MVC Pattern in PHP (How Laravel/Symfony Think)

MVC is a design pattern that separates responsibilities:

- Model: data and business rules (database logic) - View: HTML templates - Controller: receives request, calls model, returns view

MVC flow (easy picture)

```mermaid flowchart LR A[Browser Request] --> B[Controller] B --> C[Model] C --> D[(Database)] C --> B B --> E[View] E --> A ```

Why MVC makes apps easier

Without MVC, pages become messy: - SQL inside HTML - logic everywhere - hard to maintain

With MVC, each part has a clear job.

Mini example (concept)

- `PostController.php` handles request - `PostModel.php` fetches posts - `posts.view.php` renders HTML

You do not have to build a full framework to benefit from this structure.

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