How to include custom code within Drupal?

By vanyel on 30 Mar 2006 at 23:19 UTC

Hi all,

I've written custom code (PHP) which queries a database and brings results up in tabular format. It also generates a googlemap on the 2ndary page with heavy(ish) CSS layout and some AJAX/Web2.0 or whatever you wanna call it.

Being new to Drupal and CMS in general - is there any way I can surround this in the Drupal theme I have already - like how content is placed inside Drupal?

Thank you very much in advance,

Comments

PHP code filter

Samat Jain commented 30 March 2006 at 23:45

You can create a new node, and use the "PHP code" filter. This lets you create a custom page that still uses Drupal's theming system.

Depending on the complexity of your page, however, it can sometimes be a nightmare to integrate... Especially if you use a MySQL database different than the one Drupal uses.
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didn't work

kae commented 31 March 2006 at 00:13

this didn't work for me but did work for someone else.

Didn't work

Heine commented 31 March 2006 at 16:08

It didn't work?
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problem

kae commented 31 March 2006 at 18:30

there may be something wrong with my site

custom code: modules

claus2080 commented 30 March 2006 at 23:47

you may want to create a module from scratch.

what error message did you

pamphile commented 31 March 2006 at 02:49

what error message did you get ?
why didn't it work ?

You can use POST and GET variables.

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Module from scratch...

vanyel commented 31 March 2006 at 10:36

Are there any guides on how to write modules? =)

It's essentially going to be a search engine held within Drupal, and I'll have extra fields that people can search on specifically - which then brings up stuff like proximity mapping :p

Thanks again =)

The module developers guide

sepeck commented 31 March 2006 at 16:06

The module developers guide in the handbook has most of what you will need.

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Not coding php myself, but

sepeck commented 31 March 2006 at 00:03

Not coding php myself, but here's two links for your consideration
How to connect to multiple databases within Drupal

The other area to browse through are the php page snippets and see how others used php code intheir site.

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Blocks for PHP Code.

Kimeros commented 2 July 2006 at 23:09

I find creating a block to be a good way to include PHP code.

I started off trying to use the input type : php in a standard node page but I had trouble using it especially as I was wanting to access another database.

With the blocks it just worked.

Administer->Blocks->Add Blocks

Make sure you select input type php