Working with WHMCS

Well I don’t plan on writing a lot here, but I will let you know that I am currently working with WHMCS (a client management software) and programming a couple add-ons. WHMCS is a great piece of software, but does make it difficult to use their functions. For anyone out there looking to program something for WHMCS, my best piece of advice would be to use the examples, and then go over EVERY piece of documentation and example modules they have. The nice thing about WHMCS is the simple fact that they don’t have any strict php rules. I have programmed modules for Joomla and Drupal and a couple others, and I found it very time consuming to look up their documentation and how to add stuff to the database their way. The up side to extensive documentation is that they have the work done for you. You can send emails relatively simply to specific members, or grab user info very easily. That is the downside to WHMCS. You have to code extra lines to send out an email properly, or do trial and error to find the user information. I plan on posting a little more in depth tutorial once I finish the add on I am currently working on. Until then!