Loading MODX Externally

Loading the modX Object¶

Load MODX with the config file, the autoloader and an instance from the registry:

require_once '/absolute/path/to/modx/config.core.php';
require_once MODX_CORE_PATH . 'vendor/autoload.php';
$modx = \MODX\Revolution\modX::getInstance();
$modx->initialize('web');

This initializes MODX into the 'web' Context. To work with a different Context — with its own access permissions and policies — replace 'web' with that Context's key.

Create the object with modX.getInstance rather than new \MODX\Revolution\modX(): only getInstance() registers it in the shared instance registry. An unregistered object is silently duplicated by the next getInstance() call.

See Also¶

• modX.getInstance
• Developer Introduction
• xPDO, the database layer of Revolution