Code Notes

General

• OpenEMR Github Page
• PHP Programming Notes

Important PHP Includes

[OpenEMR Path]/interface/globals.php

Establishes global functions & variables.

[OpenEMR Path]/library/globals.inc.php

Establishes global functions & variables. If you include globals.php, this will be included as part of that.

[OpenEMR Path]/library/acl.inc

Access control system. Manages which users can control/see which features.

[OpenEMR Path]/library/patient.inc

Functions to search and modify the table "patient_data".

[OpenEMR Path]/library/sql.inc

SQL Functions.

Important Javascript Includes

[OpenEMR Path]/library/js/jquery-[VERSION].min.js

JQuery.

[OpenEMR Path]/library/dialog.js

Functions to open a new window, just a regular window or a dialog window.

Globals

• $srcdir - [OpenEMR Path]/library

Important Functions

• function xl(<text>)

Translates text to the language specified in global preferences. Use this for all text that will be displayed.

Declared in: /library/translation.inc.php

Included if you include: /library/globals.php

General How To

• Adding a Feature

Code Analysis - Specific Features

• Demographics
• Faxing