Loading MODx revolution externally and using getObject

define('MODX_CORE_PATH', '/path/to/modx/core/');
define('MODX_CONFIG_KEY', 'config');
require_once MODX_CORE_PATH . 'model/modx/modx.class.php';
$modx= new modX();
$modx->initialize('mgr');

$chunk = $modx->getObject('modChunk',array('name' => 'Header' ));

echo $chunk;

echo $chunk->getContent();

define('MODX_API_MODE', true);

//modx object - test
require_once ‘../../../../../manager/config.core.php’;
require_once MODX_CORE_PATH.’config/’.MODX_CONFIG_KEY.’.inc.php’;
require_once MODX_CORE_PATH.’model/modx/modx.class.php’;
$modx = new modX();
$modx->initialize(’web’);

//tim’s code:
define(’MODX_SITE_BASE_URL’, ‘http://localhost/site/modx/’);

// The MODx document we are going to pretend to be
define(’MODX_DOCUMENT_IDENTIFIER’, 48);

// Some defines used by the modx API
define(’MODX_API_MODE’, true);
define(’MODX_SITE_URL’, (!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) || strtolower($_SERVER['HTTPS']) == ‘off’ ? ‘http://’ : ‘https://’).$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].MODX_SITE_BASE_URL);

// Run the MODx config and get site settings
require(MODX_MANAGER_PATH.’/../index.php’);
$modx->getSettings();

// Set the docid (most sensibly to the MODx weblink to here) and get the MODx document object
$modx->documentObject = $modx->getDocumentObject(’id’, MODX_DOCUMENT_IDENTIFIER); $modx->documentIdentifier = MODX_DOCUMENT_IDENTIFIER

// Set the base URL for any MODx snippets
$modx->config['base_url'] = MODX_SITE_BASE_URL;
//END Tim’s code

//DISPLAY HEADER CHUNK W/ NAVIGATION
$chunk = $modx->getChunk(’header’) ;
if($chunk){echo($chunk);}

//—————————

/* gets the site_url setting */
$site_url = $modx->getOption('site_url');

//then add this in the pages <head>
<base href="<?php echo($site_url);?>" />