Get the full application path (if set).

Returns:

The application base folder or null.

Get the database (provider).

ZMDatabase instances are cached, based on the given $conf data.

Supported keys for $conf are:

driver

The database driver/type; default is mysql.

host

The database host; default is DB_SERVER.

port

The database port; optional, no default.

username

The database username; default is DB_SERVER_USERNAME.

password

The database password; default is DB_SERVER_PASSWORD.

database

The database name; default is DB_DATABASE.

provider

The requested implementation class; if omitted, this defaults to ZMSettings::get('zenmagick.core.database.provider').

initQuery

An optional init query to execute; useful to set the character encoding, etc.; default is null.

If the given parameter $conf is a string, the method will lookup database settings using a settings key build like: zenmagick.core.database.connections.[$conf].

Parameters:

conf - Optional configuration; either an array with any of the supported keys, or a string; default is default.

Returns:

A ZMDatabase implementation.

Get a list of all used databases.

Returns:

List of ZMDatabase instances.

Get the currently elapsed page execution time.

Parameters:

time - Optional execution timestamp to be used instead of the current time.

Returns:

The execution time in milliseconds.

Get the full ZenMagick installation path.

Returns:

The ZenMagick installation folder.

Return the plugin base directory.

May be configured via the setting . Default is ../lib/plugins.

Returns:

The base directory for plugins.

Todo:

make this a list to allow general and app plugins

Load mappings from a YAML style string.

Parameters:

yaml - The yaml style mappings.

defaults - Optional defaults for merging; default is an empty array.

override - Optional flag to control whether to override existing mappings or to merge; default is true to override.