Metaforums

An online web-based discussion forum application

How to set up

Make sure mod_rewrite is enabled on Apache.
Create a MySQL / MariaDB database, and import Metaforums' schema (schema.sql) into the database.
Modify backend/config.php and adjust the configuration as needed.
Point the browser to localhost

index.php The main handler of backend functions. Handles routing, loading of Application services, and response handling.
Application/ Application contains classes that are the core of the application itself
- Assets/ Assets contains buildable assets, for example source CSS.
- Controllers/ Controllers contain controllers that return HTTP responses
- Foundations/ Foundations are helper classes for various functions, such as an SQL query builder, and base model implementation;
  - SQLHelper Contains SQL escaping facilities.
  - QueryBuilder The SQL query builder.
  - Model The base model implementation. Contains common code for all models.
- HTTP HTTP contains a number of abstractions for HTTP, such as Request class.
- Models/ Models contain database models.
- Services/ Services contains a number of service classes for common functionality such as Database and Session.
  - Authentication Provide auth related services.
  - Config Loads configuration and provides a facility to access the contents.
  - Database A service that centralizes database access.
  - Email A service for sending email.
  - ServiceContainer A service container that ensures every service is loaded once.
  - Session A service that contains centralized session management.
  - View Provides view rendering facilities
- Static/ Static contains static files served directly by the application. For example, this contains built CSS.
- Views/ Views contains all views used by the application

The software is tested on the Apache server and PHP 7.3 on Arch Linux.

The database used is MariaDB 10.4.8

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