Figure out routing paradigm

public/index.php

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 const SERVER = '../server';
 require_once SERVER.'/bootstrap.php';
 
-// check if the server has been installed
+// spin up our app container and the initial route
-if (!installed()) redirect('/install');
-
-// spin up our app container
 $app = new App(DB);
-
-// route the request
-// routing follows a simple rule; the first segment of the URI is the
-// module, and the module handles the rest
 $route = App::$req->uri(0);
-$routes = [
+
-	'home' => 'HomeModule::home',
+// redirect depending on installation status
-];
+installRedirect($route);
+
+if ($route == '/') return HomeModule::home();
+if ($route == '/install') return InstallModule::handle();
+
+// 404
+http_response_code(404);
+echo '404: ' . $route;

server/app/app.php

@@ -14,18 +14,4 @@ class App
 		self::$req = new Request(); // the current request
 		self::$db = new Database($dbPath); // the database
 	}
-
-	public function route(string $uri, array $routes)
-	{
-		// check if the module exists
-		if (isset($routes[$module])) {
-			// if the module exists, call the module's handle method
-			$routes[$module]($this);
-		} else {
-			// if the module does not exist, render a 404 page
-			$this->render('404', [
-				'title' => '404',
-			]);
-		}
-	}
 }

server/bootstrap.php

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const DB      = SERVER.'/database/dragon.db';
 
 require_once SERVER.'/library.php'; // include our miscellaneous functions
 
+// define whether we are installed or not
+define('INSTALLED', file_exists(SERVER.'/.installed'));
+
 // autoloader map
 const MAP = [
 	// 'Class' => 'path/to/class.php',

server/library.php

@@ -1,33 +1,22 @@
 <?php // library.php :: Common functions used throughout the program.
 
-/**
- * A stopwatch function to return the elapsed time in seconds.
- */
 function stopwatch(float $start, int $roundTo = 3): float
 {
     return round(microtime(true) - $start, $roundTo);
 }
 
-/**
- * Redirects to a URL.
- */
 function redirect(string $url): void
 {
     header("Location: $url");
     exit;
 }
 
-/**
+function installRedirect(string $route)
- * Checks if the server is installed.
- */
-function installed(): bool
 {
-    return file_exists(SERVER.'/.installed');
+    if (!INSTALLED && $route != 'install') redirect('/install');
+	if (INSTALLED && $route == 'install') redirect('/');
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns the path to a template.
- */
 function template(string $name): string
 {
     return SERVER."/templates/$name.php";

server/modules/HomeModule.php

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 class HomeModule
 {
-	public static function home(App $app)
+	public static function home()
 	{
 		echo 'Welcome to the home module!';
+		echo 'Your request is: ' . App::$req->uri(0);
 	}
 }