The framework thatgets out of your way.

Tempest embraces modern PHP and covers a wide range of features, giving you all the tools you need to focus on your code.

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Zero-config code discovery

Tempest scans your code and finds out what to do with it without you having to write a single line of configuration or bootstrap code.

Discovery

final readonly class BookController
{
    #[Post('/books')]
    public function store(CreateBookRequest $request): Response
    {
        $book = map($request)->to(Book::class)->save();

        return new Redirect(uri([self::class, 'show'], book: $book->id));
    }
}

final class StarCountViewProcessor implements ViewProcessor
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly GitHub $github,
    ) {}

    public function process(View $view): View
    {
        if (! $view instanceof WithStarCount) {
            return $view;
        }

        return $view->data(starCount: $this->github->getStarCount());
    }
}

A refreshing new template engine

Tempest reimagines templating in PHP with a clean front-end engine, inspired by modern front-end frameworks.

Do you prefer something tried and tested? Tempest has built-in support for Blade and Twig as well.

Templating

<x-base :title="$this->seo->title">
    <ul>
        <li :foreach="$this->posts as $post">
            {{ $post->title }}

            <span :if="$this->showDate($post)">
                <x-tag>
                    {{ $post->date }}
                </x-tag>
            </span>
        </li>
    </ul>
</x-base>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" class="h-dvh flex flex-col">
<head>
    <title :if="isset($title)">{{ $title }} — Bookish</title>
    <title :else>Bookish</title>
	
    <x-vite-tags />
    
    <x-slot name="head" />
</head>
<body class="antialiased flex flex-col grow">
    <x-slot />
    <x-slot name="scripts" />
</body>
</html>

An ORM that embraces modern PHP

Define models with simple, clean code.

ORM

final class Book
{
    use IsDatabaseModel;

    #[Length(min: 1, max: 120)]
    public string $title;

    public ?Author $author = null;

    /** @var \App\Books\Chapter[] */
    public array $chapters = [];
}

$books = Book::select()
    ->with('author.publisher', 'chapters')
    ->where('createdAt < :olderThan', olderThan: $olderThan)
    ->orderBy('createdAt DESC')
    ->limit(5)
    ->all();

And much, much more.

Configuration objects for easy autocompletion and injection, a data mapper, a powerful dependency container with autowiring. Tempest is designed to be frictionless.

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return new PostgresConfig(
    host: env('DB_HOST'),
    port: env('DB_PORT'),
    username: env('DB_USERNAME'),
    password: env('DB_PASSWORD'),
    database: env('DB_DATABASE'),
);

query('authors')
    ->insert(...$rows)
    ->execute();

final readonly class MarkdownInitializer implements Initializer
{
    public function initialize(Container $container): MarkdownConverter
    {
        $environment = new Environment();
        $highlighter = new Highlighter(new CssTheme());

        $highlighter->addLanguage(new TempestViewLanguage());

        $environment
            ->addRenderer(FencedCode::class, new CodeBlockRenderer($highlighter))
            ->addRenderer(Code::class, new InlineCodeBlockRenderer($highlighter));

        return new MarkdownConverter($environment);
    }
}