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Show HN: Dumbo – Hono inspired framework for PHP

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75 points notrab | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 07:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.42s | 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. notrab ◴[18 Nov 24 16:16 UTC] No.42173823[source]▶
Thanks!

1) When I started this, I thought could this be an HTMX-PHP framework. If you see the examples directory, I added a few HTMX examples early days. Maybe I can niche down on this...

2) If I'm honest, I don't know yet. I first started building the router, then I was told through some feedback that there's been a lot of research (rightly so) into this area and I would be better off implementing the FastRouter that's in Slim, so I switched to that...

As mentioned above, if I could make this framework fit with HTMX more, I could have a PHP framework that talks HTMX with less of the wiring up. I still need to figure this out.

3) I've avoided building an official site/docs for it, but I might have to. I had hoped the examples were a good source, but as more features were added, creating official docs site might have to be my next task.

PHP isn't yet part of my default stack, but I am trying to thanks to what I've been learning building Dumbo.