Architecture

The Aurora codebase is structured in several directories.

• app - Contains the code related to the project configuration, database, controllers, languages and views.

• bin Contains the CLI code.

• core - Contains the core code of Aurora. Like the router, database abstraction layer, language manager, etc.

• docs - Contains the Aurora documentation.

• public - Contains the public files and resources, such as images, stylesheets and javascript files.

• tests - Contains all the code related to the automated tests.

Stack

Aurora is built on top of the following technologies:

• PHP - The backend programming language.

• HTML/CSS/JS - The frontend languages.

• SQLite - The database engine used by default.

• Apache - The web server used by default.

Workflow

Aurora is built with simplicity in mind. The workflow is very straightforward:

1. The user makes a request to the web server.

2. /public/index.php is executed and initializes the web app.

3. /app/bootstrap/config.php is requested and loads the configuration, routes and everything else related to the web app initialization in the app/bootstrap property.

4. The requested route is matched and the corresponding route defined in /app/bootstrap/routes.php is executed (each route normally calls the modules defined in /app/controllers/modules).