Welcome all Drupal and PHP lovers,
Please dont blame me for doing this : this is for the sake of science (though there are some cool benefits like performance).
I started peeping into Drupal as an SoC 2006 (GData module) student but the Drupal idea has overtaken me. I have for long time trying to do some C coding : make nice PHP Extensions. Then it came to my mind : what if the Drupal core became a PHP Extension! Seemed nice and I started thinking about it. I am not C guy (though I am from theoretical C/C++ background) so it took me sometime to get a simple "Hello Drupal World" compiled and running under Windows, compiled with the free MS VC++ Toolkit 2003.
The idea of a PHP Extension does not ruin Drupal in any way I believe. Drupal to me seemed like a model or framework (which it really is). Though implemented in PHP language, that model could be made part of PHP itself. It seems quite natural to me. Modules will still remain in PHP (except for some modules probably, but I have not yet given it so much thought).
I am only trying to do something (nice ?), I can not gurantee results since I am not very comfortable with C. But oh! well.... we can always try. :)
Open Source Free Workshop: Drupal Basics
James Walker, from Lullabot, will be looking at core PHP coding, basic concepts and theories, how to get started, best practices, and use, theme development, and integration. It'll be a moment of Drupal in Toronto, at the Rich Media Institute. Presented by PHUG.
Who is this event for?
Looking at core PHP coding, basic concepts and theories, how to get started, best practices, and use, theme development, and integration.
Event info available at http://www.richmediainstitute.com/training/free_drupal_basics/
Read moreWhy do this as an extension?
Why would you want to do this as an extension?
Read moreWhat to implement in the extension
The Drupal core functions are to be implemented : that is basically all the functions defined in /includes/ directory. I am starting off with bootstrap.inc.... lets see
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