Site Architecture In PHP - Templates???

[Anon]

Hello all,

Lately, I have been browsing the net looking for good articles on site architecture using php, I have found a few (some on this site) some of which were of good use. I now have my database abstraction layer, html library and data access libraries charted out (abstraction layer complete) and I am now trying to find the best way to create actual filesystem layout and templating system.

I would love to find an actual working, visual example to get me on my way. This is how i see my site taking shape, feel free to comment:

Operating System: RedHat Linux 6.2
Database: MySQL (Newest release)
Programming Language: PHP 4.0
Hardware: pIII dual 700 scsi..

file structure:
/lib
config.php - (url, colors ... etc)
db.php - database abstraction layer
html.php - common html functions
daccess.php - data access functions
/html
index.php
/images
image1.gif

Help!

[Anon]

I try to break up subdirectories based on sections of the site:

/: index.php,login.php,main.php,etc..
/admin: administrative pages
/user: user pages
/catalog: catalog scripts
/messages: messageing tools

and whatever other functions you need.

I also generally use a /templates directory for things like headers and footers that I will include throughout a site.

hmm.. i also generally put my config.php page in the root directory, though dont have any solid reason for it.

[Anon]

I use the sructure:

/includes/
-/templates/
-/common.php
/mysql/
/_error/
-/404.php
-/403.php
/contact/
-/index.php
/links/
-/index.php
/admin/
-/index.php
/scripts/
-/counter.php
-/download.php
-/link.php
/index.php

its a pretty simply layout but very efficent.
every section is in a directory, all scripts that the users sees as a link goes in the scripts folder all administation script go in admin, etc, etc

I would like suggestions on my layout please.

hope this helped