View source for Creating a Stand-alone Application

== Examples ==

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

<source lang="php">
<?php
define('_JEXEC', 1);
define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));

require '../libraries/import.php';

class HelloWorld extends JApplicationCli
{
    public function execute()
    {
        $this->out('Hello World');
    }
}

JApplicationCli::getInstance('HelloWorld')->execute();
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=== Example 2: Drawing cool things in the Terminal Screen ===

<source lang="php">
<?php
define('_JEXEC', 1);
 
require '../libraries/import.php';
 
class JoomlaRocks extends JApplicationCli
{
    public function execute()
    {
       $this->out('   .           .     .__       |      | ');
       $this->out('   | _  _ ._ _ | _.  [__) _  _.|_/ __ | ');
       $this->out('\__|(_)(_)[ | )|(_]  |  \(_)(_.| \_)  * ');
    }
}
 
JApplicationCli::getInstance('JoomlaRocks')->execute();
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=== Example 3: Hello World using a var to save your name ===

<source lang="php">
<?php
define('_JEXEC', 1);

require '../libraries/import.php';

class HelloYou extends JApplicationCli
{
    public function execute()
    {
       $this->out('What is your name?');
       $name = $this->in();
  
       $this->out();
       $this->out('Hi '.$name.',');
       $this->out('Welcome to the Joomla Framework!');
       $this->out();
    }
  
    /**
    * We don’t really need configuration for this application.
    *
    * @return  void
    */
    protected function fetchConfigurationData()
    {
       return array();
    }
}

JApplicationCli::getInstance('HelloYou')->execute();
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=== Example 4: Get your recent Tweets ===

<source lang="php">
<?php
define('_JEXEC', 1);

require '../libraries/import.php';

class TwitterFeed extends JApplicationCli
{
    public function execute()
    {
        $this->out('What is your twitter handle?');
        $username = $this->in();

        $this->out('How many tweets to view?');
        $count = $this->in();

        $tweets = $this->latest_tweet($username, $count);
        $this->out($tweets);
    }

    // Get Latest Tweet
    private function latest_tweet($username, $count = 5)
    {
        $url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/'.$username.'.xml?count='.$count;

        $xml = simplexml_load_file($url) or die('could not connect');

        $text = '';
        
        foreach($xml->status as $status)
        {
            $text .= $status->text."\n";
        }

        return $text;
    }
}

JApplicationCli::getInstance('TwitterFeed')->execute();
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