I gave this presentation at the monthly RefreshAugusta meeting on 20 May 2009 at The Well in Downtown Augusta.

1. Introduction to
20 May 2009

2.  Open Source PHP Framework
<?php
$this->load->view(‘about’);

3.  Open Source PHP Framework
 Free (as in beer / as in rights)
<?php
$this->load->view(‘about’);

4.  Open Source PHP Framework
 Free (as in beer / as in rights)
 The “guts” of ExpressionEngine 2
<?php
$this->load->view(‘about’);

5.  Open Source PHP Framework
 Free (as in beer / as in rights)
 The “guts” of ExpressionEngine 2
 Backed by bootstrapped company
<?php
$this->load->view(‘about’);

6.  ‘01: Rick Ellis develops pMachine
<?php
$this->load->model(‘event’);
$data[‘events’] = $this->event->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘history’, $data);

7.  ‘01: Rick Ellis develops pMachine
 ‘02: pMachine publicly released
<?php
$this->load->model(‘event’);
$data[‘events’] = $this->event->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘history’, $data);

8.  ‘01: Rick Ellis develops pMachine
 ‘02: pMachine publicly released
 ‘04: ExpressionEngine released
<?php
$this->load->model(‘event’);
$data[‘events’] = $this->event->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘history’, $data);

9.  ‘01: Rick Ellis develops pMachine
 ‘02: pMachine publicly released
 ‘04: ExpressionEngine released
 ‘06: CodeIgniter released
<?php
$this->load->model(‘event’);
$data[‘events’] = $this->event->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘history’, $data);

10.  ‘01: Rick Ellis develops pMachine
 ‘02: pMachine publicly released
 ‘04: ExpressionEngine released
 ‘06: CodeIgniter released
 ’08: ExpressionEngine 2 demoed at SXSW
<?php
$this->load->model(‘event’);
$data[‘events’] = $this->event->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘history’, $data);

11.  Small footprint 10.5x
2.9x
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

12.  Small footprint
 PHP 4 compatible
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

13.  Small footprint
 PHP 4 compatible
 Database abstraction layer
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

14.  Small footprint
 PHP 4 compatible
 Database abstraction layer
 Global XSS filtering
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

15.  Small footprint
 PHP 4 compatible
 Database abstraction layer
 Global XSS filtering
 SEO friendly URLs
example.com/controller/method/var1/var2
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

16.  Small footprint
 PHP 4 compatible
 Database abstraction layer
 Global XSS filtering
 SEO friendly URLs
 Infinitely extensible
<?php
$this->load->model(‘feature’);
$data[‘features’] = $this->feature->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘features’, $data);

17. Rasmus Lerdorf
Creator of PHP
Infrastructure Architect, Yahoo

18. <?php
class Post extends Model {
function Post() {
parent::Model();
}
function get_all() {
$this->db->order_by(‘postdate’, ‘DESC’);
$query = $this->db->get(‘posts’, 10, 0);
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result();
}
return FALSE;
}
}

19. <?php
class Post extends Model {
function Post() {
parent::Model();
}
function get_all() {
$this->db->order_by(‘postdate’, ‘DESC’);
$query = $this->db->get(‘posts’, 10, 0);
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result();
}
return FALSE;
}
}

20. <?php
class Post extends Model {
function Post() {
parent::Model();
}
function get_all() {
$this->db->order_by(‘postdate’, ‘DESC’);
$query = $this->db->get(‘posts’, 10, 0);
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result();
}
return FALSE;
}
}

21. <?php
class Posts extends Controller {
function Posts() {
parent::Controller();
}
function index() {
$this->load->model(‘post’);
$data[‘posts’] = $this->post->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘home’, $data);
}
}

22. <?php
class Posts extends Controller {
function Posts() {
parent::Controller();
}
function index() {
$this->load->model(‘post’);
$data[‘posts’] = $this->post->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘home’, $data);
}
}

23. <?php
class Posts extends Controller {
function Posts() {
parent::Controller();
}
function index() {
$this->load->model(‘post’);
$data[‘posts’] = $this->post->get_all();
$this->load->view(‘home’, $data);
}
}

24. <!-– html, head, body tag -->
<?php foreach($posts as $p): ?>
<div class=‚post‛>
<h2><?php echo $p->title; ?></h2>
<div class=‚excerpt‛>
<?php echo $p->excerpt; ?>
</div>
<p><?php echo anchor($p->id, ‘Read More’); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- /body, /head, /html tags -->

25. <!-– html, head, body tag -->
<?php foreach($posts as $p): ?>
<div class=‚post‛>
<h2><?php echo $p->title; ?></h2>
<div class=‚excerpt‛>
<?php echo $p->excerpt; ?>
</div>
<p><?php echo anchor($p->id, ‘Read More’); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- /body, /head, /html tags -->

26. <!-– html, head, body tag -->
<?php foreach($posts as $p): ?>
<div class=‚post‛>
<h2><?php echo $p->title; ?></h2>
<div class=‚excerpt‛>
<?php echo $p->excerpt; ?>
</div>
<p><?php echo anchor($p->id, ‘Read More’); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- /body, /head, /html tags -->

27. <!-– html, head, body tag -->
<?php foreach($posts as $p): ?>
<div class=‚post‛>
<h2><?php echo $p->title; ?></h2>
<div class=‚excerpt‛>
<?php echo $p->excerpt; ?>
</div>
<p><?php echo anchor($p->id, ‘Read More’); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- /body, /head, /html tags -->

28. <!-– html, head, body tag -->
<?php foreach($posts as $p): ?>
<div class=‚post‛>
<h2><?php echo $p->title; ?></h2>
<div class=‚excerpt‛>
<?php echo $p->excerpt; ?>
</div>
<p><?php echo anchor($p->slug, ‘Read More’); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- /body, /head, /html tags -->
example.com/refreshaugust-may-2009

29. michaelwales.com
Twitter: @walesmd
webmaster@michaelwales.com