Question

I am creating my own mvc framework to use in little projects and by default, I am rewriting the url so that every single request goes to index.php. Index.php is only 4-5 lines, which calls the application class and then, the application class calls the corresponding controller and so on.

Basically, this is my htaccess file and index.php:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?rt=$1 [L,QSA]

index.php:

<?php
include 'config.php';
$app = new Application();
?>

What I’d like to learn is whether this method has or could have any negative effects in the future in terms of speed and bandwidth. I appreciate your answers and comments.

Answer 1

If the class is there just to wrap you bootstrap stage, then it is pointless. simply have a plain file, which initializes application, load configuration and does all the wiring.

You could also want the index.php file to only contain one line: something that includes file outside DOCUMENT_ROOT. This way, if something goes tits-up with PHP extension, you won’t show everyone your DB password and other sensitive details about your code.

As for your current .htaccess setup – no , it will not cause any additional bandwidth usage, but you might think about utilizing browser’s cache for image and other assets.