README

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            Limb3 Web Application Framework - http://limb-project.com
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Limb3 is a general PHP5 only Web Application Framework consisting of many packages
distributed via Limb3 PEAR channel(http://pear.limb-project.com).

Here is the list of the most notable packages at the moment:

    * core: the base system package which provides lazy loading of PHP code, iterators support,
            generic object containers, decorators generators, transparent object proxies, etc
    * toolkit: dependency injection tools
    * filter_chain: InterceptingFilter design pattern implementation
    * wact: a forked and a bit patched version of the brilliant template WACT subsystem(http://phpwact.org)
    * web_app: FrontController and MVC patterns implementation.
    * active_record: ActiveRecord pattern implementation(Rails alike flavour, http://rubyonrails.com/)
    * dbal: Database Abstraction Layer which supports MySql, PostreSQL and Oracle at the moment.
    * tests_runner: unit testing tools built around excellent SimpleTest library(http://simpletest.org)
    * session: transparent PHP session wrappers with painless persistence of objects
    * ..see more packages on Limb3 PEAR channel!

If you have any questions and need support, don't hesitate contacting us at forum(http://limb-project.com/support)
or one of the mailing lists(http://lists.limb-project.com).