| title | Introduction |
|---|---|
| sidebar_position | 1 |
| description | What MaplePHP is and what it provides. |
MaplePHP is a high-performance PHP 8.2+ framework built on PSR standards and modern best practices. It provides the core infrastructure needed for real applications — MVC architecture, dependency injection, routing, middleware, caching, logging, error handling, and full support for both web and CLI environments — while keeping every component swappable.
The goal is not to lock you into a fixed ecosystem. Each maplephp/* library is independently installable and PSR-compliant. You shape the framework around your own stack and workflow, while still benefiting from updates to the core.
:::warning Beta
This framework is currently in beta. Use --stability=beta when installing.
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| Area | What you get |
|---|---|
| HTTP | PSR-7 request/response, PSR-15 middleware pipeline, FastRoute routing |
| CLI | Command system, interactive prompts, scaffolding via ./maple make |
| DI | PSR-11 container with reflection-based constructor autowiring |
| Database | Doctrine DBAL query builder, schema migration runner |
| Views | Twig template engine with layout inheritance and caching |
| Caching | PSR-6 and PSR-16 with FileSystem and Memcached handlers |
| Logging | PSR-3 with StreamHandler (rotation), ErrorLogHandler, DBHandler |
| Validation | 50+ validators with fluent chaining |
| Testing | maplephp/unitary — 100k+ tests/sec, built-in mocking |
MaplePHP is built around PSR standards throughout:
- PSR-3 — logging
- PSR-6 / PSR-16 — caching
- PSR-7 — HTTP messages
- PSR-11 — dependency injection container
- PSR-15 — middleware pipeline
Every maplephp/* package can be used standalone or replaced with any PSR-compatible alternative.
- Installation → — install the framework, start the dev server
- Project Structure → — understand the directory layout
- Routing → — define HTTP and CLI routes
- Library Ecosystem → — all available packages