Architecture

System Architecture

uReport is, ultimately, just another server-side web application with a MySQL database. It is built on a a small framework of classes that have been harvested over time.

http://php-blossom.googlecode.com

If you get a chance, you might browse through the actual code in /libraries/framework. The only real complicated part is the ZendDbResultIterator and Paginator. The rest of the framework should be self explanatory.

Front Controller (index.php)

• Parse the URL of the request
• Create an empty Template
• Check access control
• Load the Controller
• call the Action on the Controller, passing in the Template
• render the Template that comes back

Controllers

• have actions that populate the Templates

Templates

• are Views and ViewLayout combined
• have output format

Models

• ActiveRecord style
• Lists are collections of ActiveRecord objects