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How to Create a Markdown Blog in PHP With the Slim Framework
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Matthew Setter
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3,779
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English
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Summary
By following this tutorial, you've created a Markdown blog using the Slim Framework and PHP. The application uses the Standard PHP Library (SPL) to iterate over markdown files in the data/posts directory, filtering out non-markdown files with the `MarkdownFileFilterIterator`. It then aggregates the content from each file into an array of BlogItem entities, which can be iterated over and displayed on a web page. The application also includes routes for displaying all blog posts and individual blog post pages, using Twig templating engine to render the views.