PHP 8+ · MVC · v1.0

Built for the PHP you use today — not the PHP you remember.

A robust, light-weight MVC framework built for developers who want speed and simplicity without sacrificing capability — routing, ORM, caching, realtime jobs and websockets, all in one cohesive stack.

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routerfast & configurable
warlockws + jobs + broker
dbifluent orm + schema
Money.php
<?php
 
use Hazaar\Util\Money;
 
$price = new Money(149.99, 'USD');
$aud   = $price->convertTo('AUD');
 
// realtime exchange rate lookup, no config needed
echo $price->format(); // $149.99
echo $aud->format();   // A$228.14

Everything the stack needs. Nothing it doesn't.

06 modules
RT / 01

Router

Fast, configurable request routing with clean, expressive route definitions.

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DB / 02

Fluent ORM

A database abstraction layer with a fluent query builder across multiple drivers.

docs →
CH / 03

Cache & Sessions

Pluggable cache and session backends — file, memory, Redis and more.

docs →
SC / 04

Schema Manager

Manage database schema changes with versioned, reviewable snapshots.

docs →
WL / 05

Warlock

A built-in WebSocket server, background jobs, and a real-time message broker — all in one process, no extra infrastructure required.

new MCP / 06

MCP Server

Publish controller methods to LLM agents as MCP tools — JSON Schema generated automatically from PHP type declarations. Stateless streamable-HTTP transport, no session store required.

Weather.php
class Weather extends Controller\Basic
{
  /** Get current weather for a city. */
  public function current(
    string $city,
    string $units = 'metric'
  ): array
  {
    return $this->weather->lookup($city, $units);
  }
}
MCP tool schema
{
  "name": "weather_current",
  "description": "Get current weather for a city.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "city": { "type": "string" },
      "units": { "type": "string", "default": "metric" }
    },
    "required": ["city"]
  }
}

Running in under a minute.

Scaffold a new project with Composer and serve it immediately with the built-in CLI server — no additional tooling required to start building.

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zsh
$ composer create-project hazaar/hazaar my-app
$ cd my-app && composer serve
  Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8080

Documentation

Guides on routing, the ORM, caching backends, schema snapshots and Warlock.

hazaar.io/docs →

Source & Issues

Browse the framework source, file issues, or track releases on Packagist.

git.hazaar.io →

Community

Get involved, ask questions, or contribute to the project directly.

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