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The 2010 PHP Hackfest Cheat Sheet!

Mahara Project

Plan

To integate Status Net, the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into Mahara, an open source e-portfolio system.

First Step: A block to follow a twitter tag.

Useful Links

Twitter API

Moodle Project

Plan

To get Moodle (open-source learning management system) working with Koha (open-source integrated library system).

First Step: Let's start by extending the Moodle External Search block to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books.

Koha Search

Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!):
- http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/
Koha uses an open standard from the Library of Congress called SRU - Search/Retrieval by URL.
Using the Z39.50 Explain protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface:
- http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&operation=explain
by parsing the XML response, we can use the <database> element (in this case, "biblios") to construct a search URL:
- http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish
which will return the number of results:
- <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords>
Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this:
- http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc

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-== PHP Hackfest Cheat Sheet ==
+The 2010 PHP Hackfest Cheat Sheet!
 == Mahara Project ==
-;PLAN: To integrate [http://identi.ca/ Identi.ca], the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into [http://mahara.org Mahara], an open source e-portfolio system.
+=== Plan ===
+To integate [http://status.net/ Status Net], the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into [http://mahara.org Mahara], an open source e-portfolio system.
+;First Step: A block to follow a twitter tag.
 === Useful Links ===
 * [http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara Downloading Mahara]
 * [http://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Installing_Mahara Installing Mahara]
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 == Moodle Project ==
-;PLAN: To get Moodle working with Koha.
-;First Step: Let's start with a simple Moodle search block which can query a Koha library system and display records of Koha books.
+=== Plan ===
+To get Moodle (open-source learning management system) working with Koha (open-source integrated library system).
+;First Step: Let's start by extending the Moodle [http://cvs.moodle.org/contrib/plugins/blocks/extsearch/ External Search block] to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books.
 === Koha Search ===
-# Here's a Koha already set up we can use - http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/
-# Koha uses an open standard from the US [http://loc.gov Library of Congress] called [http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/ SRU] - Search/Retrieval by URL.
+# Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!):
-# Using the [http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/ Z39.50] [http://explain.z3950.org/ Explain] protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface, by parsing the XML returned from
+#* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/
-#* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&operation=explain
+# Koha uses an open standard from the [http://loc.gov Library of Congress] called [http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/ SRU] - Search/Retrieval by URL.
-# using the <database> element, we can construct a search URL:
+# Using the [http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/ Z39.50] [http://explain.z3950.org/ Explain] protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface:
-#* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish
+#* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&operation=explain http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&'''operation=explain''']
+# by parsing the XML response, we can use the <database> element (in this case, ''"biblios"'') to construct a search URL:
+#* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/'''biblios'''?version=1.1&'''operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish''']
 #which will return the number of results:
 #* <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords>
 # Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this:
-#* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc
+#* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish'''&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc''']
 === Useful Links ===
 * [http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=summary Downloading Moodle]
 * [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administrator_documentation Installing Moodle]