Application Flow

• paths.php (optional)
  • set site directory path
  • set install directory path
  • set site type (eg. dev, stage, live, etc)

• index.php
  • set any paths not set by paths.php
  • add the install path to the include path
  • include any application class overrides (eg. AppLoader)
  • include the bootstrap
  • initialize the bootstrap
    • load the configuration files
    • load any language files
    • load the libraries (cache, database)
    • register the error handler
    • initialize debugging
    • parse the URL
    • start the session
  • register the bootstrap
  • run the bootstrap
    • initialize any hooks
    • run any 'bootstrap.pre-run' events
    • determine the controller based on the URL and any optional routing overrides
    • run any 'bootstrap.pre-init' events
    • initialize the controller
      • turn out output buffering via the display object (optional)
    • run any 'bootstrap.post-init' events
    • run the controller
      • determine the controller's display method based on the URL
      • call the display method to build the page
        • add one or more nodes to the display object
    • run any 'bootstrap.post-run' events
  • display the page
    • run any 'display.pre-headers' events
    • send headers
    • build the page from the node(s)
    • run any 'display.pre-output' events
    • print the output