Created new file system/base.php with low-level functions, moved __() to base.php, moved environment setup to bootstrap.php, and updated index.php accordingly

application/bootstrap.php

@@ -1,21 +1,41 @@
 <?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');
 
-/**
- * Initialize Kohana
- */
-Kohana::init(array('charset' => 'utf-8', 'base_url' => '/ko3/'));
+//-- Environment setup --------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
- * Enable modules.
+ * Enable the Kohana auto-loader.
+ */
+spl_autoload_register(array('Kohana', 'auto_load'));
+
+/**
+ * Enable Kohana exception handling, adds stack traces and error source.
+ */
+set_exception_handler(array('Kohana', 'exception_handler'));
+
+/**
+ * Enable Kohana error handling, converts all PHP errors to exceptions.
+ */
+set_error_handler(array('Kohana', 'error_handler'));
+
+//-- Kohana configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Initialize Kohana, setting the default options.
+ */
+Kohana::init(array('charset' => 'utf-8', 'base_url' => '/ko3/index.php/'));
+
+/**
+ * Enable modules. Modules are referenced by a relative or absolute path.
  */
 Kohana::modules(array(
 	// 'orm'      => MODPATH.'orm',
-	// 'database' => MODPATH.'database',
+	'database' => MODPATH.'database',
 	'todoist'  => MODPATH.'todoist',
 	));
 
 /**
- * Log all messages to files
+ * Attach the file write to logging. Any Kohana_Log object can be attached,
+ * and multiple writers are supported.
  */
 Kohana::$log->attach(new Kohana_Log_File(APPPATH.'logs'));
 
@@ -24,6 +44,8 @@ Kohana::$log->attach(new Kohana_Log_File(APPPATH.'logs'));
  */
 i18n::$lang = 'en_US';
 
+//-- Routing and execution ----------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  * Set the routes.
  */
@@ -40,5 +62,12 @@ Route::set('default', '(<controller>(/<action>(/<id>)))')
 		'action' => 'index',
 		'id' => NULL));
 
-// Execute the main request
-Request::instance($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])->execute(FALSE);
+/**
+ * Execute the main request using PATH_INFO. If no URI source is specified,
+ * the URI will be automatically detected.
+ *
+ * To return the output of the request instead of displaying it, specify
+ * TRUE for execute().
+ */
+Request::instance($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])
+	->execute(FALSE);

index.php

@@ -73,32 +73,14 @@ if (file_exists('install'.EXT))
 	return include 'install'.EXT;
 }
 
-// i18n translation function
-function __($string, array $values = NULL)
-{
-	if (i18n::$lang !== i18n::$default_lang)
-	{
-		// Get the translation for this string
-		$string = i18n::get($string);
-	}
-
-	return empty($values) ? $string : strtr($string, $values);
-}
-
 // Define the start time of the application
 define('KOHANA_START_TIME', microtime(TRUE));
 
+// Load the base, low-level functions
+require SYSPATH.'base'.EXT;
+
 // Load the main Kohana class
 require SYSPATH.'classes/kohana'.EXT;
 
-// Enable auto-loading of classes
-spl_autoload_register(array('Kohana', 'auto_load'));
-
-// Enable the exception handler
-set_exception_handler(array('Kohana', 'exception_handler'));
-
-// Enable the error-to-exception handler
-set_error_handler(array('Kohana', 'error_handler'));
-
 // Bootstrap the application
 require APPPATH.'bootstrap'.EXT;

system/base.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.');
+
+/**
+ * Kohana translation/internationalization function.
+ *
+ *    __('Welcome back, :user', array(':user' => $username));
+ *
+ * @param   string  text to translate
+ * @param   array   values to replace in the translated text
+ * @return  string
+ */
+function __($string, array $values = NULL)
+{
+	if (i18n::$lang !== i18n::$default_lang)
+	{
+		// Get the translation for this string
+		$string = i18n::get($string);
+	}
+
+	return empty($values) ? $string : strtr($string, $values);
+}