Core Boxx - Dynamic Content Module

This is a simple dynamic content module for Core Boxx. Articles, posts, code snippets, descriptions – Save whatever content you need into the database and retrieve it dynamically.

Download & Notes

Quick Reference

DOWNLOAD & NOTES

First, here are the download links and a quick “setup guide” for the impatient folks who don’t want to read through everything.

LICENSE & DOWNLOAD

Core Boxx is released under the MIT License. You are free to use it for personal and commercial projects, modify as you see fit. On the condition that the software is provided “as-is”. There are no warranties provided and “no strings attached”. Code Boxx and the authors are not liable for any claims, damages, or liabilities.

Download Core Boxx Contents Module | GitHub | Source Forge

INSTALLATION & REQUIREMENTS

Download and set up the “Main Core Boxx” if you have not already done so.
To “install”, simply import the lib/SQL-contents.sql file, and delete it afterward.
See http://your-site.com/contentdemo for a simple demo.

QUICK REFERENCE

Let us now walk through the dynamic contents module quickly.

CONTENT DATABASE TABLE

Function	Description & Quick Example
`content_id`	Primary key, the content ID.
`content_title`	Title or short description of the content.
`content_text`	Text or body of the content.
`date_created`	Date when the content is created.
`date_modified`	Last modified timestamp.

CONTENT LIBRARY FUNCTIONS

save($title, $text, $id)

Add or update content.

$title String, the content title/description.
$text String, the content body.
$id Int, provide the content ID to update. Leave as null to add a new one.

echo $_CORE->Contents->save(
  "TITLE", "CONTENT"
) ? "OK" : $_CORE->error ;

del($id)

Delete a piece of content.

$id Int, the content ID.

echo $_CORE->Contents->del(1) 
  ? "OK" : $_CORE->error ;

get($id)

Get a piece of content.

$id Int, the content ID.

$content = $_CORE->Contents->get(1);

getAll($search, $page)

Get all or search for content.

$search String, optional search term.
$page Int, optional current page.

$entries = $_CORE->Contents->getAll("search", 2);

toFile($id)

An incomplete support function for save(), generate a static file. Complete it if you want, good for HTML, CSS, Javascript, or maybe files that you want to offer for download.

$id Int, content ID.

CONTENTS API

Accessible at http://yoursite.com/api/contents/REQUEST/. These are pretty much a replica of the above library functions, except in REST API format. Feel free to delete api/API-contents.php if you don’t intend to integrate an API.

api/contents/save/

Add or update content.

$_POST["title"] String, content title or description.
$_POST["text"] String, content body.
$_POST["id"] Int, optional content ID.

api/contents/del/

Delete a piece of content.

$_POST["id"] The content ID.

api/contents/get/

Get a piece of content.

$_POST["id"] The content ID.

api/contents/getAll/

Search for a piece of content.

$_POST["search"] The search term.
$_POST["page"] The current page.

MORE DEVELOPMENT NOTES

This module will work “as-it-is”. Just save your content in the database and use get() to retrieve them.
But an alternative for possibly better performance is to:
- Complete toFile() in LIB-Contents.php – Generate a flat HTML file (or whatever file you may want to offer for download).
- Change save() in LIB-Contents.php to run toFile() after saving.
Product the API endpoint! All of these are admin functions.

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