Documentation: Bootstrap

Once framework is installed, all requests to your project, except those pointing to static files (eg: public folder), will be bootstrapped to index.php file, whose only job is to start the framework and manage your application in following steps:

loads composer autoloader
detects development environment registered on web server (see Installation) into ENVIRONMENT constant
registers STDERR MVC API as handler of exception-response flow based on:
- stderr.xml file where API is configured
- ENVIRONMENT detected above
- Lucinda\Project\EmergencyHandler instance to handle errors that may occur during handling process itself
lets above stand in suspended animation unless an error/exception is thrown below
if HTTP request is to be handled:
- registers STDOUT MVC API as handler of request-response flow based on:
  - stdout.xml file where API is configured
  - ENVIRONMENT detected above
  - Lucinda\Project\Attributes instance that makes values set by event listeners available to controllers or subsequent event listeners
- registers event listeners that execute when a STDOUT MVC API lifecycle event is reached.
  1. only Lucinda\Project\EventListeners\Error is added by Framework Skeleton API
  2. Framework Configurer API, if step-by-step configurer is used, may add more depending on user choices
  3. developers can and probably will need to create more, depending on project requirements
otherwise, if console request is to be handled:
- registers Console MVC API as handler of request-response flow based on:
  - stdout.xml file where API is configured
  - ENVIRONMENT detected above
  - Lucinda\Project\ConsoleAttributes instance that makes values set by event listeners available to controllers or subsequent event listeners
- registers event listeners that execute when a Console MVC API lifecycle event is reached.
  1. only Lucinda\Project\EventListeners\Error is added by Framework Skeleton API
  2. Framework Configurer API, if step-by-step configurer is used, may add more depending on user choices
  3. developers can and probably will need to create more, depending on project requirements
starts request-response handling

Logical schema:

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