Special files

This information is valid for Horde 3 only. See Doc/Dev/SpecialFilesH4 for Horde 4 or Doc/Dev/SpecialFiles for Horde 5 and later.


    horde/lib/core.php: This file
        sets some required PHP configuration settings
        loads libraries required by all Horde applications
        instantiates the global Browser object

There are several files with a special meaning that can be found in every Horde application:


    index.php: This script is loaded if a user enters an application. Usually this script doesn't have any functionality but simple loads the default view of the application, sometimes depending on the user's preferences.
    lib/base.php: This file is loaded from every script of the application. Its purpose is to:
        define some global constants
        load core.php
        initialize the Registry
        redirect to the login screen if the user is not authenticated and guest access is disabled
        load common Horde libraries
        initialize the  Notification System
        load common application specific libraries
        initialize common global application specific objects and variables
        start output compression
    lib/api.php: This files defines and implements all methods that an application is exposing through the Registry to the other Horde applications and the Horde RPC servers.
    lib/version.php: This files defines a single constant: the application's version number.
    templates/common-header.inc: This is the common page header template for all scripts of the application. All applications use the same page footer template horde/templates/common-footer.inc.
    themes/screen.css: This is a CSS file that defines all application specific style sheet rules.