PHP 5 CMS Framework Development Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: CMS Architecture
• The Idea of a CMS
• Critical CMS Features
• Desirable CMS Features
• System Management
• Technology for CMS Building
• Leveraging PHP5
• Some PHP Policies
• Classes and Objects
• Objects, Patterns, and Refactoring
• The Object-Relational Compromise
• Basics of Combining PHP and XHTML
• Model, View, and Controller
• The CMS Environment
• Hosting the CMS
• Basic Browser Matters
• Security of a CMS
• Some CMS Terminology
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Administrators, Users, and Guests
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Who Needs Users?
• Secure Authentication
• Secure Storage of Passwords
• Blocking SQL Injection
• Login
• Managing User Data
• User Self Service
• Customizing for Users
• Extended User Information
• Framework Solution
• The User Database Table
• Indexes on Users
• Keeping User Tables in Step
• Achieving Login
• Administering Users
• Generating Passwords
• Replacing a User View
• Extending a User View
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Organizing Code
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Security
• Methods of Code Inclusion
• Practicality in Coding
• Framework Solution
• Autoloading
• The Smart Class Mapper
• Digression on the Singleton Pattern
• Finding a Path to the Class
• Populating the Dynamic Class Map
• Saving Map Elements
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Sessions and Users
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Why Sessions?
• How Sessions Work
• Avoiding Session Vulnerabilities
• Search Engine Bots
• Session Data and Scalability
• Framework Solution
• Building a Session Handler
• Creating a Session
• Finding the IP Address
• Validating a Session
• Remembering Users
• Completing Session Handling
• Session Data
• Session Data and Bots
• Retrieving Session Data
• Keeping Session Data Tidy
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Database and Data Objects
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Database Dependency
• Ease of Development
• Keeping up with Change
• Database Security
• Pragmatic Error Handling
• Framework Solution
• Class Structure
• Connecting to a Database
• Handling Databases Easily
• Prefixing Table Names in SQL
• Making the Database Work
• Getting Hold of Data
• Higher Level Data Access
• Assisted Update and Insert
• What Happened?
• Database Extended Services
• Getting Data about Data
• Easier Data about Data
• Aiding Maintenance
• Data Objects
• Rudimentary Data Object Methods
• Data Object Input and Output
• Setting Data in Data Objects
• Sequencing Database Rows
• Database Maintenance Utility
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Access Control
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Adding Hierarchy
• Adding Constraints
• Avoiding Unnecessary Restrictions
• Some Special Roles
• Implementation Efficiency
• Where are the Real Difficulties?
• Framework Solution
• Database for RBAC
• Administering RBAC
• The General RBAC Cache
• Asking RBAC Questions
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Handling Extensions
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• An Extension Ecosystem
• Templates in the Ecosystem
• Modules in the Ecosystem
• Components in the Ecosystem
• Component Templates
• Modules Everywhere
• More on Extensions
• Templates
• Modules
• Components
• Plug ins
• Extension Parameters
• Framework Solution
• Packaging Extensions
• Module Interface and Structure
• The Logic of Module Activation
• Component Interface and Structure
• A Standardized Component Structure
• Plug in Interface and Structure
• Invoking Plug ins
• Installing and Managing Extensions
• Structuring Installer Tasks
• Putting Extension Files in Place
• Extensions and the Database
• Knowing About Extension Classes
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Caches and Handlers
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Building Information Handlers
• The Singleton Cache
• The Disk Cache
• Scalability and Database Cache
• The XHTML Cache
• Other Caches
• Framework Solution
• Abstract Cache Class
• Singleton Object Cache Manager
• Creating the Base Class Cached Singleton
• Generalized Cache
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Menus
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Page Management by URI
• Menu Database Requirements
• Menu Management
• Menu Construction
• Menu Presentation
• Framework Solution
• Building the Menu Handler
• Interfacing to Components
• The Menu Creator
• An Example of a Menu Module
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Languages
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Character Sets
• UTF-8 and XHTML
• Specifying Languages
• Handling Multiple Languages in Code
• Languages in CMS Extensions
• Handling Languages in Data
• Framework Solution
• The gettext Implementation
• File Formats for gettext
• Functions for gettext
• The PHPgettext Classes
• The Language Class
• Administrator Language Application
• Handling Extensions
• Managing Extension Translations
• Installing Translations with CMS Extensions
• Handling Multilingual Data
• Summary

• Chapter 11: Presentation Services
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Differing Points of View
• Model View Controller
• XHTML, CSS, and Themes
• PHP for XHTML Creation
• Widgets and XHTML
• Page Control and Navigation
• WYSIWYG Editors
• XHTML Cleaning
• The Administrator Interface
• Framework Solution
• Using "heredoc" to Define XHTML
• Using Templating Engines
• Some Widgets
• Building Page Control
• Supporting Editors
• Cleaning Up XHTML
• Administrator Database Management
• Summary

• Chapter 12: Other Services
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Parsing XML
• Configuration Handling
• WYSIWYG Editing
• File and Directory Handling
• Sending Mail
• Parameter Objects
• Administrator Ready-Made Functionality
• Framework Solution
• Reading XML Files Easily
• Storing Configuration Data
• Incorporating a WYSIWYG Editor
• Dealing with Files and Directories
• Compound Parameter Objects
• Administrator Ready-Made Table Handlers
• Summary

• Chapter 13: Error Handling
• The Problem
• Discussion
• PHP Error Handling
• Database Errors
• Application Errors
• Framework Solution
• Handling Database Errors
• Page 404 Errors
• Summary

• Chapter 14: Real Content
• The Problem
• Discussion and Considerations
• Articles, Blogs, Magazines, and FAQ
• Comments and Reviews
• Forums
• Galleries, Repositories, and Streaming
• E-commerce and Payments
• Forms
• Calendars
• Integrators
• RSS Readers
• Other Categories
• Framework Solution
• A Simple Text Application
• The Database Table for Simple Text
• A Text Data Object
• Administering Text Items—Controller
• Administering Text Items—Viewer
• Showing Text to Visitors
• Menu Building
• Simple Developments of Text Items
• Building Advanced Text Systems
• Summary

• Appendix A: Packaging
• Packaging Extensions
• The XML Setup File
• Parameters
• Parameter Types

• Index