>

	<?php while($this->employee->iterate()) { ?>
		<tr>
			<td><?php echo $this->employee->first_name->link_id_to('edit'); ?></td>
			<td><?php echo $this->employee->last_name; ?></td>
			<td><?php echo $this->employee->address; ?></td>
			<td><?php echo $this->employee->phone; ?></td>
			<td><?php echo $this->employee->position_name; ?></td>
		</tr>
	<?php } ?>	

</table>

The Result

NOTE: orinoco framework is currently under heavy development. So it is not yet recommended for production use, but instead you could try mature and stable frameworks such as: Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Django, etc.