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PHP Custom Modular Project Architecture Tutorial Part 1

Published : December 7, 2025   •   Last Edited : December 7, 2025   •   Author : Adam Khoury

In this 2 part series, I'm showing how I structure a custom PHP database driven web project that is capable of rendering zillions of dynamic rich content pages, with blistering speed and efficiency.

All of the code is ready to persist for a long time going forward. You'll see object-oriented approaches, clever template approaches, and when your system requires an update or whenever you want to perform design changes, the lightweight modular approach is so easy to manage.

- Show Chrome Lighthouse Analysis - Show Error-Free Markup at W3C validator - Start Programming the Architecture

This custom PHP architecture is intentionally built for the resulting product to have greater speed, efficiency, simplicity, and is the fastest way to get code running. It stands in stark contrast to the heavy, bloated, bootstrap overhead of an MVC or MVP. ( Model View Controller or Model View Presenter )

Main Advantages Over MVC and MVP Architectures

* High Performance and Zero Bloat
* Straight Forward Design Management
* Greater Flexibility in Database Handling
* Highly Intuitive Structure and Mapping
* Development Ease & Low Barrier to Entry
* Lower Server Rewrite and Reroute Directives

The code for this demo project is located under video Part 2:
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