Controller.class.php

<?php

/*
* A Controller is dedicated to process a request
* its responsabilities are:
* - analyses the action to be done
* - analyses the parameters
* - act on the model objects to perform the action
* - process the data
* - call the view and passes it the data
* - return the response
*/

abstract class Controller {

    protected $name;
    protected $request;

    public function __construct($name, $request) {
        $this->request = $request;
        $this->name = $name;
    }

    public abstract function processRequest();

    public function execute() {
        $response = $this->processRequest();
        if(empty($response)) {
            // $response = Response::serverErrorResponse("error processing request in ". self::class); // Oh my PHP!
            $response = Response::serverErrorResponse("error processing request in ". static::class);
        }
        return $response;
    }


}