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I'm looking for ways to implement a module system into my application framework, Modules would be class files that change the design in some way so that the would automatically integrate with user intervention.
My framework is a custom built framework but is very similar to codeigniter, just a little lighter.
The idea that I have is within the template files is to call on module positions, and have modules auto loaded and parsed
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to my site</title>
</head>
<body>
<header>
....
<?php $this->call_modules('header') ?>;
</header>
<section>
<aside>
<?php $this->call_modules('sidebar') ?>;
</aside>
</section>
</body>
</html>
So that the following modules would get called and the contents would go in there place:
/system/applications/admin/modules/header/a.php
/system/applications/admin/modules/header/b.php
/system/applications/admin/modules/sidebar/a.php
/system/applications/admin/modules/sidebar/b.php
So that to me seems like it would work fine, but the problem is that I have never built a module system before, and I feel as these are more classed as hooks.
In my head i basically want a simple system that consists of 1 class file, and templates if required, the calss file would probably look like this:
class Module_HelloWorld extends Module
{
public static function info()
{
return array(
'name' => 'Hello Word',
'version' => '1.0.0',
'description' => 'Dispalys "hello World"',
'author' => 'Robert Pitt',
);
}
public function execute($context,$action)
{
//$context would be the current view at the point of execution for the view
//$action would be header / sidebar
}
}
So my question in a nutshell, What would be the best way to design a module system for my framework, allowing 3Rd party modules to be dropped within a directory and then installed from admin, without much user intervention?
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good luck with your mvc and cms. I have implemented same think some time ago, my approach was simple the first one came to my mind.
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