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authorben <ben@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544>2008-02-12 19:19:22 +0000
committerben <ben@36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544>2008-02-12 19:19:22 +0000
commit5ad4b98cbd3e09f5f4c30b581f65dfa4288f8601 (patch)
tree7616929be0f1514689507cd1be480086595c9749 /engine
parent40b5b138f370f56633eee61bc6550aa312a9fb7e (diff)
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Adding priority and a little more description to the events API.
git-svn-id: https://code.elgg.org/elgg/trunk@9 36083f99-b078-4883-b0ff-0f9b5a30f544
Diffstat (limited to 'engine')
-rw-r--r--engine/lib/elgglib.php47
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/elgglib.php b/engine/lib/elgglib.php
index 0cb246d35..e6930091c 100644
--- a/engine/lib/elgglib.php
+++ b/engine/lib/elgglib.php
@@ -251,19 +251,28 @@
*
* And must return true or false depending on success. A false will halt the event in its tracks and no more functions will be called.
*
- * You can then simply register them using the alias function:
+ * You can then simply register them using the following function. Optionally, this can be called with a priority nominally from 0 to 1000, where functions with lower priority values are called first (note that priorities CANNOT be negative):
*
- * register_event_handler('event', 'object_type', 'function_name');
+ * register_event_handler($event, $object_type, $function_name [, $priority = 500]);
+ *
+ * Note that you can also use 'all' in place of both the event and object type.
+ *
+ * To trigger an event properly, you should always use:
+ *
+ * trigger_event($event, $object_type [, $object]);
+ *
+ * Where $object is optional, and represents the $object_type the event concerns. This will return true if successful, or false if it fails.
*
* @param string $event The type of event (eg 'init', 'update', 'delete')
* @param string $object_type The type of object (eg 'system', 'blog', 'user')
* @param string $function The name of the function that will handle the event
+ * @param int $priority A priority to add new event handlers at. Lower numbers will be called first (default 500)
* @param boolean $call Set to true to call the event rather than add to it (default false)
* @param mixed $object Optionally, the object the event is being performed on (eg a user)
* @return true|false Depending on success
*/
- function events($event = "", $object_type = "", $function = "", $call = false, $object = null) {
+ function events($event = "", $object_type = "", $function = "", $priority = 500, $call = false, $object = null) {
static $events;
@@ -278,7 +287,13 @@
if (!$call) {
if (!empty($event) && !empty($object_type) && is_callable($function)) {
- $events[$event][$object_type][] = $function;
+ $priority = (int) $priority;
+ if ($priority < 0) $priority = 0;
+ while (isset($events[$event][$object_type][$priority])) {
+ $priority++;
+ }
+ $events[$event][$object_type][$priority] = $function;
+ ksort($events[$event][$object_type]);
return true;
} else {
return false;
@@ -292,18 +307,6 @@
return false;
}
}
- if ($event != 'all' && !empty($events['all'][$object_type]) && is_array($events['all'][$object_type]))
- foreach($events['all'][$object_type] as $eventfunction) {
- if (!$eventfunction('all', $object_type, $object)) {
- return false;
- }
- }
- if ($object_type != 'all' && !empty($events[$event]['all']) && is_array($events[$event]['all']))
- foreach($events[$event]['all'] as $eventfunction) {
- if (!$eventfunction($event, 'all', $object)) {
- return false;
- }
- }
return true;
}
@@ -322,8 +325,8 @@
* @return true|false Depending on success
*/
- function register_event_handler($event, $object_type, $function) {
- return events($event, $object_type, $function);
+ function register_event_handler($event, $object_type, $function, $priority = 500) {
+ return events($event, $object_type, $function, $priority);
}
/**
@@ -335,7 +338,13 @@
* @return true|false Depending on success
*/
function trigger_event($event, $object_type, $object = null) {
- return events($event, $object_type, "", true, $object);
+ if (events($event, $object_type, "", null, true, $object)
+ && events('all', $object_type, "", null, true, $object)
+ && events($event, 'all', "", null, true, $object)
+ && events('all', 'all', "", null, true, $object)) {
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
}
?> \ No newline at end of file