nanoblog-php

PHP Boilerplate for storing Text/Timestamp entries in a SQLite Database.

Introduction

I needed a dead-simple solution for storing status updates without any additional setup. Also, my website resides on a shared hosting plan where only PHP is available.

The solutions i found where either too static or too bloated to my liking, so i came up with my own. But beware: As of now i guess this Project only qualifies as a collection of code snippets or a boilerplate at best.

If you are looking for a more refined microblogging solution, take a look at oelna/microblog.

Usage

1. Copy nanoblog.php to your webspace.
2. Include with <?php include('nanoblog.php') ?> and directly use the php functions
3. or use the HTTP API. However, only insertion and deletion are available.

Add Entry

• Use db_insert function
• or do a HTTP POST Request and include add and secret parameters, eg. add=<newconent>&secret=<mysecret>

Remove Entry

• Remove latest entry with db_delete_latest function
• or do a HTTP POST Request and include delete and secret parameters, eg. delete&secret=<mysecret>

Hints

I included nanoblog.php into my index.php and did the following to display a list of Posts:

<?php
$posts = db_select_posts();
if ($posts) {
    foreach ($posts as $item) {
        $datetime = strftime('%a., %d.%m.%Y - %H:%M', $item['post_timestamp']);
        $post = $item["post_content"]; ?>
        <article class="post">
            <b class="date"><?= $datetime ?></b><br>
                <?= $post ?>
        </article>
<?php
    }
}

Insertion and removal is done through a JavaScript-Client which hits the HTTP Endpoints with XMLHttpRequest