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authorcash <cash.costello@gmail.com>2011-11-12 14:28:52 -0500
committercash <cash.costello@gmail.com>2011-11-16 19:53:04 -0500
commit11aacb4f048e659d1b86a6ba229438444a186142 (patch)
treed35da1535860f8883e5c92d3571fa2090890d85a /documentation/examples
parent08a2fc293a9ecb92caa778d32689b595bee1d68d (diff)
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added better plugin skeleton and added documentation to some of the examples
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/examples')
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/actions/basic.php22
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/actions/manual_tokens.php6
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/events/advanced.php7
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/events/all.php16
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/events/basic.php14
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/events/emit.php7
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/events/trigger.php11
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/README.txt3
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/actions/.gitignore (renamed from documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/start.php)0
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/languages/en.php24
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/manifest.xml (renamed from documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/manifest.xml)0
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/manifest_options/manifest.xml95
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/start.php0
-rw-r--r--documentation/examples/plugins/views/default/.gitignore0
14 files changed, 85 insertions, 120 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/examples/actions/basic.php b/documentation/examples/actions/basic.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..926e11b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/actions/basic.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Demonstrates adding an annotation through an action
+ *
+ * This action adds a rating annotation to an entity. If this was coming from
+ * a five-star rating tool, the rating would be a number between 0 and 5. The
+ * GUID of the entity being rating is also submitted to the action.
+ */
+
+$rating = get_input('rating');
+$guid = get_input('guid');
+
+$entity = get_entity($guid);
+if (!$entity) {
+ register_error(elgg_echo('rating:failure'));
+ forward(REFERER);
+}
+
+$entity->annotate('rating', $rating);
+
+system_message(elgg_echo('rating:success'));
+forward(REFERER);
diff --git a/documentation/examples/actions/manual_tokens.php b/documentation/examples/actions/manual_tokens.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dcf61fb1..000000000
--- a/documentation/examples/actions/manual_tokens.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$ts = time();
-$token = generate_action_token($ts);
-
-var_dump($ts, $token);
diff --git a/documentation/examples/events/advanced.php b/documentation/examples/events/advanced.php
index 22a407579..73edea9da 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/events/advanced.php
+++ b/documentation/examples/events/advanced.php
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
<?php
+/**
+ * This snippets demonstrates how returning false changes the normal operation
+ * of Elgg.
+ */
elgg_register_event_handler('create', 'object', 'example_event_handler');
-function example_event_handler($event, $type, $params) {
+function example_event_handler($event, $type, $object) {
// Don't allow any non-admin users to create objects
// Returning false from this function will halt the creation of the object.
return elgg_is_admin_logged_in();
}
-
diff --git a/documentation/examples/events/all.php b/documentation/examples/events/all.php
index 238178312..0ad02c1d4 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/events/all.php
+++ b/documentation/examples/events/all.php
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
<?php
+/**
+ * If you register an 'all' string for the event name, the handler function will
+ * be called for all events with that name, regardless of event type. The same
+ * can be done for the event type argument. Registering 'all' for both
+ * argyuments results in a handler being called for every event.
+ */
elgg_register_event_handler('all', 'object', 'example_event_handler');
// This function will be called for any event of type 'object'
-function example_event_handler($event, $type, $params) {
+function example_event_handler($event, $type, $object) {
// check what sort of object is passed
- if ($params instanceof ElggObject) {
- $subtype = $params->getSubtype();
+ if ($object instanceof ElggObject) {
+ $subtype = $object->getSubtype();
- switch($subtype) {
+ switch ($subtype) {
case 'blog':
case 'thewire':
case 'pages':
+ // prevent these object subtypes from being saved or changed
return false;
default:
return true;
@@ -21,4 +28,3 @@ function example_event_handler($event, $type, $params) {
return true;
}
-
diff --git a/documentation/examples/events/basic.php b/documentation/examples/events/basic.php
index 91704e60b..ca2762344 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/events/basic.php
+++ b/documentation/examples/events/basic.php
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
<?php
+/**
+ * This snippet demonstrates how to register for an event. It dumps the
+ * parameters that the handler receives to the screen. The third argument
+ * of the handler function is an object that is related to the event. For
+ * the 'init', 'system' eveny, it is null.
+ */
elgg_register_event_handler('init', 'system', 'example_event_handler');
-function example_event_handler($event, $type, $params) {
+function example_event_handler($event, $type, $object) {
var_dump($event);
- var_dump($object_type);
- var_dump($params);
+ var_dump($type);
+ var_dump($object);
return true;
}
-
-
diff --git a/documentation/examples/events/emit.php b/documentation/examples/events/emit.php
deleted file mode 100644
index b917c6dc0..000000000
--- a/documentation/examples/events/emit.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-$params = new ElggObject();
-elgg_trigger_event('test', 'example', $params);
-
-// handlers would be registered by saying
-elgg_register_event_handler('test', 'example', 'example_event_handler');
diff --git a/documentation/examples/events/trigger.php b/documentation/examples/events/trigger.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ce3a76f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/events/trigger.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * These two snippets demonstrates triggering an event and how to register for
+ * that event.
+ */
+
+$object = new ElggObject();
+elgg_trigger_event('test', 'example', $object);
+
+// elsewhere a handler could be registered by saying
+elgg_register_event_handler('test', 'example', 'example_event_handler');
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/README.txt b/documentation/examples/plugins/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eb04391d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Plugin Skeleton
+=========================
+
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/start.php b/documentation/examples/plugins/actions/.gitignore
index e69de29bb..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/start.php
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/actions/.gitignore
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/languages/en.php b/documentation/examples/plugins/languages/en.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35f838560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/languages/en.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * The core language file is in /languages/en.php and each plugin has its
+ * language files in a languages directory. To change a string, copy the
+ * mapping into this file.
+ *
+ * For example, to change the blog Tools menu item
+ * from "Blog" to "Rantings", copy this pair:
+ * 'blog' => "Blog",
+ * into the $mapping array so that it looks like:
+ * 'blog' => "Rantings",
+ *
+ * Follow this pattern for any other string you want to change. Make sure this
+ * plugin is lower in the plugin list than any plugin that it is modifying.
+ *
+ * If you want to add languages other than English, name the file according to
+ * the language's ISO 639-1 code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
+ */
+
+$mapping = array(
+ 'string:here' => 'Display string here',
+);
+
+add_translation('en', $mapping);
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/manifest.xml b/documentation/examples/plugins/manifest.xml
index e31624432..e31624432 100644
--- a/documentation/examples/plugins/skeleton/manifest.xml
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/manifest.xml
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/manifest_options/manifest.xml b/documentation/examples/plugins/manifest_options/manifest.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index baa6cc3fa..000000000
--- a/documentation/examples/plugins/manifest_options/manifest.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<plugin_manifest xmlns="http://www.elgg.org/plugin_manifest/1.8">
- <name>My Plugin</name>
- <author>Elgg</author>
- <version>1.0</version>
- <blurb>A concise description.</blurb>
- <description>This is a longer, more interesting description of my plugin, its features, and other important information.</description>
- <website>http://www.elgg.org/</website>
- <copyright>(C) Elgg 2011</copyright>
- <license>GNU General Public License version 2</license>
-
- <requires>
- <type>elgg_version</type>
- <version>2009030802</version>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>elgg_release</type>
- <version>1.8</version>
- </requires>
-
- <screenshot>
- <description>An example screenshot</description>
- <path>graphics/plugin_ss1.png</path>
- </screenshot>
-
- <screenshot>
- <description>Another screenshot</description>
- <path>graphics/plugin_ss2.png</path>
- </screenshot>
-
- <category>admin</category>
- <category>api</category>
-
- <requires>
- <type>php_extension</type>
- <name>gd</name>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>php_ini</type>
- <name>short_open_tag</name>
- <value>off</value>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>php_extension</type>
- <name>made_up</name>
- <version>1.0</version>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>plugin</type>
- <name>fake_plugin</name>
- <version>1.0</version>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>plugin</type>
- <name>profile</name>
- <version>1.0</version>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>plugin</type>
- <name>profile_api</name>
- <version>1.3</version>
- <comparison>lt</comparison>
- </requires>
-
- <requires>
- <type>priority</type>
- <priority>after</priority>
- <plugin>blog</plugin>
- </requires>
-
- <conflicts>
- <type>plugin</type>
- <name>profile_api</name>
- <version>1.0</version>
- </conflicts>
-
- <provides>
- <type>plugin</type>
- <name>profile_api</name>
- <version>1.3</version>
- </provides>
-
- <provides>
- <type>php_extension</type>
- <name>curl</name>
- <version>1.0</version>
- </provides>
-
-</plugin_manifest>
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/start.php b/documentation/examples/plugins/start.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/start.php
diff --git a/documentation/examples/plugins/views/default/.gitignore b/documentation/examples/plugins/views/default/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/examples/plugins/views/default/.gitignore