remove enable_query_string in config, it can now use it automatically

app/config/config.php

@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
 | DO NOT CHANGE THIS UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REPERCUSSIONS!!
 |
 */
-$config['enable_query_strings']     = FALSE;
 $config['permitted_uri_chars']		= 'a-z 0-9~%.:_\-';
 
 /*

scheme/kernel/Controller.php

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function view($view_file, $data = NULL)
 			{
 				$page_vars[$data] = $data;
 			} else {
-				throw new Exception('View parameter only accepts array and string types');
+				throw new RuntimeException('View parameter only accepts array and string types');
 			}
 			extract($page_vars, EXTR_SKIP);
 		}
@@ -139,16 +139,16 @@ public function view($view_file, $data = NULL)
 		{
 			if(file_exists($view . '.php'))
 			{
-				require_once($view. '.php');
+				require_once($view . '.php');
 			} else {
-				throw new Exception(''.$view_file.' view file did not exist.');
+				throw new RuntimeException($view_file . ' view file did not exist.');
 			}		
 		} else {
 			if(file_exists($view))
 			{
 				require_once($view);
 			} else {
-				throw new Exception(''.$view_file.' view file did not exist.');
+				throw new RuntimeException($view_file . ' view file does not exist.');
 			}
 		}
 		echo ob_get_clean();
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ public function helper($helper)
 				{
 					if ( file_exists($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $hlpr . '_helper.php') ) {
 						require_once $dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $hlpr . '_helper.php';
+					} else {
+						throw new RuntimeException($hlpr . ' helper file does not exist.');
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -178,6 +180,8 @@ public function helper($helper)
 				if ( file_exists($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $helper . '_helper.php') )
 				{
 					require_once $dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $helper . '_helper.php';
+				} else {
+					throw new RuntimeException($dir . ' file does not exist.');
 				}
 			}
 		}

scheme/kernel/Router.php

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * ------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * MIT License
- * 
+ *
  * Copyright (c) 2020 Ronald M. Marasigan
- * 
+ *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
  * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
@@ -42,42 +42,42 @@ class Router
 {
 	/**
 	 * url from URI
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	protected $url = array();
 
 	/**
 	 * url string
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	protected $uri_string = '';
 
 	/**
 	 * Controller
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	protected $controller;
 
 	/**
 	 * $Method
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var string
 	 */
 	protected $method;
 
 	/**
 	 * Parameters
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	protected $params = array();
 
 	/**
 	 * Routes
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	private $route = array();
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public function __construct() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Re-Routing
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param  string $url
 	 * @param  array $route
 	 * @return string
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public function remap_url($url, $route)
 			if (is_array($replacement))
 			{
 				$replacement = array_change_key_case($replacement, CASE_LOWER);
-				
+
 				if (isset($replacement[$http_verb]))
 				{
 					$replacement = $replacement[$http_verb];
@@ -129,53 +129,54 @@ public function remap_url($url, $route)
 
     /**
      * URL Parsing using $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']
-     * 
+     *
      * @return string
      */
 	public function parse_url()
 	{
 		//Get the URI String
-		$this->uri_string = trim(str_replace($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '/');  
+		$this->uri_string = trim(str_replace($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '/');
 
 		//Get the segments
 		$this->url = explode('/', $this->remap_url(filter_var($this->uri_string, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL), $this->route));
-		if($this->url[0] != NULL && config_item('enable_query_strings') == FALSE)
-		{
+
+		if($this->url[0]) {
 			foreach($this->url as $uri)
 			{
 				if (! preg_match('/^['.config_item('permitted_uri_chars').']+$/i', $uri))
 				{
-					throw new Exception('The URI you submitted has disallowed characters.');
-				}	
+					show_error('400 Bad Request', 'The URI you submitted has disallowed characters.', 'error_general', 400);
+				}
 			}
 		}
-		return $this->url;				
+
+		return $this->url;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Initiate Routing
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @return $this
 	 */
 	public function initiate()
 	{
 		/**
 		 * Default Controller
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * @var string
 		 */
 		$this->controller = config_item('default_controller');
 
 		/**
 		 * Default Method
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * @var string
 		 */
 		$this->method = config_item('default_method');
 
 		/**
 		 * Segments
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * @var array
 		 */
 		$segments = $this->parse_url();
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ public function initiate()
 		if(isset($segments[0]) && !empty($segments[0]))
 		{
 			if($this->route['translate_uri_dashes'] == TRUE)
-				$this->controller = str_replace('-', '_', ucfirst($segments[0]));	
+				$this->controller = str_replace('-', '_', ucfirst($segments[0]));
 			else
 				$this->controller = ucfirst($segments[0]);
 		}
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ public function initiate()
 
 			/**
 			 * Check if there are parameters in the URI
-			 * 
+			 *
 			 * @var array
 			 */
 			$this->params = $segments ? array_values($segments) : array();
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ public function initiate()
 
 		} else {
 			empty($this->route['404_override']) ? show_404() : show_404('', '', $this->route['404_override']);
-		}	
+		}
 	}
 }