NYCPHP Meetup

[George Herson]

Jim,

Sounds like you might like to try Fusebox.  (I haven't used it yet.)  My notes 
are that Fusebox is a tool that facilitates an 
all-functionality-through-index.php approach.

http://nyphp.org/list/viewmesg.html?mid=81:  "The example's containing index.php 
are most likely mimicking 'fusebox' methodology, which is a great way to 
organize files, especially if you are coding as part of a team or on a large 
application.  Its mainly been popular on ColdFusion applications but fairly 
recently has been extended to PHP. Their are some nice code shortcuts and 
re-usability advantages by going this route.  Check out http://bombusbee.com/ 
for more info.  regards, ken schwartz".  5/~1/02

Eg, article http://bombusbee.com/index.php?fuseaction=articles.view&id=6

More info that was kindly provided me:
 > > A quick summary is that your application always runs through a single> > 
template, the fusebox (index.php), that contains a huge switch with a case > > 
representing an include of the each template that exists in the system > > 
(called 'fuseactions').  So every form and href on your site is really > > 
calling itself and makes coding a lot easier.  The function of each of your > > 
templates (fuses) are seperated and grouped so that you have fuses for > > 
display grouped together, 'action' fuses (updates, inserts, etc.) together, > > 
query fuses, etc. The point of the whole matter is that your system becomes > > 
modular. If you need to find some code you know where to look.  If you > > write 
something new you know where to put it.  And if you need to break a > > certain 
part of the system to work on it, the rest of the system stays > > functional 
because the fusebox is never broken itself, so you can always > > access the 
other modules of the system.

George