For PHP 4.x sites I used my index page to capture the HTTP request and use a switch statement to call the content or task based on the $_GET and $_POST arrays. That was very inefficient and the Switch case became totally unmanageable along with the rest of the site. I am re-designing the site using PHP5 and OO design patterns like Composite and Builder as an example. I know these are basic patterns but its a start. Anyway I am not sure how to capture the HTTP request and pass it to the relevant objects. Is there a generic ?way¹ developers process the request to call the classes and generate the needed objects in PHP5? Thanks for your help! T