PhileCMS

A Markdown file-based CMS written in PHP.

Check out the starter video or read the wiki for in-depth documentation.

Why use PhileCMS?

Phile was forked from Pico when a few community members wanted to contribute more and increase the rate of development. Here is a small list of differences:

Object Oriented Design (classes)
Events system
Replacable core modules (plugins)
- Parser (default: Markdown)
- Template Engine (default: Twig)
- Cache (default: phpFastCache)
- Error handler (default: Whoops)
- Meta parser (default: Phile parser)
- Simple Data Persistence (default: Phile file-based)
Per-Plugin config.php files
Namespaced plugins so classes can have the same name
PSR-0, PSR-1/2, PSR-7/15

Quick Start

Requirements:

PHP 7.2.0+
a web-server

Download the release from https://philecms.github.io/, copy the files to your web-server and open the root directory in the browser.

Or use composer and run it locally:

composer create-project --no-dev phile-cms/phile;
cd Phile;
php -S localhost:8080;

On a fresh installation you will see a page with a setup instructions. Follow them. For detailed instructions please see the installation help.

Plugins

Phile can be extended with a wide variety of plugins.

Generally a plugin can always be installed manually: clone or download the plugin into plugins/{vendor}/{pluginName} folder. Example: phileRss would be installed into plugins/phile/rssFeed.

Many plugins also allow composer installation:

composer require phile/rss-feed

Always check the plugin readme for specialised installation instruction.

Getting Help

You can read the wiki if you are looking for examples more development information.

If you find a bug please report it on the issues page, but remember to include a bunch of details and also what someone can do to re-create the issue.

Issues with plugins should be reported on the offending plugins homepage this goes for themes as well.