creating a module

Regular Joined: Jan 16, 2008 Posts: 75

I am a noob. Here is my sign

I have written a small script in php that has a drop down select and displays the output of a mysql table. which is a huge victory for me.

I want to turn this into a module or block but I am not sure where to begin.

Can anyone point me to any good tutorials or have any advice for me?

Thanks in advance!

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:08 am

In its most simplest form, here would be a model module: let us call the module Sample_Module. Create the following file:

modules/Sample_Module/index.php

Now, the basic structure of that index.php file could be:

Code:




<?php


if (!defined('MODULE_FILE')) die('You can\'t access this file directly...');


require_once('mainfile.php');


$module_name = basename(dirname(__FILE__));


get_lang($module_name);


$pagetitle = '- You Module Name'; // If you need this to be multi-lingual then you will have to use language defines


include_once 'header.php';


OpenTable();





//your code goes here





CloseTable();


include_once 'footer.php';


?>

That should at least get you started in the right direction. Use other module's code as your "guide".

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:22 pm

Also google the PHP-Nuke How-To. It has some old info, but should get you started if you study it and existing modules.

There is also a book called "Building Websites with PHP-Nuke" by Paterson which discusses building modules, blocks, and modifying themes.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:56 pm

thank you both

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:58 pm

Forgot that book is also available as a pdf download.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:00 pm

Cool I will google for it, using the above example, and adding my script I have it working quite nice...

Except it is showing a active but invisible, and only seems to display for admin.
any ideas?

thanks for the example!

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:45 pm

You need to go into the admin control panel, select modules and edit that module to make it visible.

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:57 pm