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#16 2008-05-19 22:51:56
- Ruhh
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Re: must have hack?
Ok, I think might have gotten together my coding but what is next? How do I make it into a plugin and so on?
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Anatomy of a plugin and Plugin development. See the section on register_callbacks – you want to use the “form” event (?event=form in the address bar).
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#18 2008-05-19 23:29:27
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Re: must have hack?
Sighs, I’ll try to find some time to read over the “anatomy of a plugin”.
I don’t quite understand it. Where do I go to decode the PHP code? Anybody clarify me and provide steps?
Last edited by Ruhh (2008-05-19 23:48:47)
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#19 2008-05-19 23:54:01
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Re: must have hack?
Oh, how would I go about getting the plugin to have an access to the database without having an user type in the database information?
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Your plugin already has access to the db since it’s tied into TXP. You can use any and all of TXP’s db functions. Those are found in textpattern > lib > txplib_db.php. You might want to poke around the TXP code at PHPXref.com. It’s very helpful and has quick access to everything used to make TXP run.
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#21 2008-05-20 01:11:13
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Re: must have hack?
ied_plugin_composer my favorite development tool, I’m not sure I could get along without it anymore.
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#22 2008-05-20 01:34:32
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Re: must have hack?
i have been there. the download link does not work.
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Re: must have hack?
Ruhh wrote:
Oh, how would I go about getting the plugin to have an access to the database without having an user type in the database information?
Check out textpattern/lib/txplib_db.php.
Testing your plugin is really simple – load it from the plugin cache. If you load it from the plugin cache, you don’t need to compile it until you’re ready to distribute1. Skim the Threshold State articles – it’ll make sense soon.
1 If your plugin includes zem_tpl.php, it’ll be compiled anytime someone directly accesses it from a browser (not from txpinterface).
Last edited by jm (2008-05-20 01:41:45)
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Forum topic for ied_plugin_composer. Functioning link download link here.
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#25 2008-05-20 01:40:29
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Re: must have hack?
Ohh, neato. So say I have this part in my code:
$link = mysql_connect("host", "user", "pass") or die("Can't connect.");
mysql_select_db("txp_form", $link) or die("Can't select database.");I just take that out? And the rest be kept.
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Yep. If Textpattern can connect to the db (which it can since you’re using it) your plugin is connected to the db. Just use the functions within txplib_db.php.
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Yep – just use the database functions (safe_*). BTW, txp_form is a table not a database :).
Edit: Man, I am slow today!
Last edited by jm (2008-05-20 01:43:31)
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Hah! JM, I beat you by 14 seconds though your response is a bit more informative ;)
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#29 2008-05-20 01:48:31
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Right, doh! I was just making a quick code. I gotta go through it and proofread.
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#30 2008-05-20 02:01:10
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Re: must have hack?
Uh, I’m confused. I have no idea where to go first in the Plugin Composer tab in order to create a plugin?
Sorry to bother with questions. I’m just new to this thing. o.O
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