Useful skeleton for RESTful API development, using Slim PHP micro-framework.

The main technologies used in this project are:

• PHP 8
• Slim 4
• MySQL
• PHPUnit
• dotenv
• Docker
• Docker Compose

• Composer.
• PHP >= 8.1
• MySQL/MariaDB.
• or Docker.

You can create a new project running the following commands:

composer create-project maurobonfietti/slim4-api-skeleton [my-api-name]
cd [my-api-name]
composer test
composer start

By default, the API uses a MySQL database.

You should check and edit this configuration in your .env file:

DB_HOST='127.0.0.1'
DB_NAME='yourMySqlDatabase'
DB_USER='yourMySqlUsername'
DB_PASS='yourMySqlPassword'
DB_PORT='3306'

If you like Docker, you can use this project with Docker and Docker Compose.

Minimal Docker Version:

• Engine: 18.03+
• Compose: 1.21+

Docker Commands:

# Create and start containers for the API.
docker-compose up -d --build

# Checkout the API.
curl http://localhost:8081

# Stop and remove containers.
docker-compose down

• slim/slim: Slim is a PHP micro framework that helps you quickly write simple yet powerful web applications and APIs.
• slim/psr7: PSR-7 implementation for use with Slim 4.
• pimple/pimple: A small PHP dependency injection container.
• vlucas/phpdotenv: Loads environment variables from .env to getenv(), $_ENV and $_SERVER automagically.

• phpunit/phpunit: The PHP Unit Testing framework.
• symfony/console: The Console component eases the creation of beautiful and testable command line interfaces.
• nunomaduro/phpinsights: Instant PHP quality checks from your console.
• maurobonfietti/slim4-api-skeleton-crud-generator: CRUD Generator for Slim 4 - Api Skeleton.

• Hello: GET /

• Health Check: GET /status

Learn how to develop a RESTful API with PHP and Slim 4 by following this video [🎥 🔈 🇪🇸 🇦🇷]

If you would like to support this project, you can:

• Invite the author a coffee ☕ 😋
• Give a star to the repository ⭐ 😊

Now, go to build an excellent RESTful API.