EPIC Phails

My friend Robb just IM’d me to tell me he’s released a new PHP framework.

Get Phails!

The source code is impressive! Using just three lines of code, you are able to create a website with tagging.

   /**
    * Phails can do anything!
    * Here is an example on how to create tagging for your site.
    */
   require_once('Phails.php');
   $Phails = new Phails;
   $Phails->tags->add(array('web 2.0', 'scalable', 'ORM'));
 

I always appreciate a lightweight framework, that isn’t overwrought.

/**
 * Phails
 *
 * Open Source Framework for PHP on Rails
 */

class Phails {
    /**
     * Constructor for Phails
     */
    public function __construct() {
        $this->_fail();
    }

    public function __get($var) {
        $this->_fail();
        return $this->$var = new Phails;
    }

    public function __set($var, $value) {
        $this->_fail();
    }

    public function __call($method, $args) {
        $this->_fail();
    }

    private function _fail() {
        echo "FAIL \n";
    }
}

Hmm, makes me jealous. I should be writing my own framework. I heard all the cool kids are doing it.