Third party PHP classes integration with eZ

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Ricardo Sanchez	Tuesday 30 October 2007 2:10:12 am Hi, I've got a few PHP files containing classes and code that I've using in other web applications. Those classes are used to create objects with atributes (like an Event with dates, places, latitude and longitude coordinates, ...), and to store those atributes in a custom database table. Also, there are others clases in order to modify, validate and view the content of those objects. Is any way to reuse those classes in eZ without rewrite it completely? I've reading and in http://www.sitepoint.com/article/phps-killer-app-parts-1-3 explains how to do it, but It seems to be with a 2.x version of eZ. I would prefer to use those classes instead to setup the classes in the admin zone of an eZ Publish web because I've got to export these functionalities to another PHP system not based in eZ. Thanks in advance,
Knut Urdalen	Tuesday 30 October 2007 3:50:26 am The best way to do it is to create modules for all the parts you want to integrate in your custom extension. There you can do whatever you want with PHP and set template variables to use with your custom templates. Actually the eZ Publish kernel is built on modules. The best way to learn is to read the source (kernel/*). Some references: - http://ezpedia.org/wiki/en/ez/developers#eztoc346_6 - http://ezpedia.org/wiki/en/ez/module - http://ez.no/ezpublish/documentation/development/extensions/module/module_tutorial_part_1 - http://ez.no/ezpublish/documentation/development/extensions/building_an_ez_publish_module

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Tuesday 30 October 2007 2:10:12 am

Hi,

I've got a few PHP files containing classes and code that I've using in other web applications. Those classes are used to create objects with atributes (like an Event with dates, places, latitude and longitude coordinates, ...), and to store those atributes in a custom database table.

Also, there are others clases in order to modify, validate and view the content of those objects.

Is any way to reuse those classes in eZ without rewrite it completely? I've reading and in http://www.sitepoint.com/article/phps-killer-app-parts-1-3 explains how to do it, but It seems to be with a 2.x version of eZ.

I would prefer to use those classes instead to setup the classes in the admin zone of an eZ Publish web because I've got to export these functionalities to another PHP system not based in eZ.

Thanks in advance,

Knut Urdalen

Tuesday 30 October 2007 3:50:26 am

The best way to do it is to create modules for all the parts you want to integrate in your custom extension. There you can do whatever you want with PHP and set template variables to use with your custom templates.

Actually the eZ Publish kernel is built on modules. The best way to learn is to read the source (kernel/*).

Some references:
- http://ezpedia.org/wiki/en/ez/developers#eztoc346_6
- http://ezpedia.org/wiki/en/ez/module
- http://ez.no/ezpublish/documentation/development/extensions/module/module_tutorial_part_1
- http://ez.no/ezpublish/documentation/development/extensions/building_an_ez_publish_module

eZ debug

Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:40:30
Script start
Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:40:30
Module start 'layout'
Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:40:30
Module start 'content'
Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:40:32
Module end 'content'
Timing:	Jan 18 2025 18:40:32
Script end

Main resources:

Total runtime	1.5412 sec
Peak memory usage	4,096.0000 KB
Database Queries	54

Timing points:

Checkpoint	Start (sec)	Duration (sec)	Memory at start (KB)	Memory used (KB)
Script start	0.0000	0.0046	588.0469	152.6406
Module start 'layout'	0.0046	0.0031	740.6875	39.4766
Module start 'content'	0.0077	1.5319	780.1641	493.1094
Module end 'content'	1.5396	0.0016	1,273.2734	8.2813
Script end	1.5412		1,281.5547

Time accumulators:

Accumulator	Duration (sec)	Duration (%)	Count	Average (sec)
Ini load
Load cache	0.0031	0.2037	16	0.0002
Check MTime	0.0013	0.0814	16	0.0001
Mysql Total
Database connection	0.0008	0.0536	1	0.0008
Mysqli_queries	1.4985	97.2284	54	0.0278
Looping result	0.0005	0.0346	52	0.0000
Template Total	1.5124	98.1	2	0.7562
Template load	0.0022	0.1411	2	0.0011
Template processing	1.5102	97.9846	2	0.7551
Template load and register function	0.0002	0.0107	1	0.0002
states
state_id_array	0.0007	0.0443	1	0.0007
state_identifier_array	0.0008	0.0520	2	0.0004
Override
Cache load	0.0018	0.1159	18	0.0001
Sytem overhead
Fetch class attribute can translate value	0.0007	0.0426	2	0.0003
Fetch class attribute name	0.0012	0.0805	3	0.0004
XML
Image XML parsing	0.0007	0.0472	2	0.0004
class_abstraction
Instantiating content class attribute	0.0000	0.0004	3	0.0000
General
dbfile	0.0009	0.0588	16	0.0001
String conversion	0.0000	0.0007	4	0.0000
Note: percentages do not add up to 100% because some accumulators overlap

Templates used to render the page:

Usage	Requested template	Template	Template loaded
1	node/view/full.tpl	full/forum_topic.tpl	extension/sevenx/design/simple/override/templates/full/forum_topic.tpl
2	content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl	<No override>	extension/community_design/design/suncana/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltext.tpl
3	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl	<No override>	extension/ezwebin/design/ezwebin/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/paragraph.tpl
1	content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl	<No override>	extension/sevenx/design/simple/templates/content/datatype/view/ezimage.tpl
1	content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl	<No override>	design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezxmltags/line.tpl
1	print_pagelayout.tpl	<No override>	extension/community/design/community/templates/print_pagelayout.tpl
Number of times templates used: 9 Number of unique templates used: 6

Time used to render debug report: 0.0001 secs