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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package extension
+* @copyright (c) 2011 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* Abstract class extended by extension front controller classes
+*
+* @package extension
+*/
+abstract class phpbb_extension_controller
+{
+	/**
+	* @var phpbb_request Request class object
+	*/
+	protected $request;
+
+	/**
+	* @var dbal DBAL class object
+	*/
+	protected $db;
+
+	/**
+	* @var user User class object
+	*/
+	protected $user;
+
+	/**
+	* @var phpbb_template Template class object
+	*/
+	protected $template;
+
+	/**
+	* @var array Config array
+	*/
+	protected $config;
+
+	/**
+	* @var string PHP Extension
+	*/
+	protected $phpEx;
+
+	/**
+	* @var string Relative path to board root
+	*/
+	protected $phpbb_root_path;
+
+	/**
+	* Constructor method that provides the common phpBB objects as inherited class
+	* properties for automatic availability in extension controllers
+	*/
+	function __construct()
+	{
+		global $request, $db, $user, $template, $config;
+		global $phpEx, $phpbb_root_path;
+
+		$this->request =& $request;
+		$this->db =& $db;
+		$this->user =& $user;
+		$this->template =& $template;
+		$this->config =& $config;
+
+		$this->phpEx = $phpEx;
+		$this->phpbb_root_path = $phpbb_root_path;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Handle the request to display a page from an extension
+	*
+	* @return	null
+	*/
+	abstract public function handle();
+}