How to create a stand-alone application using the Joomla! Framework
| Author: iwellbc
In order to use the Joomla! Framework alone, you would have to follow the following guidelines:
* Keep this folder/files from a normal Joomla! install:
* includes/
* libraries/
* configuration.php
* Edit configuration.php to match your server database/username/password/paths/etc.
* Create the required tables in the database
Note: Normally only the table #__session is needed, but if you want to stay safe, just use the whole structure of a Joomla! install (without the samples!)
* Create an index.php file in the root with the following starting code:
/* Initialize Joomla framework */
define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__) );
define( 'DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR );
/* Required Files */
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'framework.php' );
/* To use Joomla's Database Class */
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'libraries'.DS.'joomla'.DS.'factory.php' );
/* Create the Application */
$mainframe =& JFactory::getApplication('site');
/**************************************************/
// Your code starts here...
/**************************************************/
Note: It is possible to use Joomla! framework without a database. To do that, pass a config array containing session as a key with the value of false in the call to JFactory::getApplication() like this:
/* Create the Application */
$mainframe =& JFactory::getApplication('appname', array('session' => false));
After that, you can still use a file based authentication system if you want.