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Fully Object Oriented framework in PHP

I am frustrated with CodeIgniter about one thing, you can’t extend neither controllers nor models. I know you can do HMVC with a mod, and that somewhat gives you the inheritance abilities, but I’m not satisfied with that. Is there a PHP MVC framework that is object oriented and basically allows to extend the controllers, models?

Answer 1

The documentation for CodeIgniter says otherwise – one of first examples is:

If all you need to do is add some functionality to an existing library – perhaps add a function or two – then it’s overkill to replace the entire library with your version. In this case it’s better to simply extend the class. Extending a class is nearly identical to replacing a class with a couple exceptions:

The class declaration must extend the parent class.
Your new class name and filename must be prefixed with MY_ (this item is configurable. See below.).

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller {

    function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }
}

// Then you can use it like this:
class Welcome extends MY_Controller {

    function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    function index()
    {
        $this->load->view('welcome_message');
    }
}