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Posted by: solo71On 2005/4/20 17:50:51 9554 reads

"Direction PHP" is a monthly electronic newspaper about PHP and MySQL, whom Damien Seguy, head redactor, is the founder of Nexen.net, major php site in France.

In his april 2005 edition, Oryxvet has published an article about the reasons why he has chosen Xoops, and precising the advantages of some elements of its architecture. You can click on the picture to access the article.

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Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

solo71 Published 04/21/2005 8:18 Module Developer Joined 01/29/2003 Comments 941

*Bump* For comment block.

Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

LazyBadger Published 04/21/2005 10:46 Home away from home Joined 06/07/2004 Comments 1187

Bon, je vois seulement un problème - pas tout le monde en cela pas les textes lus faciles d'un bidon intéressant du monde en français

Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

solo71 Published 04/21/2005 13:06 Module Developer Joined 01/29/2003 Comments 941

Errr... Oui ?

Indeed, this article is in french. You want me to ask the journaliste to make an english version ?

Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

Tenguka Published 04/21/2005 13:14 Just popping in Joined 02/25/2005 Comments 15

It's a pity adobe's pdf reader can't translate. It doesn't seem that they have a html version which I can use a translation tool on either.

-Tenguka
http://tenguka.speckz.org

Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

LazyBadger Published 04/21/2005 13:36 Home away from home Joined 06/07/2004 Comments 1187

Quote:

You want me to ask the journaliste to make an english version?

No... I want to ask you (if possible) create dirty translation...

Re: [MEDIA] Xoops under specialised press spotlight

Herko Published 04/21/2005 16:42 XOOPS is my life! Joined 02/04/2002 Comments 4238

A VERY dirty translation of this article:
(with my apologies to the author, his work is so much better then what I paste here!)

In the heart of xoops

By OryxVet

Xoops constitute an evolutionary and easy gate PHP of access for

to integrate an application of company of the Intranet/Extranet type.

This possibility of extension is found in "X" of

xoops: extensible Object Oriented System. Pronounce it with

mode Anglo-Saxon: [ zoo' PS ] (zoups). Many modules

like forums or of the managers of incidents, true

applications in the application, cover already the functions them

more widespread world PHP. There are also several

modules of management of contents which insert XOOPS in

category of the CMS (Content System management, is Systèmes

of management of Contents).

Side user, XOOPS is simple and effective. It offers

services gathered in a dedicated interface

with the management of gate. Among them, one finds: one

installor of modules with its menus (block), one

management D?users and of groups coupled with one

system of rights and topics, a system D?alarms,

a debugger, a system of management of hide

completely integrated.

Side programmer, it is comfortable of S?to support

on L?structure solid of xoops: it is constantly

maintained. The model object of XOOPS allows

of S?to support on a layer D?access to the data

persistent. Various utility layers facilitate it

coding and return the heart of the program particularly

readable. Delivered out of standard, one finds the gauges

Smarty, one mini-tally of development (framework)

to build a form, a system

of management of permissions, an automatic utility

for sending of electronic messages, a manager

D?images, a manager of remote loading

: that constitutes a toolkit to which S?waits

any developer PHP.

A community very active and courteous allows

quickly to have answers on the forums to all

the levels D?use. French documentation

is complete, it S?enriches by day in day.

English version is provided even.

Introduction

We sought a gate, an architecture, a framework

of development who can provide us one

together of services facilitating our future work of

development. We sought one at least

management D?users allowing to connect itself

protected manner and a multilingual management. Our

objective was to develop and set up

in 2 to 3 months/ man an intended application

with a group of professionals with the 3 levels

usual: a extranet of the informative type, an Intranet

providing services with the recorded users

and an access administrator. PHP/MySQL was one

solution impossible to circumvent to minimize the expenses

fixed all in allowing a lodging of quality

at a cost accessible.

Among architectures PHP suggested into Open

Source, XOOPS us appeared adapted best to

our needs. L?abundance D?offer D?structure PHP

is with the first access a little diverting and afterwards

many tests difficult, the facility D?installation of

xoops made to lean the balance in its favour. xoops

is operational immediately after L?installation,

without touching with a line of code. This facility D?installation

proposes simplicity and L?effectiveness of

xoops that L?one find in all its components.

This been lacking with much D?other platforms

PHP, where L?investment initial in time is more important.

Community XOOPS is very reactive with the questions.

An average of 150 people are in

permanence connected on the site xoops.org. It

exist in world plus D?a score of sites

of support, y included/understood in China and in Japan.

languages multi-bytes like traditional Chinese

or Korean are fully supported. Community

Frenchwoman made a remarkable work on

www.frxoops.org . The site receives 300 000 visits by

month and 13000 users were recorded.

developers of core are very active and their work

allows to profit regularly from corrective measures

and D?evolutions. A major evolution is delivered

every 3 to 6 months. At the moment of L?writing of

this article, L?penultimate version integrates already

compatibility with PHP5; the last version brought

a system of security forms

against attacks CSRF[1 ]. This community of

developers is structured in mode project and it

profit D?one organization of similar developments

with the largest editors owners.

We were reassured, XOOPS N?is not a product

transitory. Perenniality of XOOPS in the medium term

is assured.

xoops: gate and system of management of

contents

One of the advantages of XOOPS is qu?it has

extensions not-intrusive, which does not give in

cause its core. They are called the modules. Puisqu

?it offer the possibility D?to integrate easily

many modules, XOOPS positions like one

gate.

The modules are developed either by L?equip xoops,

maybe by members of the community. Each

module adds functionalities with the gate. They are

installed by L?administrator. More than 200 modules

downloadable are available in Open Source

including one about thirty professional quality. Without

order, one can to quote:

• the forum newBB,

• it manager D?incidents xHelp

• resourcefulness?sending of courriel Xmail

• the system of management of remote loadings Download

• the manager of conference room Resmanager

• several systems of FAQ FAQ

• surveys xoopspoll

• bonds useful mylinks etc...

Version 2.2, under development, will deliver

packages of various modules so to provide one

environment dedicated to each type D?use. It

y will have a package of modules "Groups work

", a package" Community site ", a pack"

Intranet "etc. [ 2 ]

There are several modules of the type manager of

contents: siteHTTP://www.xoops.Fr proposes some

comparative. They also place XOOPS in

category of CMS (Content System Management)

on the same basis that Typo3 or Mambo. XOOPS makes regularly

L?object of comparative in the press

sector. With to note that the module news delivered in

standard allows to manage a wire automatically

D?information with format RSS.

xoops is in perpetual evolution and to develop

a module with centre of this architecture allows

to profit from advanced functional calculuses and technological.

Capacity with to provide simple services and

effective made the success of XOOPS and L?attachment

of its community of developers.

Another favour XOOPS is L?use of the engine

gauges Smarty become impossible to circumvent in

PHP. It offers the complete decoupling of sight by

report/ratio with other components thus offering one

structure flexible and evolutionary by L?use of

gauges compatible (X)HTML. The realization D?one

topic, together gauges, can thus easily

to be entrusted of independent manner with a graphic designer

then integrated easily to be in conformity with the chartre

graph D?one company. More than 250 topics

different and personnalisables is downloadable.

Our need was to build an application allowing

to divide services for a community

professional. By pressing us on L?structure

xoops, us could add one easily

together of modules so D?to establish a communication

synchronous and dynamics between our members.

In the heart of xoops

Structure D?a module

We describe here various files and repertories

useful for basic structure D?a module

integrable in xoops.

xoops_version.php : C?is the central data base of the module.

It contains them information necessary to L?installation

module: description of the module, tables

SQL, menus used, blocks, gauges, options of

notification, etc. It makes L?object D?one documentation

clear [ 3 ]. It is obligatory.

header.php : it allows D?to include the files spécifi-

ques of the core of modulate. It is optional.

Repertories :

/admin : C?is a repertory containing all the fi-

chiers relative to L?administration module. Its

access is protected. Only users of the administrator type

can reach it. Within this repertory,

a structure particular must also be

respected.

/language : C?east is the repertory containing value

constants used for the support of the languages.

It must exist at least a repertory called

?english?. repertory dedicated to French S?call

?french?. Each type D?use has its characteristic

file: hand.php describes the variables used

in general in the module; modinfo.php, those used

at the time of L?installation module; blocks.php

those used in the blocks.

/block : it contains the files used by the blocks.

We will return on this concept of block by

continuation.

/sql : it contains the file of creation of the tables

SQL. A field skeletal with L?installation allows

of suffixer it name of the tables.

/images : it contains the images used by the module.

/cache : it contains the files created dynamically

by XOOPS for its mask.

/templates : it contains the gauges of the module.

Nothing N?prevent the developer D?to add repertories,

to structure still more the module. By

example a repertory called action, which would store

the actions trades. You are free of your choices.

Structure of program D?a module

Each program must be surrounded D?a heading

(header) and D?one footer (footer). Otherwise

known as, each program must obligatorily start

by the code according to:

include ?../../mainfile.php?;

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/header.php ";

.....

and to finish by code according to:

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/footer.php ";

station-wagon;

The file mainfile.php located at the root comprises

the loading of aggregate variables such as those

used for connection to the base of data

(data base) or them information of L?connected user.

XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/header.php " charge them

files necessary with the good posting of xoops.

It prepares them various components of the gate in

S?supporting on the parameters personalized by

L?administrator.

XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/footer.php "; finalize work

header in posting all the components of

L?IHM.

The model object of xoops

The model object of XOOPS is based on 2 classes

XoopsObject and XoopsObjectHandler all them

two coded in the file /kernel/object.php. These

2 classes form the layer D?access to the data

persistent such qu?it is described in the pattern

Dated Acces Object (CAD). C?is by specializing them

that L?one implement the model for a particular entity,

often associated with only one basic table

data. Nothing N?oblige it programmer D?to use

these classes for to reach the data base but the reasons of

to use are multiple:

- to separate logic given of logic trade,

- to standardize manner of programming,

- to increase legibility of the code and thus to facilitate

maintenance,

- to profit D?one great number of services of

xoops, based on this model.

One often décrié PHP for its lack of

rigour. In using this layer systematically

D?access the data, one answers it partly

objection.

We describe here summarily rendered services

by these 2 classes:

XoopsObject is the class mother, which allows to handle

the attributes D?one object given. For that, it

S?support on table #$$vars>. $vars contains the attributes

L?object in the form (key, value). The key

indicate the name L?attribute, C?be-with-statement often it

name D?one column of the table of data base. XoopsObject

offer them following functions usable by heritage

:

- initVar (#$$key>, $data_type) allowing D?to initialize

the definition D?one attribute.

- setvar($key, #$$value>) which updates L?attribute.

- getvar($kkey) who restores the value of L?attribute.

- cleanVars () clean the attributes of the characters

special for to store in the data base.

To profit to these services, it is enough D?implémen

for the third time it manufacturer as follows:

function XoopsPrivmessage() {

#$$this->XoopsObject(>);

$this->initVar(?msg_id?, XOBJ_DTYPE_INT, null,

false);

$this->initVar(?msg_image?, XOBJ_DTYPE_OTHER,

?icon1.GIF?, false, 100);

$this->initVar(?subject?, XOBJ_DTYPE_TXTBOX,

null, true, 255);

$this->initVar(?from_userid?, XOBJ_DTYPE_INT,

null, true);

$this->initVar(?to_userid?, XOBJ_DTYPE_INT,

null, true);

$this->initVar(?msg_time?, XOBJ_DTYPE_OTHER,

null, false);

$this->initVar(?msg_text?, XOBJ_DTYPE_TXTAREA,

null, true);

$this->initVar(?read_msg?, XOBJ_DTYPE_INT, 0,

false);

}

Listing 1

XoopsObjectHandler is an abstract class qu?it

is completely necessary to implement. It allows to handle

the objects D?one particular class (twinned)

extending classify XoopsObject. This manager

(or manipulator) can be recovered with L?help of

method xoops_gethandler(maClass) coded in

the file /include/function.php. Attention however

because this method bases itself on a convention of

names, it is necessary to have named its manager xoopsmaclasseHandler.

Here them principal methods suggested by it

manager qu?it S?acts D?to implement :

- create: creation D?one new object (reference to

pattern manufactures abstracted).

- insert: insertion D?an object in the data base (request

insert or update).

- delete: suppression D?an object.

- get($id): access direct with an object with L?help of sound

identifier.

- GetObject: access to a collection D?objects selected

according to a criterion.

The class XoopsPrivmessage resulting from the core from

xoops uses these two classes. Here some examples

D?use :

Posting of subject and of the creation date of ?privmessage

? intended for L?current user.

$criteria = new Criteria(?to_userid?,

$xoopsUser->getVar(?uid?));

$pms = & #$$pm_handler->getObjects($criteria>);

foreach (# $$pms>have $pm) {

echo $pm->getVar(?subject?).?-?.

$pm->getVar(?msg_time?);

}

The Criteria class allows to define it criterion of selection.

In our example fields ?to_userid?

must be equal to L?identifier L?current user.

Update D?one object of which L?identifier is stored

in the variable $idPm:

$pm_handler = & xoops_gethandler(?privmessage?);

//recovery of handler

$pm = & #$$pm_handler->get($idPm>); //Recovery

L?object

#$$pm->setVars(($_post>); //Updated of L?object

starting from the request HTTP

$pm_handler ->insert($pm); //updated physics

in the data base with the handler

Here an example D?use of these 2 classes with

centre D?one program ?index_client.php? associated

with the table customer. We do not describe the form

stored in one file of the repertory /form.

<?php

include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/header.php ";

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.?/modules/vxp/class/

customer.php?;

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.?/modules/vxp/action/

store_client.php?;

//request management

yew (isset($_POST)) { extract($_POST); }

yew (isset($_GET)) { extract($_GET); }

yew (!(isset($op))) # $$op>=??;

yew (!(isset($id))) # $$id>=??;

//creation of the CAD towards the table customer

yew (#$$id>) {

$handler_client = & XOOPS _

gethandler(?customer?);

$client = #$$handler_client->get($id>);

#$$client->unsetNew(>);

} else {

$client = new client();

#$$client->setNew(>);

foreach (#$$client->getVars(>) have $k = > $v){

# $$k>=??;

}

}

//action management

yew (#$$op>) {

yew (isset($_POST)) {// loading of

L?object by requete

#$$client->setVars($_POST>);

}

//execute directly the "C$op" function

#$$retour=$op($client>);

$msg=$retour[?msg?];

redirect_header(?index_client.php?id =?.

$retour[?id?], 1, $msg);

}

foreach (#$$client->getVars(>) have $key = > #$$value>)

{

yew (isset($value[?been worth?])) {

$$key = $value[?been worth?];

}

}

include ?form/form_client.php?;

include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/footer.php ";

?>

Listing 2

L?action of safeguard "blind" is stored in

repertory /action:

function blind (&$client) {

#$$retour=array(>);

$client_Handler = & XOOPS _

gethandler(?customer?);

yew (!#$$client_Handler->insert($client>)) {

$retour[?msg?] = _ MD_NO_DB_UPDATED;

} else {

$retour[?msg?] = _ MD_DB_UPDATED;

}

$retour[?id?] = $client->getVar(?customer _

id?);

return #$$retour>;;

}

Listing 3

The case with tools of the developer

The developers of XOOPS developed some

numbers utility functions qu?it is simple

D?to use. We describe 3 functions here allowing

to develop a IHM conforms to the first

criteria ergonomic of Scapin and Bastien [ 4 ]:

to advise, to direct, inform and lead L?user

at the time of its interactions with the gate.

xoops_confirm: post for L?end-user one

fenestrate confirmation used for example for

to confirm one suppression. Simple and effective.

xoops_confirm(array(?C$op? = > ?confirm_delete?, ?id?

= > #$$del_id>), ?index_client.php?, _ CONFIRMDEL);

The function takes in parameter a table containing

values of the new request, the program

towards which to redirect this request and the wording

question.

redirect_header : allows to redirect the request

HTTP towards one another program PHP. This function

is used to inform L?user of good

taking into account D?one action, for example the maid

taking into account of creation D?an element.

XoopsPageNav D allows?to carry out one easily

pagination. first parameter indicates the number

D?occurrence, the second the number D?occurrence on

a page and it the last the name of the allowing field

the communication between the pages. We will see by

the continuation one example D?use with gauge.

The principal ones services of xoops

To present the services of xoops, there are 3

prospects or point of view concerning:

- L?user final, C?is L?recorded user or it

transitory visitor gate. C?is him which makes live

the gate.

- L?administrator, also called Webmaster, who manages

configuration gate.

- the programmer of module. He is supplier with

time of L?end-user and of L?administrator.

Paragraphs following is declined each time

for each one of these 3 prospects.

Concept of module and block

user final

For L?user final, L?access to a module S?carry out

by the means of blocks located of share and D?other

center or posted in the screens of the module

running. figure 1 described the various parts of

gate on one example.

administrator

In the dedicated part with L?administration, L?administrator

the possibility has D?to install modules placed

in the repertory /module. Once the module installed,

one or more blocks, menus relating to the module,

can be positioned on the gate on the right, with

left or with center. Each module has its

proper menus D?administration necessary to sound

parameter setting [ figure 2 ]. L?administrator personalizes them

according to needs for the end-users. This

approach is typical of the software packages, with a parameter setting

extremely.

At the time of the first installation, no module N?is

integrated by defect and only 2 blocks are posted:

the menu user, for L?access to information

user and for L?administrator L?access with L?administration

gate, and the general menu, which will be

nouveau riche by continuation of the menus of each modules.

Programmer of module

The programmer must code the programs constituent

the heart of sound modulate, the blocks allowing

L?user D?y to reach and programs relative to

L?administration. Information necessary to L?integration

D?one module are stored in the file

xoops_version.php. A significant number there is coded

behaviors commun runs with all the modules. Parameter settings,

menus, gauges, alarms, comments

are personalized with L?help of tables governed by

conventions names.

We describe here an example of code of the file

xoops_version.php allowing D?to add a parameter setting

user. principle is the same one for

others personalized functionalities. A paramétre

user is added by defining it table

$modversion[?config?]. L?example according to is drawn

configuration used by the official module "

news ", provided with the gate. It offers the possibility

for L?administrator to personalize the number

D?articles present on a page.

$modversion[?config?][1][?name?] = ?storyhome?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?name?] = ?storyhome?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?title?] = ?_ MI_STORYHOME?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?description?] = ?_ MI_STORYHOMEDSC

?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?formtype?] = ?select?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?valuetype?] = ?int?;

$modversion[?config?][1][?default?] = 5;

$modversion[?config?][1][?options?] = array(?5? = >

5, ?10? = > 10, ?15? = > 15, ?20? = > 20);

Listing 4

The parameter " ?storyhome?"is personnalisable

by L?administrator with L?help of the menu " preference

». Small a preference is present for each module

installed.

In the code, value of the parameter ?storyhome?

is accessible via variable # $$xoopsModuleCon->

fig?storyhome?.

Figure 2

At the time of L?installation D?one modulate, information

of xoops_version.php is stored in base of

data and them requests of creation of useful tables

with the module are carried out.

users, groups and their permissions

Xoops manages with minimum 3 groups D?users,

created by defect with L?installation.

- Users anonymities

- Users recorded. As soon as quelqu?an S?record,

it is placed by defect in this group

- Administrators or Webmasters. The administrator group

is a group private individual reaching all

the part D?administration gate.

User final

L?user final A access to its identification. It can

to modify with all moment majority of its information

public. This identification is very simple

: it includes/understands the name D?user, sound word of

pass, L?address courriel and some information

allowing one synchronous communication such as

L?address Implementing IRC used by the modules

a cat.

L?user trying to charge a not allowed page

fall on a screen announcing L?prohibited access.

Administrator

In the part administration, it manages the permissions

groups. Each module or block installed in

the gate has permissions by group. L?interest

of these groups is obvious for an Intranet

D?company. The group "recorded User"

can be divided in several groups giving access

with such or such service of L?company.

The only thing that L?one can regret here is of

not to have integrated support LDAP directly in

the core. It aujourd is necessary?today to use an extension

(hack). This lagoon will be corrected soon with L?integration

LDAP in standard [ 1 ].

Certain modules developed a layer of

permission, L?administrator will have then with load of

to manage these permissions. For example, the WFSection module

CMS with workflow of validation, has

its characteristic management D?access for each category

or each article according to the groups.

In parallel with the permissions, L?posting of

each block is personnalisable. L?administrator

decide on which page the block must appear. Thus,

one can to allow L?posting on all the gate,

only page D?reception of the gate or on

a module private individual. This possibility is powerful

puisqu?it makes it possible to manage L?posting of such or

such block according to the situation, the position of L?user

in the gate. D is spoken?Situational IHM.

administrators have the possibility of communicating

with their members with L?help D?a system of

allowing mall L?sending by group, selection

criteria or individually. It also exist

an internal transport.

Programmer of module

The programmer can specialize the system of

permission of its module like the fact the module

WFSection. It must then develop in the part

administration the allowing program to manage

its permissions and L?to implement in the body of

modulate. It exist a utility class facilitating work

of the programmer.

xoops, sound graphic aspect and Smarty

The engine of Smarty gauge is used so D?affi-

dear L?together components of the gate indicated

on figure 1. It determines the total provision of

gate. One speak then about topic. A topic defines

L?aspect graph of the gate. The color, the provision

logos and banners, the width of

column of right-hand side and of left or the presence D?heading

and of foot of page are elements personnalisables

topic. A topic comprise a unit

files Smarty but also the style sheet CSS.

The files D?a topic private individual are contained

in only one repertory. It becomes then directly

usable. L?administrator the topic used defines

by defect. One authority of XOOPS can comprise

several topics.

Smarty is also usable for L?individual posting

elements. That relates to them as well

blocks (finely the main thing, small user, etc.) that it

contents D?one modulate.

User final

A provided block out of standard allows L?user

to personalize L?aspect graph of the gate in

selecting one particular topic among those installed.

Administrator

Each module have its own collection of

definite gauges in the file xoops_version. With

L?installation or with the reinstalment D?a module its

gauges are then compiled and stored in base of

data. Each module has its own collection

gauges éditables and modifiable with the centre

D?an editor.

Programmer of module

The realization D?one chartre graphic is often

sub-contracted with a graphic designer and complete decoupling

graphics and data him allows with

xoops in a completely autonomous way. xoops

specialized classify main of Smarty and uses its

proper delimitors for the variables Smarty <{and

}>.

Gauges used in a module are defined

in the file xoops_version.php with L?help of variable

$modversion[?templates?].

The simple fact D?to affect the variable

$xoopsOption[?template_main?] in the body of

program indicate which gauge to use. Variables

Smarty used in the gauges must be

assigned to L?help of classify #$$xoopsTpl>.

Here an example coupling the model object and L?use

of Smarty which post L?together customers

present in the data base. See listing 5 for one

example of program using a gauge: list

customers coupled with the gauge.

Listing 6: gauge used by posting listing 5

list customers in a table HTML.

This example D allows?to post the list of the customers.

We have used the class $Xoopspagenav which

allows to manage a pagination. In our example

one paginates for 10 customers.

Resourcefulness?alarms

The system of notification allows a communication

asynchronous enters a user creating an event

and people S?being registered with this event.

This function is very much used for the forums

or CMS where L?user S can?to register to be

prevented L?addition D?an answer or L?addition D?one

article in one category which L?interest.

User final

On each page D?one modulate implementing it

resourcefulness?alarm, there exists at the foot of the page one list

D?events which one can subscribe. For example

"Alert me when a new article is posted

in this category "or" Alert me of each

new sending in this forum ". For to subscribe to one

event, L?user notch L?event and valid

the form. It appears then in small user

a line of small "notification" which allows

D?to add L?event among L?together events

to which L?user is registered.

D?a general manner, L?user can to personalize

its mode D?alarm by asking an alarm

by courriel or an alarm by internal transport.

It can also decontaminate the mode D?alarm. In order to

not to be overloaded messages, it can also ask

with informbeing informed only once, at the time of the first

event which occurs.

Administrator

Lorsqu?one module implements alarms, its menu

"preference" in the panel D?administration is

nouveau riche of two parameters allowing to modify

the behavior alarms within the module.

first makes it possible to personalize the style D?alarms and

the second to select the events to which

the users will have access, among those defined by

the programmer.

Programmer of module

The file xoops_version.php contains information

relative to alarms D?a module. Events

are gathered in category, representing one

type D?object used by the module. For example,

section and L?article are categories for the module

news. Each category is described in the file

like each event [ 3 ]. An event is

associated electronic gauge of message, qu?it

is necessary to provide.

In the code, one add the support of alarms in

adding one gauge within the main gauge of

program: $xoopsOption[?template_main?].

include file =?dB:system_notification_select.HTML?

The programmer can also use the class

Notification to use the system of notification

explicitly:

<?php

include ?header.php?;

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.?/header.php?;

include XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.?/modules/vxp/class/

customer.php?;

$xoopsOption[?template_main?] =

?liste_client.HTML?;

$xoopsTpl->assign(array(

"lang_nom"=> _ FO_NOM,

"lang_prenom"=> _ FO_PRENOM));

$handler_client =

& xoops_gethandler(?customer?);

$nb_clients = #$$handler_client->getCount(>);

$criteria = new criteria();$criteria-

> S E H T I m I T (1 0); $ C R I T E R I have - > S E T S T has R T ($ _

GET[?start?]);

$clients =

#$$handler_client->getObjects($criteria>);

$xoopsTpl->assign(?customers?, $clients);

include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH.

?/class/pagenav.php?;

$pagenav = new XoopsPageNav(

#$$nb_clients>, 10, 1, ?start?);

$xoopsTpl->assign(?pagenav?,

#$$pagenav->renderNav(>));

include_once XOOPS_ROOT_PATH."/footer.php ";

?>

Listing 5

<div style="text-align: left; margin: 10px;">

<{if$pagenav}>page <{$pagenav}><{/if}></div>

<table class="outer" cellspacing="1" cellpadding = "

4">

<tr>

<th align="center"><{$lang_nom}></th><th

align="center"><{$lang_prenom}></th>

</tr>

<{section name=i loop=$clients}>

<tr >

<td class="even"><{$clients[i ] -

>getVar(?name?)}></td>

<td class="even>"><{$clients[i ] -

>getVar(?first name?)}></td>

</tr>

<{/section}>

</table>

Listing 6

$notification_handler = & xoops_gethandler(?not

ification?);

$notification_handler->triggerEvent (#$$category>,

#$$item_id>, #$$event>, #$$extra_tags=array(>),

#$$user_list=array(>), #$$module_id=null>, # $$omit>_

user_id=null);

Listing 7

There is what to make a complete article with all them

functions of xoops. L?together of classes managing

forms, the mechanism of research to the centre

modules, it system of comments, the manager

D?images are D?as many subjects as L?one

could detail.

Assessment and prospect

What strikes at xoops, C?is the facility and L?effectiveness

platform. XOOPS is a formidable tool

to integrate applications Intranet. Vis-a-vis with the popular one

SPIP or in Mambo, it is more directed gate

and thus more opened and personnalisable. Vis-a-vis with

architectures like Typo3 or ez Publish, XOOPS is

much more accessible for a small team

data processing, qu?it that is to say control D?work or controls

D?work. Its catch in hand by an administrator

is very fast and does not harm its possibilities

D?extension. Dynamism of the community, its

reliability and it low ownership cost do one of them

tool having one return on high investment. For

a developer, the code of the core is easily

readable and of many services present out of standard

offer one formidable effectiveness to develop

news applications.

There exists of many examples D?use of

xoops in professional world. It is currently

used by government of Quebec [ 5 ],

for L?Intranet of L?machine tire Goodyear With Valleyfield,

for the projects Open Source of Novell [ 6 ]

or simply for the dematerialization of the markets

public, gate supplier of L?lNRA or of

L?INRETS [ 7 ].

A major version is under development.

It is ambitious [ 8 ]. It brings many

consolidations like the taking into account directly

in the core of LDAP and generation of

Pdf. Many evolutions will be integrated

like a resourcefulness?heritage of topic or a management

of version. When L is seen?fill with enthusiasm

French community and increasing statistics

of sound use, one thinks that XOOPS to the beautiful ones

days in front he....

In connection with OryxVet

OryxVet is also an expert company on

xoops. It advise and sets up gates

D?company XOOPS and carries out modules spécifi-

ques.

Resources

[ 1 ]: See L?article of direction|PHP in November

2003 on the subject attacks CSRF.

[ 2 ]: Interview of scalpa:HTTP://www.frxoops.org/

modules/news/article.php?storyid=680

[ 3 ]: One complete description of the code of the file

xoops_version.php:HTTP://www.frxoops.org/modules/

wfsection02/article.php?page=1&articleid=13

[ 4 ]: Criterion D?ergonomicsHTTP://www.ergoweb.Ca

criteria.HTML

[ 5 ]: Interview of the director of the CRISP: HTTP://

W W W. F R xo O p S. O R G/m O D U L E S/N E W S/has R T I C L E.

php?storyid=693

[ 7 ]: Site of Novell:HTTP://forge.Novell.com/modules/

news/

[ 8 ]: Gate supplier of L?INRAHTTP://www.will inra.

fr/fournisseurs/ and of L?INRETS:HTTP://achats.inrets.

fr/index.php,

[ 9 ]: plan of development of xoops: HTTP://

W W W. F R xo O p S. O R G/m O D U L E S/N E W S/has R T I C L E.

php?storyid=739

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