&reftitle.examples; index.php in the top directory is the only way in of the application, you should rewrite all request to it. (You can use .htaccess in Apache + php_mod) bootstrap() //call bootstrap methods defined in Bootstrap.php ->run(); ?> ]]> "/index.php/$1", ) } ]]> _view->word = "hello world"; //or // $this->getView()->word = "hello world"; } } ?> ]]> ]]> &example.outputs.similar; hello world ]]> you can also generate above example by use Yaf codes generator, which could be found here yaf@github.