The frameworks comes with lots of useful features out of the box and is perfect for building RESTful web applications.
Slim is inspired by Ruby's Sinatra framework.
Here are some key features of "Slim":
· HTTP caching
· HTTP routing
· Named routes
· Route passing
· Route redirects
· Route halting
· Middleware & Hooks
· Error and exception handling
· Logging
· Signed cookies
· Easy app configuration
· Secure sessions
· Flash messaging
· Custom views
· Custom 404 page
· Custom 500 page
Requirements:
· PHP 5.1 or higher
· libmcrypt 2.4 or higher
· Web server with URL rewrite module
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added \Slim\Slim::_isset and \Slim\Slim::__unset methods
· Added CONTRIBUTING file
· Added \Slim\Helper\Set::protect method to store Closure values that should not be invoked
· Fixed encrypted cookie expiration time during serialization into HTTP header
· Fixed Last-Modified and Expires header date format
· Fixed \Slim\View::setData so that it protects Closures used as template variables