OwnCloud: Making Your Own DB Backend

OwnCloud's flexible architecture makes it easy to integrate existing databases. Here's an informal document with tips on how to do it.

​​First, keep in mind that there are 2 backends that are common implemented. A User Backend (implements \OCP\UserInterface) and a Storage Backend (extends OC_Filestorage_Common)

NOTE: For a discussion on "implements" and "extends", take a look at this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4961906/php-when-to-implement-and-extend

For an idea of what a backend looks like, take a look at the LDAP owncloud/htdocs/apps/user_ldap/user_ldap.php file. This shows what a basic backend looks like.

Another way is to look at the storage backend: owncloud\htdocs\lib\filestorage\common.php

Also, you should look at the local filesystem: local.php

About Extending Backends...
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