README.md
Roundcube Framework
INTRODUCTION
The Roundcube Framework is the basic library used for the Roundcube Webmail application. It is an extract of classes providing the core functionality for an email system. They can be used individually or as package for the following tasks:
- IMAP mailbox access with optional caching
- MIME message handling
- Email message creation and sending through SMTP
- General caching utilities using the local database
- Database abstraction using PDO
- VCard parsing and writing
REQUIREMENTS
PHP Version 5.4 or greater including:
- PCRE, DOM, JSON, Session, Sockets, OpenSSL, Mbstring (required)
- PHP PDO with driver for either MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle or SQLite (required)
- Libiconv, Zip, Fileinfo, Intl, Exif (recommended)
- LDAP for LDAP addressbook support (optional)
INSTALLATION
Copy all files of this directory to your project or install it in the default include_path directory of your webserver. Some classes of the framework require one or multiple of the following PEAR libraries:
- Mail_Mime 1.8.1 or newer
- Net_SMTP 1.8.1 or newer
- Net_Socket 1.0.12 or newer
- Net_IDNA2 0.1.1 or newer
- Auth_SASL 1.0.6 or newer
USAGE
The Roundcube Framework provides a bootstrapping file which registers an autoloader and sets up the environment necessary for the Roundcube classes. In order to make use of the framework, simply include the bootstrap.php file from this directory in your application and start using the classes by simply instantiating them.
If you wanna use more complex functionality like IMAP access with database caching or plugins, the rcube singleton helps you loading the necessary files:
<?php
define('RCUBE_CONFIG_DIR', '<path-to-config-directory>');
define('RCUBE_PLUGINS_DIR', '<path-to-roundcube-plugins-directory');
require_once '<path-to-roundcube-framework/bootstrap.php';
$rcube = rcube::get_instance(rcube::INIT_WITH_DB | rcube::INIT_WITH_PLUGINS);
$imap = $rcube->get_storage();
// do cool stuff here...
?>
LICENSE
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (with exceptions for plugins) as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see www.gnu.org/licenses/.
This file forms part of the Roundcube Webmail Framework for which the following exception is added: Plugins which merely make function calls to the Roundcube Webmail Framework, and for that purpose include it by reference shall not be considered modifications of the software.
If you wish to use this file in another project or create a modified version that will not be part of the Roundcube Webmail Framework, you may remove the exception above and use this source code under the original version of the license.
For more details about licensing and the exceptions for skins and plugins see roundcube.net/license
CONTACT
For bug reports or feature requests please refer to the tracking system at Github or subscribe to our mailing list. See roundcube.net/support for details.
You're always welcome to send a message to the project admins: hello(at)roundcube(dot)net