How to create a stand-alone application using the Joomla! Platform - Revision history

St3fan: /* Building a Web Application on the Platform */

2012-04-05T10:04:06Z

‎Building a Web Application on the Platform

Elkuku: /* Example 4: Get your recent Tweets */ change deprecated class names + code style

2012-03-18T21:56:36Z

‎Example 4: Get your recent Tweets: change deprecated class names + code style

Elkuku: /* Example 3: Hello World using a var to save your name */ change deprecated class names

2012-03-18T21:49:45Z

‎Example 3: Hello World using a var to save your name: change deprecated class names

Elkuku: /* Example 2: Drawing cool things in the Terminal Screen */ change deprecated class names + code style

2012-03-18T21:48:07Z

‎Example 2: Drawing cool things in the Terminal Screen: change deprecated class names + code style

Elkuku: /* Example 1: Hello World Command Line Interface (CLI) App */ change deprecated class names + code style

2012-03-18T21:45:22Z

‎Example 1: Hello World Command Line Interface (CLI) App: change deprecated class names + code style

St3fan: /* Building a Web Application on the Platform */

2012-03-18T07:26:27Z

‎Building a Web Application on the Platform

St3fan: /* Building a Web Application on the Platform */

2012-03-18T07:25:19Z

‎Building a Web Application on the Platform

Nprasath002 at 04:50, 18 March 2012

2012-03-18T04:50:43Z

Carcam: /* Example 2: Drawing cool things in the Terminal Screen */

2011-09-13T06:43:09Z

‎Example 2: Drawing cool things in the Terminal Screen

Carcam: /* Example 1: Hello World Command Line Interface (CLI) App */

2011-09-13T06:42:15Z

‎Example 1: Hello World Command Line Interface (CLI) App

@@ Line 216: / Line 216: @@
 			$this->setBody(
-					'<h1>My Web Application</h1>'.
+				'<h1>My Web Application</h1>'.
-					'The current URL is '.JUri::current().'<br/>'.
+				'The current URL is '.JUri::current().'<br/>'.
-					'The date is '. JFactory::getDate('now')
+				'The date is '. JFactory::getDate('now')
-                );
+                	);
+		}
+}

@@ Line 113: / Line 113: @@
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
 define('_JEXEC', 1);
-require_once '../libraries/import.php';
+require '../libraries/import.php';
-jimport('joomla.application.cli');
+class TwitterFeed extends JApplicationCli
-class TwitterFeed extends JCli
+        $this->out('How many tweets to view?');
+        $count = $this->in();
-	//Get Latest Tweet
+        $tweets = $this->latest_tweet($username, $count);
-	function latest_tweet( $username, $count = 5 )
+        $this->out($tweets);
-−
+    }
-    	$url = "http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/$username.xml?count=$count";
-    	$xml = simplexml_load_file( $url ) or die( "could not connect" );
+    // Get Latest Tweet
+    private function latest_tweet($username, $count = 5)
-    	$text = '';
-    	foreach( $xml->status as $status )
+        $url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/'.$username.'.xml?count='.$count;
-−
-        	$text .= $status->text . '
-−
 ';
-−
-    	return $text;
+        $xml = simplexml_load_file($url) or die('could not connect');
-−
-−
-	public function execute()
+        $text = '';
-−
+        foreach($xml->status as $status)
-    	$this->out( 'What is your twitter handle?' );
-    	$username = $this->in( );
+            $text .= $status->text."\n";
-−
+        }
-    	$this->out( 'How many tweets to view?' );
-    	$count = $this->in( );
-−
-    	$tweet = $this->latest_tweet( $username, $count );
-    	$this->out( $tweet );
-−
+}
-JCli::getInstance('TwitterFeed')->execute();
+JApplicationCli::getInstance('TwitterFeed')->execute();
 </source>

@@ Line 80: / Line 80: @@
 define('_JEXEC', 1);
-require_once '../libraries/import.php';
+require '../libraries/import.php';
-jimport('joomla.application.cli');
+class HelloYou extends JApplicationCli
-−
-class HelloYou extends JCli
+{
      public function execute()
@@ Line 108: / Line 106: @@
+}
-JCli::getInstance('HelloYou')->execute();
+JApplicationCli::getInstance('HelloYou')->execute();
 </source>

@@ Line 57: / Line 57: @@
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
-define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
+define('_JEXEC', 1);
-require_once ( '../libraries/import.php' );
+require '../libraries/import.php';
-jimport( 'joomla.application.cli' );
-class JoomlaRocks extends JCli
+class JoomlaRocks extends JApplicationCli
+{
+    public function execute()
 public function execute( )
+     {
-        $this->out( '   .           .     .__       |      | ' );
+        $this->out('   .           .     .__       |      | ');
-        $this->out( '   | _  _ ._ _ | _.  [__) _  _.|_/ __ | ' );
+        $this->out('   | _  _ ._ _ | _.  [__) _  _.|_/ __ | ');
-        $this->out( '\__|(_)(_)[ | )|(_]  |  \(_)(_.| \_)  * ' );
+        $this->out('\__|(_)(_)[ | )|(_]  |  \(_)(_.| \_)  * ');
+     }
+}
-JCli::getInstance( 'JoomlaRocks' )->execute( );
+JApplicationCli::getInstance('JoomlaRocks')->execute();
-?>
 </source>

@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 <source lang="php">
 <?php
-define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
+define('_JEXEC', 1);
 define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));
-require_once ( '../libraries/import.php' );
+require '../libraries/import.php';
-jimport( 'joomla.application.cli' );
-class HelloWorld extends JCli
+class HelloWorld extends JApplicationCli
+{
+    public function execute()
 public function execute( )
+     {
-       $this->out( 'Hello World' );
+        $this->out('Hello World');
+     }
+}
-JCli::getInstance( 'HelloWorld' )->execute( );
+JApplicationCli::getInstance('HelloWorld')->execute();
-?>
 </source>

@@ Line 222: / Line 222: @@
 <source>
 /**
-  * Override the doExecute method from JApplicationWeb. Here you define what you application does.
+  * Override the doExecute method from JApplicationWeb. Here you define what your application does.
   */
 class MyWebApp extends JApplicationWeb

@@ Line 169: / Line 169: @@
 == Building a Web Application on the Platform ==
 These instructions will allow you to create a minimal web application that does not use a database.
@@ Line 180: / Line 178: @@
 Create an <tt>index.php</tt> file in the root with the following starting code:
-<source lang="php">
+<source>
-if (file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php'))
+{
-	include_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/defines.php';
+	define('JPATH_BASE', realpath(__DIR__));
+}
-// Define some things. Doing it here instead of a file because this
+define('JPATH_LIBRARIES',		JPATH_BASE . '/libraries');
-// is a super simple application.
-define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));
-define('JPATH_PLATFORM', JPATH_BASE . '/libraries');
-define('JPATH_MYWEBAPP',JPATH_BASE);
-// Usually this will be in the framework.php file in the
+/**
-// includes folder.
+ * Import the platform. This file is usually in JPATH_LIBRARIES
-require_once JPATH_PLATFORM.'/import.php';
+ */
-// Now that you have it, use jimport to get the specific packages your application needs.
+/**
-jimport('joomla.environment.uri');
+ * Import the application.
-jimport('joomla.utilities.date');
+ */
+require_once JPATH_BASE.'/includes/application.php';
-//It's an application, so let's get the application helper.
-jimport('joomla.application.helper');
-$client = new stdClass;
-$client->name = 'mywebapp';
-$client->path = JPATH_MYWEBAPP;
 // Instantiate the application.
-// We're setting session to false because we aren't using a database
+$web = MyWebApp::getInstance('MyWebApp');
-// so there is no where to store it.
-$config = Array ('session'=>false);
-$app = JFactory::getApplication('mywebapp', $config);
+// Run the application
+$web->execute();
-// Render the application. This is just the name of a method you
-// create in your application.php
-$app->render();
 </source>
-Now create an <tt>application.php</tt> file.
+Now create a folder <tt>includes</tt> in the root and inside it a file <tt>application.php</tt> with the following code:
 <source>
-<source lang="php">
 /**
-  * @copyright   Copyright (C) 2005 - 2011 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
+  * Override the doExecute method from JApplicationWeb. Here you define what you application does.
- * @license		GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
   */
+class MyWebApp extends JApplicationWeb
-// no direct access
-defined('JPATH_PLATFORM') or die;
-−
-/**
- * Joomla! Application class
-−
- * Provide many supporting API functions
-−
- * @package		Joomla.MyWebApp
- * @subpackage	Application
- */
-final class JMyWebApp extends JApplication
+{
+		/**
-	/**
+		 * Display the application.
-	 * Display the application.
+		 */
-	 */
+		protected function doExecute(){
-	public function render()
+			$this->setBody(
-		echo '<h1>My Web Application</h1>';
+					'<h1>My Web Application</h1>'.
+					'The current URL is '.JUri::current().'<br/>'.
-		echo 'The current URL is '.JUri::current().'<br/>';
+					'The date is '. JFactory::getDate('now')
-		echo 'The date is '. JFactory::getDate('now');
+                );
-−
+		}
-−
+}
 </source>
 If you browse to the web page you should see the heading followed by the two sentences, including the url and the date.
 [[Category:Platform]][[Category:Development]][[Category:Tutorials]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:50, 18 March 2012
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	}		}

−	~~protected function fetchConfigurationData()~~
−	{
−	~~return array();~~
−	}
	}		}

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:43, 13 September 2011
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	JCli::getInstance( 'JoomlaRocks' )->execute( );		JCli::getInstance( 'JoomlaRocks' )->execute( );
		+	?>
	</source>		</source>