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Dispatching to a Class
In this tutorial we won't implement MVC (Model-View-Controller). MVC can't be implemented properly in PHP anyway, at least not in the way it was originally conceived. So forget about MVC and instead let's worry about separation of concerns.
Instead of just calling everything a controller, let's give our names descriptive names that describe what the class actually does. In this case, we will just display content, so a fitting name would be Presenter. If the class does something else, we will name it accordingly.
Create a new folder inside the src/ folder with the name HelloWorld. This will be where all your hello world related code will end up in. In there, create HelloWorldPresenter.php.
<?php
namespace Example\HelloWorld;
class HelloWorldPresenter
{
public function helloWorld()
{
echo 'Hello World';
}
}
The autoloader will only work if the namespace of a class matches the file path and the file name equals the class name. At the beginning I defined Example as the root namespace of the application so this is referring to the src/ folder.
Now let's change the hello world route so that it calls your new class method instead of the closure. Change your Routes.php to this:
return [
['GET', '/hello-world', [
'Example\HelloWorld\HelloWorldPresenter',
'helloWorld',
]],
];
Instead of just a callable you are now passing an array. The first value is the fully namespaced classname, the second one the method name that you want to call.
To make this work, you will also have to do a small refactor to the routing part of the Bootstrap.php:
case \FastRoute\Dispatcher::FOUND:
$className = $routeInfo[1][0];
$method = $routeInfo[1][1];
$vars = $routeInfo[2];
$class = new $className;
$class->$method($vars);
break;
So instead of just calling a method you are now instantiating an object and then calling the method on it.
Now if you visit http://localhost:8000/hello-world everything should work. If not, go back and debug. And of course don't forget to commit your changes.