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+<?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, $object) {
+	var_dump($event);
+	var_dump($type);
+	var_dump($object);
+
+	return true;
+}