Yaf framework documentation can be found at php.net

• Yaf php extension. Download and install from Pecl
• PHP 5.3+
• Mysql server
• Apache, Nginx or Lighttpd web server.
• mod_rewrite and .htaccess enabled for Apache web server.

• Info about setting up a server for Yaf can be found here
• Rename config/application.ini.default to config/application.ini
• If you have PHP 5.4 you can use the internal web server to test the project.
• cd yaf_base_application/public
• php -S localhost:8000
• This project uses PHP 5.3 namespaces so yaf.use_namespace should be turned on.

• A simple ORM database layer lib/Orm. Yaf Models extend lib/Orm/Entity class. (More documentation soon at wiki)
• Validation library lib/Validations from another project of mine for validating classes.
• A Layout class that allows to render views inside a base html layout lib/Layout.php. Layouts directory can be defined in application.ini
• A Logger class lib/Logger.php and a LoggerPlugin to log info about requests and database queries. (Make sure that log directory is readable.)
• A custom Request class lib/Request.php that extends Yaf\Request\Http and offers input filter for request params, posts and queries.
• A Paginator lib/Paginator forked from Laravel framework and adjust it to work with lib/Orm
• An Authenticity token plugin AuthTokenPluginto prevent Cross-site request forgery (csrf). Can be turned on/off from application.ini
• A base ApplicationController which adds some base functionality like 404 not found page.
• A RestfullController to make easy crud (create, read, update, delete) actions.
• An ErrorController to catch all exceptions and display a page with error info and bugtrace.
• Custom error_handler to catch errors and throws Exceptions.
• Custom _init.php file for modules for extra configuration.
• Some base helper classes lib/Helper