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NOTE: formerly called SimpleHtml

Simple PHP framework that builds HTML files from HTML widgets.

Includes a class that can generate and validate CAPTCHAs (uses the GD extension).
Includes the CKEditor for full-featured editing.
Includes an email contact form that uses PHPMailer.
Is able to import single files from a legacy website, or can do bulk import
Includes a complete set of transformation filters that can be applied during import, or afterwards
Entirely file-based: does not require a database!
Very fast and flexible.
Once you've got it up and running, just upload HTML snippets and/or modify the configuration file.
Works on PHP 8.1

License: Apache v2

Initial Installation

Clone the filecms-website repository to the project root of your new website.

If you have git installed run this command from a command prompt / terminal window:

git clone https://github.com/dbierer/filecms-website.git /path/to/website

If you don't have git installed, just download the ZIP file from:

https://github.com/dbierer/filecms-website/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

And unzip into /path/to/website

Use composer to install unlikelysource/filecms-core and 3rd party source code (e.g. PHPMailer)

cd /path/to/website
wget https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar
php composer.phar self-update
php composer.phar install

Basic website config

All references are from /path/to/website

Primary config file: /src/config/config.php
Bootstrap file: /bootstrap.php
Pre-processing code: /src/processing.php

Additional documentation on these three follows.

To Run Locally Using PHP

From this directory, run the following command:

cd /path/to/website
php -S localhost:8888 -t public

To Run Locally Using Docker and docker-compose

Windows

Install Docker Desktop for Windows

Open the Power Shell (some commands don't work in the regular command prompt)

To bring the docker container online, run this command:

cd \path\to\website
admin up

To stop the container do this:

admin down

To open a command shell into the container:

admin shell

Linux / Mac

Install Docker + docker-compose:

Mac
- Install Docker Desktop for Mac
Linux
- Install Docker
- Install docker-compose

Open a terminal window (Terminal Application)

To bring the docker container online, run this command:

cd /path/to/website
./admin.sh up

To stop the container do this:

./admin.sh down

To open a command shell into the container:

./admin.sh shell

Browser Access

To access from your browser:

http://localhost:8888/

Or, if your IP addressing is working:

http://10.10.10.10/

Bootstrap and Document Root

Set the website document root to /public

The central point of entry is /public/index.php
There is a file .htaccess that controls URL rewriting
If you are using nginx you will need to incorporate the same logic into your primary config file
/public/index.php first loads the bootstrap file /bootstrap.php
- This file defines three key constants used throughout the program (summarized in the table shown next)
- The bootstrap file also loads the Composer autoloader
- If you add your own classes under /src be sure to update composer.json and refresh Composer autoloading:

composer dump-autoload

Here is a summary of the three key constants defined by /bootstrap.php. Change as needed.

Constant	Default	Description
BASE_DIR	Same directory as `bootstrap.php`	Project root
HTML_DIR	`/templates/site`	Location of HTML snippets
SRC_DIR	`/src`	Location of source code

Pre-Processing

Before the final HTML view is rendered, /public/index.php includes /src/processsing.php. In this file you can include any pre-processing you need done.

The request URL is available as the variable $uri
This is where the admin URL (e.g. /super) is captured and sent to processing

Templates

By default templates are stored in /templates/site. You can alter this in the config file.

Config File

Default: /src/config/config.php

Delimiter: DELIM defaults to %%
"Cards" CARDS defaults to cards
- Represents the subdirectory under which view renderer expects to file HTML "cards"

Layout

The overall website look-and-feel is in a single HTML file, by default in /templates/layout/layout.phtml.

The view rendered by requests is injected into the layout by replacing %%CONTENTS%%.

HTML

You can create HTML snippets designed to fit into layout.phtml any place in the designated HTML directory.

Be sure to set the constant HTML_DIR in the file /bootstrap.php.

Cards

Important: each %%CARD%% directive you add must be on its own line!

Auto-Populate All Cards

To get an HTML file to auto-populate with cards use this syntax:

DELIM+DIR+DELIM

Example: you have a subdirectory off HTML_DIR named projects and you want to load all HTML card files under the cards folder:

%%PROJECTS%%

Auto-Populate Specific Number of Cards

To only load a certain (random) number of cards, use =. Example: you have a subdirectory off HTML_DIR named features and you want to load 3 random HTML card files under the cards folder:

%%FEATURES=3%%

Auto-Populate Specified Cards in a Certain Order

For each card, only use the base filename, no extension (i.e. do not add .html). Example: you have a directory HTML_DIR/blog/cards with files one.html, two.html, three.html, etc. You want the cards to be loaded in the order one.html, two.html, three.html, etc.:

%%BUNDLES=one,two,three,etc.%%

Editing Pages

By default, if you enter the URL /super/login you're prompted to login as a super user. Configure the username, password and secondary authentication factors in: /src/config/config.php under the SUPER config key.

SUPER config key

Example configuration for super user:

// other config not shown
'SUPER' => [
    'username'  => 'REPL_SUPER_NAME',  // fill in your username here
    'password'  => 'REPL_SUPER_PWD',   // fill in your password here
    /*
     * extra login validation fields
     * change key/value pairs as desired
     * add as many as you want
     * they're selected at random when asked to login
     */
    'validation'   => [
        // if value is array, authentication needs to use "in_array()"
        'City'        => ['London','Tokyo'],
        'Postal Code' => 'NW1 6XE',
        'Last Name'   => ['Holmes','Lincoln'],
    ],
    'alt_logins' => [
        'REPL_OTHER_NAME' => [
            'username'  => 'REPL_OTHER_NAME',  // fill in alt username here
            'password'  => 'REPL_OTHER_PWD',   // fill in alt password here
        ],
        // add others as needed
    ],
    'attempts'  => 3,
    'message'   => 'Sorry! Unable to login.  Please contact your administrator',
    // reserved for future use:
    'allowed_ip' => ['10.0.0.0/24','192.168.0.0/24'],
    // array of $_SERVER keys to store in session if authenticated
    'profile'  => ['REMOTE_ADDR','HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'],
    // change the values to reflect the names of fields in your login.phtml form
    'login_fields' => [
        'name'     => 'name',
        'password' => 'password',
        'other'    => 'other',
        'phrase'   => 'phrase',     // CAPTCHA phrase
    ],
    // only files with these extensions can be edited
    'allowed_ext'  => ['html','htm'],
    'ckeditor'     => [
        'width'  => '100%',
        'height' => 400,
    ],
    'super_url'  => '/super',                // IMPORTANT: needs to be a subdir off the "super_dir" setting
    'super_dir'  => BASE_DIR . '/templates', // IMPORTANT: needs to have a subdir === "super_url" setting
    'super_menu' => BASE_DIR . '/templates/layout/super_menu.html',
    'backup_dir' => BASE_DIR . '/backups',
    'backup_cmd' => BASE_DIR . 'zip -r %%BACKUP_FN%% %%BACKUP_SRC%%',
],
// other config not shown

Here's a breakdown of the SUPER config keys

Key	Explanation
username	Super user login name
password	Super user login password
attempts	Maximum number of failed login attempts. If this number is exceeded, a random third authentication field is required for login.
validation	Set of key:value pairs randomly selected each time you login. Values can be in the form of an array.
alt_logins	Additional usernames and passwords
message	Message that displayed if login fails
profile	Array of `$_SERVER` keys that form the super user's profile once logged in
login_fields	Field names drawn from your `login.phtml` login form
validation	You can specify as many of these as you want. If the login attemp exceeds `attempts`, the SimpleHtml framework will automatically add a random field drawn from this list.
allowed_ext	Only files with an extension on this list can be edited.
ckeditor	Default width and height of the CKeditor screen
super_*	Settings pertaining to the location of the super admin user URL, templates and menu

Contact Form

The skeleton app includes under /templates a file contact.phtml that implements an email contact form with a CAPTCHA

Uses the PHPMailer package
Configuration can be done in /src/config/config.php using the COMPANY_EMAIL key
CAPTCHA configuration can be done in /src/config/config.php using the CAPTCHA key

Import Feature

You can enable the import feature by setting the IMPORT::enable config key to TRUE. The importer itself is at /templates/site/super/import.phtml. Selected transformation filters can be applied to one or more pages during the import process.

Here are some notes on config file settings under the IMPORT config key:

IMPORT::enable
- Set this value to FALSE if you do not wish this feature to be available.
IMPORT::delim_start
- tells the importer where to start cutting out content from the HTML source
- default: <body>
IMPORT::delim_stop
- tells the importer where to stop cutting out content from the HTML source
- default: </body>
IMPORT::trusted_src
- list of one or more prefixes from "trusted" sources for import
- allows you to limit where imports can be taken from
- in case you get hacked, this prevents attackers from importing malicious from their own sites
IMPORT::import_file_field
- this file must be in JSON format
- name of the file upload field used in the form
- you can upload a list of URLs to import followed by a list of transforms to apply
  - the URLs key is 'URLS'
  - the 'IMPORT' key lets you override any Import configuration including the transforms to apply during import
IMPORT::transform
- sub-array of transforms to make available to the importer
- callback : anything that's callable
  - if your own PHP function or anonymous function, signature must match SimpleHtml\Transform\TransformInterface
- params : array of parameters the callback expects
- description : shows up when you run /super/import After logging in as the admin user, go to /super/import.

Transform Feature

You can apply transformation filters on existing pages. The importer itself is at /templates/site/super/import.phtml. Included transformation classes are located in /src/Transform. You can add your own by simply extending FileCMS\Common\Transform\Base. After logging in as the admin user, go to /super/transform.

Here are some notes on config file settings under the TRANSFORM config key:

TRANSFORM::enable
- Set this value to FALSE if you do not wish this feature to be available.
TRANSFORM::backup_dir
- Directory where backups will be placed prior to transformation
TRANSFORM::transform_dir
- Directory where transform classes are found
TRANSFORM::transform_file_field
- Name of the form field that is used if you want to upload a set of transforms

Clicks

A class FileCMS\Common\Stats\Clicks was added as of version 0.2.1. Records the following information into a CSV file:

URL
Date
Time
IP address
Referrer
1 The "1" can be used in a spreadsheet to create totals by any of the other fields. After logging in as the admin user, go to /super/clicks.

Statistical Methods

The following methods are available for your use:

Clicks::get(string $click_fn) : array

Returns an array keyed and sorted by URL, with hit grand totals.

Clicks::get_by_page_by_day(string $click_fn) : array

Returns an array keyed and sorted by URL + Y-m-d, with hit totals for each day

Clicks::get_by_path(string $click_fn, string $path) : array

Returns the same as get_by_page_by_day() except that it filters results based on $path. Use this to return stats on URLs such as /practice/dr_tom/.

CSV

You can use a CSV file just like a database using the new FileCMS\Common\Data\Csv class

public function getItemsFromCsv($key_field = NULL) : array

Gets list of items from CSV
@param string|array $key_field : header(s) to use as key; leave blank for numeric array
@return array $select : [key => value]; key === practice_key; value = $row

public function writeRowToCsv(array $post, array $csv_fields = `[]`) : bool

Writes row to CSV
@param array $post : normally sanitized $_POST
@param array $csv_fields : array of CSV headers; leave blank if headers not used
@return bool : TRUE if entry made OK

public function findItemInCSV(string $search, bool $case = FALSE, bool $first = TRUE) : array

Finds key in CSV file
Assumes first row is headers unless $first === FALSE
Stores contents of CSV file in $this->lines
If found, sets $this->pos to the line number of the row found in $this->lines
@param string $search : any value that might be in the CSV file
@param bool $case : TRUE: case sensitive; FALSE: [default] case insensitive search
@param bool $first_row : TRUE [default]: first row is headers; FALSE: first row is data
@return array

public function updateRowInCsv(string $search, array $data, array $csv_fields = [], bool $case = FALSE) : bool

Updates row in CSV file
If you don't supply $csv_fields, assumes no headers
If no headers, update does delete and then insert
@param string $search : any value that might be in the CSV file
@param array $data : array of items to update
@param array $csv_fields : array of fields names; leave blank if you don't use headers
@param bool $case : TRUE: case sensitive; FALSE: [default] case insensitive search
@return bool : TRUE if entry made OK

public static function array2csv(array $data) : string

This writes an array to CSV
Credits: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13108157/php-array-to-csv
@param array $data : data to be written
@return string $csv_string

Change Log

tag: v0.2.2 / v0.2.3

2022-04-22 DB: Finished testing modifications to Profile
2022-04-18 DB: Updated tests
2022-02-17 DB: Added option to prevent %%CARDS%% tags from being overwritten + implemented messages marker replacement for static HTML pages + expanded tests

tag: v0.2.1

2022-02-16 DB: Updated tests + removed user key from Common\Security\Profile

tag: v0.2.2

2022-02-13 DB: Fixed bug whereby you can never login

tag: v0.2.4

2022-05-12 DB:

Created Email::trustedSend() that allows you to directly call the core email send function
Refactored Email::confirmAndSend() to call trustedSend()
Added $debug option to facilitate testing and debugging
- If set TRUE the email is not actually sent, and a PHPMailer instance is set to Email::$phpMailer
Added FileCMSTest\Common\Contact\EmailTest test class

tag: v0.2.5

FileCMS\Common\Contact\Email::trustedSend()
- Fixed bug whereby you were only allowed to send a string to $cc and $bcc
- These inputs now allowed mixed types (expected string|array)
Updated FileCMSTest\Common\Contact\EmailTest and FileCMSTest\Common\Security\ProfileTest
FileCMS\Common\Import\Import
- Added message if URL not found
- Wrapped file_get_contents($url) call in try / catch to prevent expected errors from messing up test results

tag: v0.2.6

FileCMS\Common\Contact\Email::trustedSend()
- Fixed bug whereby PHPMailer was always set to SMTP regardless of config settings
Updated FileCMSTest\Common\Contact\EmailTest
- Added tests to see if PHPMailer instance is set to "smtp" or "mail"

tag: v0.2.8

FileCMS\Common\Contact\Email::confirmAndSend()
- Removed CAPTCHA verification logic and put into new AntiSpam class
FileCMS\Common\Contact\AntiSpam
- Added static function verifyCaptcha($config)

tag: v0.2.9

FileCMS\Common\Security\Profile::verify()
- Removed type-hint from method signature for backward compatibility

tag: v0.2.10

Date: Sat Jun 25 16:42:03 2022 +0700

2022-06-25 DB: Enhancing security in Common\Contact\Email
2022-06-21 DB: Minor fix to Common\Security\Profile::verify()

tag: v0.2.11

Date: Sun Jul 10 12:50:24 2022 +0700 FileCMS\Common\Stats\Clicks: Added new column

add() includes json_encode($_GET)
raw_get() does json_decode() on new column
Updated CLICK_HEADERS

tag: v0.2.12

Date: Thu Aug 18 10:33:15 2022 +0700 Modified FileCMS\Common\Stats\Clicks to track all URLs but allow users to add list of URLs to be ignored

tag: v0.2.13

Date: Thu Sep 8 09:54:26 2022 +0700 FileCMS\Common\Stats\Clicks:

Added get_by_page_by_month()
Fixed get_by_path() FileCMS\Common\View\Table:
New class
Renders multi-dimensional array data
render_table() produces <table> structure with optional CSS classes for table, tr, th and td
render_as_div() produces table structure using <div class="row"> and <div class="col">

tag: v0.3.0

Date: Thu Nov 3 11:09:53 2022 +0700 Added FileCMS\Common\Data\Csv

See documentation above for method information

tag: v0.3.1

FileCMS\Common\Security\Profile

Removed the following methods:
- getAuthFileName()
- build()
Removed the following constants:
- DEFAULT_AUTH_DIR
- DEFAULT_AUTH_PREFIX
- AUTH_FILE_TTL
Added these constants:
- PROFILE_KEY = __CLASS__;
- PROFILE_DEF_SRC = 'HTTP_USER_AGENT';
Profile::init()
- Revised to make backwards compatible
- Always adds $_SERVER[Profile::PROFILE_DEF_SRC] to profile
- If profile config keys are present, also adds these to profile
- All keys must be valid $_SERVER keys
Profile::verify()
- Revised to make backwards compatible
- Added config file as 2nd argument
- Always checks value of $_SESSION[Profile::PROFILE_KEY][Profile::PROFILE_DEF_SRC]
- If profile config keys are present, also confirms these values match

tag: v0.3.2

FileCMS\Common\Data\Csv

If CSV file doesn't exist, first Csv instance creates it
If array of headers are supplied, first instance writes headers
Added new method deleteRowInCsv()
Slightly refactored updateRowInCsv() but functionality is the same

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