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<h1>
Developping a Hello World application for phpGroupware</h1>
Author : Jean-Francois Declercq&nbsp; (<A HREF="mailto:jef@jfdeclercq.com">jef@jfdeclercq.com</A>)
<br>Where to find this information : <a href="http://www.jfdeclercq.com/search.php?query=phpgroupware">http://www.jfdeclercq.com/search?query=phpgroupware</a>
<p>1. <a href="#1">Creating the basic directory structure</a>
<br>2. <a href="#2">Wrinting the application</a>
<br>2.1 <a href="#2.1">Writing the basic functionality</a>
<br>2.2 <a href="#2.2">Writing the templates</a>
<br>2.3 <a href="#2.3">Writing the main page</a>
<br>3. <a href="#3">Installing the hello application</a>
<br>4. <a href="#4">Conclusions</a>
<br>5. <a href="#5.">What's next ?</a>
<h1>
<a NAME="1"></a>1. Creating the basic directory structure</h1>
In the phpgroupware home directory, you have to respect&nbsp; a directory
structure. We will create the following.
<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td>|--hello&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp; |--inc&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |--functions.inc.php
<br>&nbsp; |--templates&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |--default
<br>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |--hello_form.tpl
<br>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp; |--hello_result.tpl
<br>&nbsp; |--index.php</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Create the hello, inc, templates and default directory. We will write
the files in the next section.
<h1>
<a NAME="2"></a>2. Writing the application</h1>
<h2>
<a NAME="2.1"></a>2.1 Writing the basic functionality</h2>
First, we will create function.inc.php that contains some functions that
will be used&nbsp; by the page. We will create a function hello() that
formats a string. <font size=-1>(Note that in the philosophy of phpGroupware
we would&nbsp; write a Hello class that would contain that functionality...)</font>
<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;?php</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; /**************************************************************************\</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * functions.inc.php&nbsp;
for&nbsp; phpGroupWare - Hello World example</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * http://www.phpgroupware.org</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * This file has
been written by J-F Declercq &lt;jef@jfdeclercq.com></font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * http://www.jfdeclercq.com&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * --------------------------------------------&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; This
program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; option)
any later version.&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; \**************************************************************************/</font></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; /***************************************************************************\</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * Function hello&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * in - String
: the text to hello()&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * returns - the
string with 'Hello' before and ' !' after&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * note - Used
by the hello phpgw app</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; \***************************************************************************/</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; function hello($string)</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; {</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return
"Hello ".$string." !";</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; }</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>?></font></font></td>
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<h2>
<a NAME="2.2"></a>2.2 Writing the templates</h2>
Write the templates for the page. The page will not contain HTML code.
The templates allow to separate the presentation from the logic of the
page. We will insert two templates on the page : the 'hello_result' template
and the 'hello_form' template.
<br>&nbsp;
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;!-- hello_form.tpl
template --></font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;p>Type Here your
text to hello()&lt;/p>&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;form type="post"
action="{hello_action}">&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;input
type="text" name="input" value= "{hello_value}" ></font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;input
type="submit" value="OK">&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;/form></font></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>This template looks like this :
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td><!-- hello_result template -->
<p>Type Here your text to hello()
<br><form type="post" action="{hello_action}"><input type="text" name="input" value= "{hello_value}" ><input type="submit" value="OK"></form></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The hello_result.tpl template allows you to display the parameter&nbsp;
and the result of the hello() function.
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;!-- hello_result.tpl
--></font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>hello({hello_input})={hello_result}</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;hr></font></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
This template looks like this :
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td>hello({hello_input})={hello_result}
<hr></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>You have to put these .tpl files&nbsp; in the /templates/default/ directory.
<h2>
<a NAME="2.3"></a>2.3 Write the main page</h2>
Now we have to write hello/index.php : this is the main page of the hello
world application. I hope the code is clear enough so you can understand
without I have to explain. (read the comments...)
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
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<td><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&lt;?php</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; /**************************************************************************\</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * index.php&nbsp;
for&nbsp; phpGroupWare - Hello World example&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * http://www.phpgroupware.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * This file written
by J-F Declercq &lt;jef@jfdeclercq.com>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * http://www.jfdeclercq.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * --------------------------------------------&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; This
program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it *</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; *&nbsp; option)
any later version.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; \**************************************************************************/</font></font><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1></font></font>
<p><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; /***************************************************************************\</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * This page allows
you to call the hello() function.</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * The default
text passed to hello() is 'World' and&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * hello('World')='Hello
World !'.</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * The page uses
a form to allow you to hello() other texts.</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * The form and
the result of the function&nbsp; have been put in two different&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; * templates (hello_result.tpl
and hello_form.tpl).</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp; \***************************************************************************/</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //set the
phpgw flags</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $phpgw_info['flags']
= array('currentapp' => 'hello',</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
'enable_nextmatchs_class' => True,</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
'enable_categories_class' => True);</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //include
the header</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; include('../header.inc.php');</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; /** the
default text to hello() is 'World'*/</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $default="World";</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; if ($input
== "") { $input=$default; }&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //Compute
hello()</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $result
= hello($input);</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //Use templates</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t = CreateObject('phpgwapi.Template',PHPGW_APP_TPL);</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //we will
use two templates</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->set_file(array(&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 'result'
=> 'hello_result.tpl',</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 'form'
=> 'hello_form.tpl')</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; );</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //filling
the first template</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->set_var('hello_input',htmlspecialchars($input));</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->set_var('hello_result',htmlspecialchars($result));&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //filling
the second template</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->set_var('hello_action','/hello/index.php');</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->set_var('hello_value',htmlspecialchars($input));</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //parse
and write out the templates</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //changing
the order of the two lines will change the layout of the page !!</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //this
is the power of the templates</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->pparse('out','result');</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $t->pparse('out','form');</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; //Insert
the footer</font></font>
<br><font face="Courier New,Courier"><font size=-1>&nbsp;&nbsp; $ph</font></font>pgw->common->phpgw_footer();&nbsp;
<br>?></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h1>
<a NAME="3"></a>3. Installing the hello application</h1>
After having the correct files and folders (by creating or unzipping) in
you phpGroupware base directory, you have to register the hello application
within phpGroupware using this command
<table BORDER COLS=1 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td>insert into phpgw_applications (app_name, app_title, app_enabled) values
('hello', 'Hello World for phpGroupware', 1);</td>
</tr>
</table>
After that, using the admin user, you must grant access to the application
to some user and log in as this user.
<h1>
<a NAME="4"></a>4. Conclusions</h1>
Trough building this stupid hello world application we have been trough
some but not all of the requirements of phpGroupware.
<p>"These guidelines must be followed for any application that wants considered
for inclusion into phpGroupWare deluxe"
<table BORDER COLS=2 WIDTH="100%" >
<tr>
<td>It must run on PHP3 and PHP4.</td>
<td>OK - I think it's ok (?) I'm not a king of php and I use PHP4.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SQL statements must be compatible with both MySQL and PostgreSQL.&nbsp;</td>
<td>OK - No SQL statement so far</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>It must use our default header.inc.php include.&nbsp;</td>
<td>OK - cfr index.php</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>It must use our $phpgw_link($url) for all links (this is for session
support).&nbsp;</td>
<td>OK - cfr hello_form.tpl</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>It must use ``post'' for forms.&nbsp;</td>
<td>OK - cfr hello_form.tpl</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>It must respect phpGW group rights and phpGW user permissions.&nbsp;</td>
<td>KO - We didn't check that particular aspect. --> TODO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>It must use our directory structure, template support and lang (multi-language)
support.&nbsp;</td>
<td>KO - we didn't use the language aspects --> TODO</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Where possible it should run on both Unix and NT platforms.&nbsp;</td>
<td>OK ? - Only tested on NT</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>hello isn't a phpGroupware deluxe application...&nbsp; The next evolution
of hello will be to add a group right and a multi-language feature. See
what's next.
<p>phpGroupWare offers very interesting features for people wanting to
write 100% web-based applications :
<ul>
<li>
separation of logic and presentation by the use of templates</li>
<li>
internationalization</li>
<li>
security (at least at the highest level in this case - allow or deny the
use of an application to a user)</li>
<li>
session management</li>
</ul>
<h1>
<a NAME="5."></a>5. What's next</h1>
So, other things I should cover in the next Hello World application :
<ul>
<li>
check the complete set of standard files (header.inc.php, hook_preferences.inc.php,
hook_admin.inc.php, footer.inc.php) and what they are for.</li>
<li>
code the functionality in OO - using a hello class (like in the evolution
of hello world :-))</li>
<li>
develop a setup that would create, update, delete a hello world table in
order to check how it works.</li>
<li>
integrate hello into the phpgroupware administration</li>
<li>
allow the user to have hello preferences</li>
<li>
allow the user to have hello in his language</li>
<li>
integrate hello with dedicated ACL and phpGroupware security</li>
<li>
Discover the way handlers work for blocks</li>
<li>
...</li>
</ul>
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