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Mattias Olsson
Mattias Olsson

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Rest API skeleton

Hi guys
I have been away from PHP for a while but I used to code for about 15 years before. Now I got a request to build a backend API in PHP and for that reason I am looking for a small, clean framework or skeleton where I can put my code and methods in a well structured manner with todays standards. The frontend will be built in Angular by someone else so I do not need any view-functionality.

The API should be able to handle requests and return JSON, routing, authentication and ideally also auto generate documentation.

I don't have the need nor do I want to spend the time of learning a framework like Laravel. I am also old school and like to have as few dependencies as possible and to have full control over all the code. The smaller and cleaner the better.

Do you have any tips or ideas of solutions that you think would fit me?

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