I am trying to setup a restful API using Slim PHP. This is my first time using a microframework and I am trying to structure an application with it so it remains maintainable.
I am trying to structure my application like so:
root
- index.php
- composer.json
- app
- - routes
- - - session.php
- - lib
- - - functions.php
- - vendor
- - - Composer Vendor dirs and files
I am using illuminate to access my MySQL database and while I had all my code in just the index.php file everything worked. When I tried to split up my authentication functions into the session.php I was no longer able to access the illuminate instance. I followed the standard setup from the github page
use \Slim\Slim;
use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
$capsule = new Capsule;
$capsule->addConnection([
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => 'password',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
]);
// Set the event dispatcher used by Eloquent models... (optional)
use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
use Illuminate\Container\Container;
$capsule->setEventDispatcher(new Dispatcher(new Container));
// Make this Capsule instance available globally via static methods... (optional)
$capsule->setAsGlobal();
// Setup the Eloquent ORM... (optional; unless you've used setEventDispatcher())
$capsule->bootEloquent();
$app = new Slim();
//get login routes
require 'app/routes/session.php';
$app->get("/", function() use ($app){
$app->render(200,array(
'msg' => 'welcome',
));
});
Here is my session.php:
$app->post("/login", function() use ($app){
$postVarsAll = $app->request->post();
if( isset($postVarsAll['password']) && isset($postVarsAll['username']))
{
//Get associated user
$app->render(200,array(
'msg' => print_r(Capsule,true)
));
$user = Capsule::table('user')->where('username','=',$postVarsAll['username'])- >first();
}else{
$app->render(200, array(
"msg" => "no params",
"params" => $postVarsAll
));
}
});
This throws a 500 error and tells me:
"msg": "NOTICE: Use of undefined constant Capsule - assumed 'Capsule'",
I am looking to just use the Capsule instance inside my session.php. Does anyone know how to do this?
If I take out the Capsule calls the route works.
Thanks for your help!
Edit
$app->post("/login", function() use ($app,$capsule){
$postVarsAll = $app->request->post();
if( isset($postVarsAll['password']) && isset($postVarsAll['username']))
{
//Get associated user
$app->render(200,array(
'msg' => print_r($capsule,true)
));
return;
...
with this I get the full capsule object.
Edit 2
Thank you volkinc for finding the answer.
I can use $capsule->table("user")->...
for my query needs.