I wanted to be able to incorporate other applications into
PHPWebsite (PWS) without making changes to the remote
application, and be able access the PWS database information and
easily return to PWS from the other application.
After looking at the module capability in PWS, I decided it
requires too much changing of the foreign application.
What I needed was a bridge, not a plugin.
The bridge module installs like any other module. It enables
you to call a url and wrap it in a two frame page that includes
return links in the left frame.
There is also a no-frames version that includes return links at
the top of the page. You cannot use this version to wrap a
url, but it can be used to write your own php pages that can
access the database without being totall integrated with PWS.
This is an alpha release. I plan on doing some enhancements and
cleanup as I use the module.
This module is copyrighted by Bob Treumann.
You are free to use it, or to modify it, but not to
distribute your modifications. I want to maintain control
of the source at least until I consider it to be done.
Ideas are welcome!.
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Origins of the Bridge module for PhpWebSite
The module is available at
http://portal.dbserve.net/codeshare/
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I wanted to be able to incorporate other applications into
PHPWebsite (PWS) without making changes to the remote
application, and be able access the PWS database information and
easily return to PWS from the other application.
After looking at the module capability in PWS, I decided it
requires too much changing of the foreign application.
What I needed was a bridge, not a plugin.
The bridge module installs like any other module. It enables
you to call a url and wrap it in a two frame page that includes
return links in the left frame.
There is also a no-frames version that includes return links at
the top of the page. You cannot use this version to wrap a
url, but it can be used to write your own php pages that can
access the database without being totall integrated with PWS.
This is an alpha release. I plan on doing some enhancements and
cleanup as I use the module.
This module is copyrighted by Bob Treumann.
You are free to use it, or to modify it, but not to
distribute your modifications. I want to maintain control
of the source at least until I consider it to be done.
Ideas are welcome!.
Thanks for the info. Please let us know when you have a demo to see the work in action.
See it here:
http://portal.dbserve.net/pws/mod/bridge/wrap_url.php
Or, wrap up something nice:
http://portal.dbserve.net/pws/mod/bridge/wrap_url.php?wrap_url=http://www.google.com