Need help with a concept

[figment]

I have an idea, but am having trouble putting it to code.

Im not asking for a cut and paste solution, but rather some guidance towads abetter path, of some assistance with the one ive chosen.

Here is the idea so far.

I have a base class, and that has some init/bootstrap functions in it.

the idea is to be a content management system thats modular.

so i would put a seperate file containing that 'module''s class/functions in a directory, lets say "./mod" and the base class will scan that directory and init all the other classes and then an admin back-end would change from there, based on the modules installed, and of course that would affect the front end.

i know what i want to do, i think, im just a little confused on how to go about it....

[idgarad]

you could try to read the contents of a directory, loop for each file in the directory and do an include on each file if that is possible. ie. (psuedo-code)

foreach (file in directory)
if file is a module
then include file

loop

You could also put a line of text at the top of each module as a comment and parse it for a conditional include based on the file that is checking.

---

$whatami = 'filemanager';

foreach (file in directory)
if (file is a module) and (moduletype is equal to $whatami)
then include file
loop