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Show HN: Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP

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75 points notrab | 4 comments | 18 Nov 24 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.642s | source

Hey HN, I last PHP professionally over 15 years ago, and I loved it. I switched to Ruby on Rails, then Node/Go/React/GraphQL as there was a lot more demand for those roles. However, PHP is back!

In true JavaScript fashion, I decided to learn PHP again by building a framework to put all the pieces together in my brain.

I absolutely love Hono.dev, and decided to base the PHP framework on that. Dumbo isn't intended to compete with Laravel, Symphony or Slim, if anything, it's something people can use in production, but also contribute to and be used as a learning resource for others.

1. wink ◴[18 Nov 24 13:47 UTC] No.42172246[source]▶
What's your distinguishing point over Slim and Silex (rip) because from your example script I don't see anything different. I mean, how would it, (un?)fortunately PHP syntax doesn't let you play as much with DSLs as Ruby or other languages.
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2. notrab ◴[18 Nov 24 13:55 UTC] No.42172296[source]▶
I guess that's still to figure out... it's mostly been an experiment to relearn PHP... I guess keeping a similar DX to Hono's context->X is where I was coming from originally.
3. oldandboring ◴[18 Nov 24 15:36 UTC] No.42173335[source]▶
This is what I was thinking as well. From the README examples it looks like every other modern PHP micro framework.
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4. notrab ◴[18 Nov 24 15:46 UTC] No.42173466[source]▶
100% like every other framework. I'm primarily a JS dev, so it's in my nature to create yet another framework...

But seriously, this has been a tool for me to relearn PHP, and those contributing so far have also been learning PHP. If it ends up just bein (and nothing more than) something helps me, as well as others learn more about PHP, it's a success.