Problem, can I use Drupal modules in my own PHP application? ( without setting up Drupal ). I searched a bit, there seems to be .zip file for the module, init where there are .inc files.
Is it possible to use this without setting up Drupal ?
I need to configure Solr search, Drupal seems to have a search API and thought I could use it.
You can use the PHP solr library, instead of trying to hitting your brain on drupal modules files. With few extra code you can able to do indexing, searching ,etc. There is a good library https://code.google.com/p/solr-php-client/ .
There is a good tutorial on Solr installation and usage in PHP. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-apachesolr/
You can not use Drupal modules anywhere outside from Drupal.
But, you can download the modules, and extract the main php functionality to make it work with your business requirements.
Some modules have also open frameworks that can help you.
Hope that this helps.
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I am working on a project (already started), but I do not know if it is done with framework since there are files in many different folders, but I do not see any syntax referring to some framework that I know of.
I hope someone can help me...
Well it would depend on the Folder Hierarchies and the code.
If the views folder has the term "blade" on it, it's definitely laravel.
If the the code of the library has the term "CI Controller" somewhere in the libraries its definitely CodeIgniter.
If the code has a lot of "wp-" string in its code, its definitely Wordpress.
TIP: Put the whole folder in Sublime, search the folder (right click the folder and choose "Find in folder...") and search for terms that are generally reserved words for mostly used frameworks.
There are different methods to identify the PHP framework used by a web application. But one of the easiest way I would like to share it with you to use this extension in your browser called Wappalyzer.
Wappalyzer is a cross-platform utility that uncovers the technologies used on websites. It detects content management systems, e-commerce platforms, web frameworks, server software, analytics tools and many more.
There are a few other tools out there that analyze what a website is using.
BuiltWith - Stand alone site, also available as a plugin
W3Techs - Stand alone site, also available as a plugin
Auto-generated comments may also help. In my case, I can tell from the comments in index.php that it's written in CodeIgniter.
If you have a copy of the project hosted somewhere you can use https://builtwith.com
Using PHP, can I find out which CMS or framework is used on a particular website. Eg Wordpress, Magento or Codigniter, Laravel.
I've tried this approach: http://dailyblogging.org/internet/detect-cms-and-scripts-of-websites/
This is what I actually want, but in code form, not as an online service: http://onlinewebtool.com/cmsdetector.php This should be a PHP script that does not run as an online service.
What will it take to do this, or at least give me a hint?
Update 2018
Github repo moved:
https://github.com/AliasIO/Wappalyzer/blob/master/src/apps.json
There is a Chrome extension called Wappalyzer.
You can see some regexp which are included in the wappalyzer project for detecting servers, cms and frameworks.
Maybe you can include this and write a php script that uses this:
https://github.com/ElbertF/Wappalyzer/blob/master/share/apps.json
For Drupal, view source
And if you find
/sites/all
/sites/
For including image/javascript/css, its Drupal based site.
Same way, if you find wp_content, its wordpress.
For MVC ftameworks, its difficult to determine as url routing is same for all.
I have been working on Magento for the last few months. I want to develop modules in Magento but my question is how can I start to develop for it?
1) What are some of the basic needs to create a module?
2) What type of xml files settings need to develop module and why?
If someone could also provide a diagram of the overall architecture of a Magento module, that would be great.
You can find here a nice tutorial: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/03/01/basics-creating-magento-module/.
This one is nice also: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/magento-custom-module-development--cms-20643.
There are a lot of resources like this online. If only there was a tool to search for them...
If you are a beginner, you can use a module creator.
You will use it even if you are an advanced magnento developer because you don't want to do the same thing over and over again.
I can recommend you this one: https://github.com/tzyganu/UMC1.9. It's pretty advanced and does a lot of stuff, not just a simple module.
Or this one. http://www.silksoftware.com/magento-module-creator/. This has the advantage of being on online and you don't have to install anything to use it.
I'm thinking of building a plugin based application.
At the moment, I am not sure what type of plugins will be used so I don't have a requirement.
I wish to know how such applications are designed so I can start my application around that.
Does anyone have any experience with this? I don't mind what sort of system it is or what your plugins do. What I want are some ideas on how others have achieved this so I can formulate and make my own.
Thanks.
I use this for all of my plugins: http://failover.co.za/2010/10/20/writing-a-pluggable-php-application-part-1/
If the plugins are going to be built by people who won't be editing the script, then you can just include the file for the plugin.
I think it's better for you to work with MVC Framework and then create an application core (modules and all apps need and require this), then think global and create other apps and modules.
Also I suggest you look at an Open Source CMS like Wordpress, Drupal, etc.
In drupal, it's possible to create a "build", also known as "install profile" or "distribution" that basically combines several modules and your settings for them. So the next time you setup the same exact site, you don't have to re-configure all the modules.
Does Joomla have a similar concept, and what is it called? Please reference documentation as well if possible.
The concept is very simple - you just need to get a clean installation, install all the extensions you want and configure them the way you need.
Then it is enough to copy the files and the database to a new location and change the settings in the configuration file (configuration.php). That is all.
It is a very simple process and can easily be automated with a simple php script. I once did an asp.net app which was deploying new installations of joomla within seconds.
You could try something like http://www.akeebabackup.com/
This allows you to take a snapshot of a site and export it anywhere.