The latest articles on DEV Community by Shahriyar Fahim (@fahimxtreme). https://dev.to/fahimxtreme https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4116656%2Fd1a2242d-a3ea-41cd-9781-467411fe4ff8.jpg https://dev.to/fahimxtreme en Shahriyar Fahim Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:46:23 +0000 https://dev.to/fahimxtreme/i-built-a-modern-php-framework-from-scratch-veldora-php-10jm https://dev.to/fahimxtreme/i-built-a-modern-php-framework-from-scratch-veldora-php-10jm <h1> I Built a Modern PHP Framework From Scratch — Veldora PHP </h1> <p>Hey everyone! I'm Shahriyar, the creator of Veldora PHP.</p> <p>I've been building Veldora as an independent PHP framework focused on clean architecture, developer experience, and giving developers more ownership over their applications.</p> <p>Veldora is a modern PHP 8.2+ MVC framework for building web applications and APIs. It combines an IoC container, PSR-4 autoloading, middleware pipeline, ActiveRecord ORM, and a Blade-inspired template engine into one cohesive framework.</p> <h2> What Veldora includes </h2> <ul> <li>MVC architecture with IoC container and dependency injection</li> <li>PSR-4 autoloading and clean, explicit application structure</li> <li>Expressive routing with middleware support</li> <li>ActiveRecord ORM with relationships, eager loading, transactions, soft deletes, factories, seeders, and model events</li> <li>Database migrations and schema management</li> <li>Form Requests and validation</li> <li>Guard-based authentication with sessions, password hashing, remember tokens, and route protection</li> <li>Full authentication scaffolding for login, registration, password reset, profile, and email verification</li> <li>Blade-inspired <code>.veldora.php</code> template engine</li> <li>Template directives, layouts, sections, and reusable components</li> <li>41+ built-in UI components</li> <li>Built-in CLI with 48 commands for scaffolding, migrations, routes, configuration, caching, queues, events, and more</li> <li>Background queues and jobs</li> <li>Events and listeners</li> <li>Mail and mailable classes</li> <li>Cache and file storage</li> <li>HTTP client with JSON, authentication, retries, and test fakes</li> <li>Sessions, cookies, CSRF protection, and API resources</li> <li>Maintenance mode and application tooling</li> <li>Official VS Code tooling with syntax highlighting, IntelliSense snippets, file icons, and bracket matching</li> </ul> <p>One of the things I wanted Veldora to do differently is keep the framework explicit and type-friendly instead of relying heavily on runtime magic. The goal is to make the framework easier to understand, extend, and own.</p> <h2> Why another PHP framework? </h2> <p>PHP already has mature and excellent frameworks.</p> <p>I didn't build Veldora because PHP needed another framework. I built it because I wanted to explore a different approach to framework design and create the developer experience I personally wanted to use.</p> <p>Veldora is intentionally independent and open source, with a focus on developer ownership and a cohesive development experience.</p> <h2> Veldora PHP v0.6.0 </h2> <p>Veldora PHP v0.6.0 is now publicly available.</p> <p>Website:<br> <a href="https://veldora.modrao.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://veldora.modrao.com</a></p> <p>GitHub:<br> <a href="https://github.com/veldorahq" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/veldorahq</a></p> <p>I'd genuinely love to hear from other PHP developers.</p> <p>What do you think a modern PHP framework should provide out of the box?</p> <p>Feedback, criticism, ideas, and contributions are welcome.</p> php opensource webdev showdev