A simple minimal set of functions provide you the ability to build API & web application with no setup time 
- Routing with dynamic routes
 - Templating
 - Method for accessing request data
 - Method for sending json data
 - Customizable
 - No design restriction build your API in anyway you want
 - Zero configuration
 
Install PHP-Weekend with composer
composer require erdum/php-weekendOr install without composer on older PHP versions just copy the src directory and require the App.php and Router.php
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/src/App.php');
require(__DIR__ . '/src/Router.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::get('/', function() {
    App::send_json(array('data' => 'Hello, World!'));
});
Router::get('/simple', function() {
    App::send_response('This is the content.', 200, 'text/html');
});
Router::get('/get_pdf', function() {
    App::send_file(__DIR__ . '/static/my_file.pdf');
});After installing the package your project directory will have the following
ls- composer.json
 - composer.lock
 - vendor
 
Create an index.php file
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::get('/', function() {
    App::send_json(['data' => 'Hello, World!']);
});
/*
Router also have
post
put
patch
delete
any
*/You can get request data submitted in any format with a single function
- query Parameters
 - form-data
 - multipart/form-data
 - application/json
 
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::post('/', function() {
    $request_payload = App::get_request();
    App::send_json(['data' => $request_payload], 201);
});You can also build dynamic routes
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::get('/user/$name', function($name) {
    App::send_json(['data' => $name]);
});You can also use templates create a directory called templates in your project root
mkdir templatesinside your templates directory you can build your templates like home.php
<h1><?= $data ?></h1>
<h2><?= $foo ?></h2>
<?php if ($age > 18): ?>
    Hello
<?php else: ?>
    whatsapp
<?php endif; ?>now you can render home.php template from your index file
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::get('/', function() {
    App::send_template('home', [
        'data' => 'Hello, World!',
        'foo' => 'bar',
        'age' => 18
    ]);
});App also provides you the csrf functionality
<form>
    <input type="name" name="user-name">
    <input type="email" name="user-email">
    <?= set_csrf() ?>
</form>now verify the csrf token in the handler
<?php
require(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
use PhpWeekend\Router;
use PhpWeekend\App;
Router::get('/', function() {
    if (App::is_csrf_valid()) {
        // CSRF token validated
    }
});If you have any feedback, please reach out to us at [email protected]
