I had an example with a company that has many HTML/PHP based sites. The "right" way to convert a site into Drupal is to "Drupalize" it, which means to do everything "the Drupal way", which is really the right thing to do - but is some cases not everybody agrees about that. Unfortunately the linked article is long gone, but it might still be relevant for your needs: Importing old-style standalone PHP scripts into Drupal systemĭrupal system is a very strong CMS, but taking an existing PHP site and trying to force it on Drupal might be a hard thing to do. This is part of a post I submitted few years ago.
So, what is the ideal solution here in terms of 'keeping things simple' for both the management of dynamic content and the ease of coding the core application? Can 'regular PHP' and Drupal co-exist 'peacefully'? If so, how is this technically possible? Because there is some content managed by Drupal contained within core application pages, can the core application still be coded in regular PHP? There are 3 such like feeds as I describe above that I require on the core application product page. In addition, users can browse other questions and answers through a simple navigation menu within this popup. When users click on FAQ question they are not taken away from the core application product page but are instead shown data in a pop-up window displaying the question and answer. In this column, 3 random questions are pulled from the database and displayed as a feed. Let me explain where dynamic content (managed by the CMS) intersects with the core application:ĭynamic content such as FAQ data is used both on the 'normal' help pages and also within a mini-feed displayed within core application pages down a right hand side column.
#Php and drupal code#
Can Drupal and regular PHP be integrated as I suggest easily? My feeling is that coding the core application as a Drupal module(s) will add layers of complexity that could be difficult to code from the outset and maintain later on as the system matures - so I would really like to just use regular PHP.
Ideally I would like to build the core application in regular PHP and leverage Drupal for its content management capabilities. The core application's main functionality is a 3 step process or reading user data (input page), reading data from MySQL (product page) and submitting an application to an email address (application page). Content pages are mostly dynamic and I require a way to manage this dynamic content on a regular basis. I'm building a new website which has one core application and many content pages.
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