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[vincent zhang Friend vincent zhangJoin date: August 2011Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

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In Joomla!, index.php is entry point of the application and holds the HTML code of the overall page structure.

Could someone explain that, what does index.php file do now? I mean, on T3 framework, since the HTML code is now placed in layout files.

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

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The index.php file is still the entry point though as you have discovered it is now just a simple file containing only a few lines of code. First it checks to see if you have the framework is installed. If the framework is in place it calls all of the functions of the framework to generate the template. If the frameworks plugin is not installed and enabled it simply throws up an error.

Is there anything specific that you need to achieve?

[jooservices Friend jooservicesJoin date: October 2014Posts: 8556Downloads:0Uploads:130 Thanked: 1245 times in 1121 posts]

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Hi
Just wanna adding some more information:
index.php in joomla as phill said. It’s entry point of website ( because index.php often loaded by web server after index.html ).
In this file will use for
– Include Joomla framework: We can do same for own external script to use Joomla framework.
– Init site application
– Trigger events
– Render website
– . … etc

T3 just a Joomla system plugin ( just like system hooking in Windows Programming ) to provide a base libraries / functions .
T3 template will use these functions / libraries for build up / render template as needed 🙂

Thank you
Viet Vu

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