====== Limb PHP Web Application Framework ======

[[http://limb-project.com|Limb]] is an OpenSource(LGPL) PHP framework aimed for rapid web application development. The latest version of framework is Limb3 which consists of many reusable components distributed as packages on [[http://pear.limb-project.com/|Limb3 PEAR channel]].

Here is the list of the most notable packages at the moment:

    * **core**: the base package which provides lazy loading of PHP code
    * **classkit**: advanced OO tools(automatic decorators generators, transparent object proxies, etc)
    * **toolkit**: dependency injection tools (Dynamic Service Locator pattern implementation)
    * **filter_chain**: InterceptingFilter design pattern implementation
    * **wact**: forked and extended version of the powerful template WACT subsystem (forked from latest CVS version)
    * **web_app**: FrontController and MVC patterns implementation.
    * **active_record**: ActiveRecord pattern implementation(Rails alike flavor, http://rubyonrails.com/)
    * **dbal**: Database Abstraction Layer which supports MySql, PostreSQL, Oracle, SQLite at the moment (originally forked from WACT)
    * **tests_runner**: unit testing tools built around excellent SimpleTest library(http://simpletest.org). tests_runners dramatically simplifies tests execution
    * **session**: transparent PHP session wrappers with painless persistence of objects
    * **cli**: CLI tools for parsing and validating command line arguments and options 
    * **i18n**: tools for i18n content: translations, multibyte strings handling(utf-8), etc
    * ..see more packages on Limb3 PEAR channel!


Developers of Limb are committed proponents of beautiful and easy-to-maintain code that simply works. That is why they develop and constantly refactor Limb code in a test driven manner.

You can read more about Limb3 at [[http://wiki.limb-project.com/doku.php?id=limb3:en:faq|"FAQ section"]] and at[[http://wiki.limb-project.com/doku.php?id=limb3:en:for_beginners|"If You're New To Limb3..."]]

You may also want to check in [[http://projects.limb-project.com|Limb3 online example projects]].

If you have any questions and need support, don't hesitate asking at forum http://forum.limb-project.com !