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PHP Class Elgg\Application

To run as PHP CLI server: php -S localhost:8888 /full/path/to/elgg/index.php The full path is necessary to work around this: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55726 Show file Open project: elgg/elgg Class Usage Examples

Public Properties

Property	Type	Description
$_instance	Application	Reference to the loaded Application returned by elgg()

Public Methods

Method	Description
__construct ( ServiceProvider $services )	Constructor
__get ( string $name ) : mixed	Get an undefined property
bootCore ( ) : void	Bootstrap the Elgg engine, loads plugins, and calls initial system events
elggDir ( ) : Elgg\Filesystem\Directory	Returns a directory that points to the root of Elgg, but not necessarily the install root. See self::root() for that.
getDataPath ( ) : string	Determine the Elgg data directory with trailing slash, save it to config, and return it
getDb ( ) : Database	Get a Database wrapper for performing queries without booting Elgg
index ( ) : boolean	Elgg's front controller. Handles basically all incoming URL requests.
install ( ) : void	Renders a web UI for installing Elgg.
isTestingApplication ( ) : boolean	Checks if the application is running in PHPUnit
loadCore ( ) : void	Load all Elgg procedural code and wire up boot events, but don't boot
loadSettings ( ) : void	Load settings.php
run ( ) : boolean	Routes the request, booting core if not yet booted
setTestingApplication ( boolean $testing = true ) : void	Flag this application as running for testing (PHPUnit)
start ( ) : self	Start and boot the core
upgrade ( ) : void	Elgg upgrade script.

Private Methods

Method	Description
allowPathRewrite ( ) : void	Allow plugins to rewrite the path.
create ( ) : self	Creates a new, trivial instance of Elgg\Application and set it as the singleton instance.
setupPath ( ) : string	Get the request URI and store it in $_GET['__elgg_uri']

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