Hammer Tester

What is Hammer

Hammer is a simple PHP framework, based on a central codebase idea
all sites that use Hammer on a server, look at the same files
that way if there is an update, you update 1 set of files not 4 sets of the same file

So now you know the idea, what is Hammer,
Hammer is a simple PHP framework, simple in the sense of you do little code to get results
Alot like jQuery

Hammer is not a re-interpretation of PHP, like Expression Engine
Hammer uses built in functions and Standard PHP syntax, rather than making up its own language

Why use Hammer

A framework is there to keep your code to a minimum
to stop you having to write the same code over and over again
to reduce bugs, by not using copy/paste
to make your code easier to maintaine

What isnt Hammer

Hammer is a framework in the true sense, so Hammer is not a blog
Hammer is not a forum
Hammer is not a whole website

So Why again should I use Hammer

Hammer allows you to create all those things with either the built in functions of Hammer
or you can build those functions without having to worry about Hammer overwriting them on an update
To understand better, there are some examples provided, and the documentation

Hammers Folder Structure

Unlike the Zend Framework, Hammers template structure is alot simpler

Hammmer Structure


	/ <root>

	/libs <libs folder>

	/libs/news <news lib folder>

Site Structure


	/ <root>

	/pages <pages folder>

	/pages/news <news folder>

	/pages/news/templates <news templates folder>

Now you might be wondering why there is 2 news folders and 2 roots
Hammer is kept in a central location, e.g. /Hammer/
and the sites are kept in the sites folder e.g. /Sites/SimpleSite/

The reason for the 2 news folders, the news folder in the site area, is just the action and template
all the hardwork is kept in the libs folder, so that if there is an update to the news library, you only update that, not one for each site