Useful Functions, Constants, Variables

Functions

• Basic->get_info_filtered() - Sanitizes HTML. Similar to htmlspecialchars()
• $mysqli->query() - The preferred way of querying the database if you are not using a class.

Constants

Constants are always global. define() to set, if ( defined() ) to check.

• MAIN_ROOT - by way of define("MAIN_ROOT", $MAIN_ROOT); in _setup.php
• BASE_DIRECTORY - by way of define("BASE_DIRECTORY", $BASE_DIRECTORY); in _setup.php
• LOGGED_IN

Global Variables

Need to use global keyword to access these inside a function or class.

• $MAIN_ROOT - Relative web path that is required for URL's in HTML and JS, and for setting cookie paths. Should start and end with a slash.
  • Example: echo '<a href="'.$MAIN_ROOT.'members/index.php">My Account</a>';
  • $MAIN_ROOT = "/BlueThrust5%20R17/src/";
  • $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
• $BASE_DIRECTORY - Absolute server path that is required when using PHP functions. Should end with a slash. On Linux, should start with a slash. On Windows, uses forward slashes.
  • Example: require_once($BASE_DIRECTORY.'members/index.php');
  • $BASE_DIRECTORY = "D:/Dropbox/Code/BlueThrust5 R17/src/";
  • $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']
• $dbprefix or $this->MySQL->get_tablePrefix() - SQL table prefix, if used.
• $prevFolder - Example: ../../
• $siteDomain
• $dispHTTP - Equals http or https