PHP-Nuke - how does this kind of stuff work?

[mouse]

As titled. Just interested. :)

[Spookster]

What do you mean? PHP-Nuke and clones are just an application oriented towards posting articles or news on a site. They typically include add-ins for polls and forums and other features. Essentially it's just a content management system (CMS)

[mouse]

I see that but how do they work?
I mean how do they store data, create up to date pages from that stored data.
Is there a core element, anything clever about it?

I'm trying to keep an orderly site by using a template and shipping in content. It'd be nice to add a bit more automation - hence sussing ou php-nuke - ...if that content could be uploaded and automatically my frontpage was updated and menus were updated, old news archived it'd make my job alot easier. I don't want to use nuke nor re-create it just understand what's going on there. :)

[SYP}{ER]

Databases and/or textfiles. I'd recommend a DB simply because you can do a lot more with them.

Then you create an admin control panel that takes new data and inserts into into the DB. The page queries the DB everytime it's loaded and if new stuff is there, it'll be shown. With a DB, it's easier to have the news sort by date, author, etc. Kind of tough with textfiles.

PHP Nuke (from what I hear) is slow, buggy, and insecure. That's prolly because it doesn't get rewritten, just hacked over and over. Though maybe it does get rewritten but they just overlook holes :P