As such I've been developing, writing and rewriting and refactoring a small framework that I've mystically named 'WWW Framework' for the better part of last six months.
It is open source (LGPL) and available at SourceForge: WWW Framework.
WWW is a PHP micro-framework that is built loosely on model-view-control architecture and factory method design pattern. It is made for web services, websites and info-systems and is built around a native API architecture, caching and smart resource management. WWW is a compact framework that does not include libraries and bloated features and is developed keeping lightweight speed and optimizations in mind.
WWW comes by default with a view controller and a gateway intended for website functionality with clean URLs and it also incorporates a front-end JavaScript controller.
Documentation about use
A simple tutorial
Mercurial repository is available for developers who are interested in following the development.
It's still quite new and I intend to frequently post more tutorials and updates for the framework. I am sharing it here since some of you just might be interested if you are a likeminded developer and find this exactly to be what you've been looking for