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- Creating and updating content in code (Updated, Markdown page)
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Create, update, move and remove content from PHP - eZContentFunctions::createAndPublishObject and updateAndPublishObject, fromString values, rich text, images, remote ids for idempotent imports, workflows and… - Cronjobs for applications (Updated, Markdown page)
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Run an application's periodic work with cronjob parts - how parts and scripts are defined in cronjob.ini, running them with runcronjobs.php and the console, the crontab, siteaccess flags, pausing, locks and monitoring… - Writing a custom datatype (Updated, Markdown page)
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Add a new field type to Exponential - the eZDataType subclass, registration in content.ini, storage in the attribute columns, input and validation, view and edit templates, and the RAD datatype wizard. - Custom modules and views (Updated, Markdown page)
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Build the screens of an application as module views - registering a module, ordered and unordered parameters, handling POST actions, returning a result, redirecting, errors, and the class-based form of a view. - Database access and SQL (Updated, Markdown page)
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Talk to the database safely and portably - eZDB, arrayQuery and query, escaping and casting, transactions, the six supported engines and what differs between them, and when to use eZPersistentObject instead. - The datatype life cycle (Updated, Markdown page)
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When the kernel calls each eZDataType method - class attribute editing, object creation, edit and validation, store and publish, copy and translation, trash and removal, search, sorting, string and package… - DB-less PHPUnit tests (Updated, Markdown page)
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Write fast PHPUnit tests for extension code that need no database - the bootstrap, loading your classes, testing services, validators, datatype string round trips and template operators, and running only the tests of a… - Debugging and logs (Updated, Markdown page)
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Find out what your application does - debug output and the debug bar, template path comments, eZDebug in code, the log files and Setup > Logs, error references, request logs, and debugging under Velocity. - Deploying with Velocity (Updated, Markdown page)
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Ship code changes to a site served by Exponential Velocity - exp:velocity deploy and its fourteen steps in order, the options for kernel classes, packed assets and Apache-only setups, template-only changes, and checking… - A deployment pipeline (Updated, Markdown page)
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Move an application from a developer machine through test to production safely - environments with EXP_ENV, Git and Composer for code, packages and upgrade steps for data, the deploy command, maintenance mode, rollback… - Setting up a development environment (Updated, Markdown page)
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A development setup for Exponential applications - PHP, Composer and Git, a local install on SQLite, Velocity or the built-in server, development settings, the debug bar, template checks and your extension in its own… - Environment settings and secrets (Updated, Markdown page)
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Keep settings that differ per machine and secrets out of code - EXP_ENV and settings variants, settings/override for the installation, file modes, what never goes into Git, and how an application reads its keys. - Exponential as an application platform (Updated, Markdown page)
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What Exponential gives an application out of the box - content model, permissions, versions, languages, modules, templates, workflows, cron, REST, queues, AI - and how to decide what to build on it and what to keep… - Exponential Intelligence (expai) for applications (Updated, Markdown page)
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What the expai extension offers an application - drafts written as the editor, providers and data policy, the job queue, usage and budgets, audit - how to switch it on, and how an application plugs into it. - Extending Exponential Intelligence (Updated, Markdown page)
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Extend expai from your own extension - a field action by settings, a tool the assistant can call (expAiTool), a provider for another AI service (expAiProvider), panel sections, JavaScript hooks and the registries the… - Anatomy of an extension (Updated, Markdown page)
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Every directory and file an extension can have - modules, classes, autoloads, design, settings, datatypes, event types, cronjobs, bin, share, sql, translations, doc - plus extension.xml, ezinfo.php and composer.json… - Fetch functions: reading data in templates (Updated, Markdown page)
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Read data in templates with fetch() - the content fetches (node, object, list, tree, list_count, related objects), their parameters (filters, sorting, limits, attribute filters), the other modules' fetches, and… - Forms, CSRF protection and HTTP input (Updated, Markdown page)
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Handle forms safely in views - reading input with eZHTTPTool and module actions, form tokens from ezformtoken, POST-redirect-GET, validation messages, safe redirects, uploads with eZHTTPFile, and JSON posts from scripts. - Headless Exponential (Updated, Markdown page)
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Use Exponential as a content back end for apps and JavaScript front ends - the REST API, expservices, rendered XHTML, images, URLs, preview, caching, permissions, and what stays easier with the built-in templates. - Input validation and output escaping (Updated, Markdown page)
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Treat every input as untrusted and every output as needing escape - casting and allow lists in PHP, validating view parameters and posts, wash in templates for HTML and attributes, URLs, JSON and SQL, and the common…
