Dolibarr Developer Skill

When to Use

• Creating or extending a Dolibarr module (custom or external)
• Implementing hooks (actions_mymodule.class.php) or triggers
• Writing DAO/business object classes, SQL table definitions
• Adding menus, tabs, permissions, boxes, exports, CSS/JS
• Building cron/command-line scripts
• Writing PDF/ODT document templates
• Following Dolibarr coding rules (PHP, SQL, HTML norms)

Key Concepts

Architecture

• MVC pattern: Controller (/* Actions */) + View (/* View */) in same PHP file
• Active Record ORM: one class per table with CRUD methods
• Global objects: $db, $user, $conf, $langs, $mysoc, $hookmanager, $extrafields
• Module location: external modules live in htdocs/custom/mymodule/
• Table prefix: all tables prefixed llx_