laika-core

Laika Core Documentation

laikait/laika-core is the core of the Laika PHP Framework. It provides:

• HTTP: request, response, redirects, CORS, CSRF, validation
• Application plumbing: configuration, resource discovery, hooks, localisation, app key
• Templates: Twig rendering, assets, meta tags, navigation, icons
• Security helpers: encryption, JWT, IDs, sanitizers, regex rules
• Files and storage: local/S3/JSON/Redis/Memcached storage, uploads, images, zips
• Utilities: dates, arbitrary-precision math, cron, shell commands
• Data: the options table and the activity log
• Error handling and the global helper functions templates and apps rely on

Most of it is reached through relays, static proxy classes in the Laika\Service namespace, for example Url::base() or Request::input('email'). Each relay forwards to a shared instance of a class in Laika\Core\....

Page	Covers
Getting Started	Installation, what happens at boot, path constants
Relays & the Container	How Laika\Service\* relays resolve, the full relay list
HTTP	Request, Validator, Response, Redirect, CORS, CSRF, ProxyTrust, sanitizers
URL, Client & IP	Url, Page, Visitor (Client), Cookie, IP utilities
Configuration & App	Config, Init, app key, Local, Hook, resources, MemoryManager
Templates	Template, Asset, Meta, Context, Nav, Icon
Security	Vault, Token (JWT), Uid, Unique, sanitizers, Regex
Files & Storage	File, Directory, Upload, Image, Zip, MimeType, storage drivers
Utilities	Date, Math, Cron, shell commands, PhpMetadataParser, Queue
Options & Activity Log	The options table, the activities table, change logs
Errors & Exceptions	The error handler and every exception class
Helper Functions	Every global function and the hooks registered for templates
Upgrading	What changed in 5.1.0 and 5.1.1

Three components keep their own detailed READMEs next to the code:

• IP utilities: CIDR maths for IPv4 and IPv6
• Nav builder: menus built from named routes
• Regex rules: reusable validation patterns

Conventions in These Pages

• Relay means the Laika\Service\* class you call statically. Class is the Laika\Core\* class that does the work.
• Method tables list signatures exactly as they appear in the source.
• Note boxes flag behaviour that is easy to get wrong. They describe the code as it is, not as it might be expected to work.

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