[Webdev] Project suggestion: PHP Website Framework

[Lee Hosty]

At 12:36 PM 21/02/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>It should be possible to develop these modules using as little native PHP
>code as possible; simply dump them into the filesystem when you're done; and
>call them up using a rewritten URI (/phactory/module/action/key for the
>frontend, /phactory/admin/module/action/key for the backend). Again, the
>ultimate goal would be to use PEAR standards and eventually have the core
>framework accepted into the PEAR CVS tree.

I started something like that (in Perl) a couple of years ago. Lost 
interest cause I was in need of a job at the time. Never went back to it 
unfortunately.

Do / will modules be auto-detected, so if one calls another that doesnt 
exist, it doesnt crash out, just let it be known and carry on ?

Are / will modules be auto-installed similarly, ie. no need to update this 
conf file of that ini file or add thi sto the list over there. Just place 
file in modules directory and next time app runs, tehmodule gets noticed, 
imported, parsed. etc.

As for front end. It would be nice to support Mozilla but a folly to 
support it alone until it gets a non-hacker userbase (maybe when AOL 
releases it to its grubby masses).

Still, many things can easily be done cross-browser with Mozilla and MSIE, 
as long as you keep long-term goals in sight, and avoid quick'n'dirty hacks 
as much as possible.

Reading back on your original mail, I'm still wondering if you had a 
specific question, or just making your plans known ?


Lee Hosty -x- hostyle at csn.ul.ie -x- +353 (0)86 8768780

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