In WordPress we often have to stick with plain PHP when creating plugins. This leads to PHP and HTML code getting mixed up in a single page, which isn’t a good practice. Separation of concerns is a design principle that states that we should split up a program into different parts, namely the logic and the presentation. In this tutorial, we will be taking a look at one solution to this problem: WordPress MVC. It’s a plugin that adds MVC support to WordPress so we can write our plugins the MVC way.
What Is MVC?
Before we move on, it’s important that we are all on the same page. If you already know what MVC is, feel free to skip to the next section.
Ok so what is MVC? MVC stands for Model View Controller. The Model represents the data that our application utilizes. It’s the part that does the talking to the database. The View deals with the presentation. It’s where we put in HTML code and basic presentation logic. Lastly there’s the Controller whose main job is to tie those two together. Examples include validating and sanitizing user input. It’s basically responsible for controlling the overall flow of the application.
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