# Cockpit

The CMS for developers. Add content management functionality to any site - plug
& play CMS.
Manage content like collections, regions, forms and galleries which you can reus
e anywhere on your website.
* Homepage: [http://getcockpit.com](http://getcockpit.com)
* Twitter: [@getcockpit](http://twitter.com/getcockpit)
### Requirements
* PHP >= 5.4
* PDO + SQLite (or MongoDB)
* GD extension
make also sure that

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] + $_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]
exists and is set correctly
### Installation
1. Download Cockpit and put the cockpit folder in the root of your web project o
r via composer <code>composer create-project aheinze/cockpit cockpit --stability
="dev"</code>
2. Make sure that the __/cockpit/storage__ folder and all its subfolders are wri
table
3. Go to __/cockpit/install__ via Browser
4. You're ready to use Cockpit :-)
### Usage
**Embed Cockpit**
Embedding Cockpit is really easy. Just include the following snippet anywhere yo
u want to use Cockpit:
```php
// make cockpit api available
require('path2cockpit/bootstrap.php');
```
**Regions**
Render regions api:
```php
<div><?php region("address") ?></div>
<div><?=get_region("address") ?></div>
```
**Collections**
Loop over collection data:
```php
<?php foreach(collection("posts")->find(["active"=>1]) as $post): ?>
<div class="post">
<h3><?=$post["title"];?></h3>
<p>
<?=$post["content"];?>
</p>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
```
### Documentation
Please visit http://getcockpit.com/docs - any contributions are welcome: https:/
/github.com/aheinze/cockpit-docs
### Language files
Please visit and contribute to https://github.com/aheinze/cockpit-i18n
### Support
Google group: [CockpitCMS](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/cockpitcms)
### Copyright and license
Copyright 2013 [Agentejo](http://www.agentejo.com) under the [MIT license](https
://raw.github.com/aheinze/cockpit/master/LICENSE).