Application

`kingston\icarus\Application`
`class Application`

Main framework backbone everything starts, ends or goes through here.

Application represents the lifecyle of the interaction with the app by the user every major class is connected to this one.

example : starting the application - You want to do this in you index.php

$config = [ 'database' => [
    'dsn' => 'database_name',
    'user' => 'database_user',
    'password' => 'database_password',
    ]
];

$app = new Application(dirname(__DIR__), $config);
$app->run();

In this example all you have to do is define your config variables these are then passed along with the application root directory name to Application, and lastly you run the application.

Properties

const string	EVENT_BEFORE_REQUEST	Before app request event trigger
const string	EVENT_AFTER_REQUEST	After app request event trigger
array	$eventListeners	Application event listeners
string	$ROOT_DIR	Application root directory
string|bool	$api	Users` PHP to web server inter face
string	$userClass	Application User class instance
Application	$app	The application instance.
Request	$request	The request instance.
Router	$router	The router instance.
response	$response	The response instance.
Controller|null	$controller	The controller instance.
Database	$db	The database instance.
Session	$session	The session instance.
string	$layout	The default view layout

Methods

public function __construct($rootDir, $config) : void

Create new Application instance

Parameters

string	$rootDir
string	$config

return

void

public function run() : void

try to show the requested view

return

void

public function triggerEvent($eventName): void

Call or trigger an event`s callback function

Parameters

string

$eventName

return

void

public function on($eventName, $callback) : void

assign callback function to event listener

Parameters

string	$eventName
string	$callback

return

void

public static function isGuest() : bool

Check if user session exists

Parameters

return

bool