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#13 2004-09-17 13:17:05
- DougBTX
- Archived Plugin Author
- Registered: 2004-05-23
- Posts: 22
Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
Instead of doing this to add code:
<pre>$plugin[‘code’] = ‘
function xxx_myplugin($atts) {
}
‘;</pre>
Why not do this instead?
<pre>
$plugin[‘code’] = <<<END
function xxx_myplugin($atts) {
}
END;</pre>
That would mean that you don’t need to escape your plugins anymore.
Douglas
Last edited by DougBTX (2004-09-17 13:19:18)
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Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
The plugin distribution template has been updated.
As of 1.0rc1, plugins no longer need to be installed via browser file upload from a text file. The base64 string that was previously passed to Txp via upload can now be simply pasted in to the plugin editing tab. This I believe removes some unnecessary clumsy steps.
For the next couple of releases, the depracated plugin file upload form will remain, but if plugin developers would be willing to release in the new format, that would be supah.
Since the question was posed above, the reason base64 is used to encode the (already seralize()’d plugin array) is; to allow for any linebreaks and other white space that might slip into the plugin distro. Base64 would be very forgiving, for example, to plugin code that was sent as email text.
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#15 2004-09-20 23:20:58
- Mary
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- Registered: 2004-06-27
- Posts: 6,236
Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
I want to make sure I understand this correctly:
the plugin format is still the same it was, only now instead of the end result of
<code>
<?php
$plugin = ‘longbase64encodedstring’
?>
</code>
its just
longbase64encodedstring
and we just c&p it into the plugin ui. Correct? Or is there something else I’m missing?
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It is as you have written, my child. Blessings unto you.
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#17 2004-09-21 22:32:55
- zem
- Developer Emeritus
- From: Melbourne, Australia
- Registered: 2004-04-08
- Posts: 2,579
Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
There’s an improved plugin template here. It eliminates the need for escaping characters.
Alex
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#18 2004-09-30 00:52:44
- Mary
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- Registered: 2004-06-27
- Posts: 6,236
Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
“It is as you have written, my child. Blessings unto you.”
lol, thanks.
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Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
I’d like to write a plugin to email entries to a list of subscribers (mostly family members who don’t understand rss). I know that plugins let you create <txp:function /> tags, but how can a plugin get into the message posting or pinging mechanism?
Thanks!
Michael
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Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
That plugin needs to tap into the admin area and currently you can not write plugins for the admin area of the site. It is in the works though ..
Plugins: ob1_advanced_search 1.032b, ob1_search_score 1.0, ob1_pagination 2.5, ob1_title 4.1, ob1_modified 2.1
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Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
I think people have winged it for now. Before you select any check the plugin list and the forum to see if there are anyone with the same identifier ..
Plugins: ob1_advanced_search 1.032b, ob1_search_score 1.0, ob1_pagination 2.5, ob1_title 4.1, ob1_modified 2.1
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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#22 2004-10-23 02:35:21
- Andrew
- Plugin Author
- Registered: 2004-02-23
- Posts: 730
Re: Txp Plugin Template for Developers
btw… thanks for the little “<code><<<</code><code>eod</code>” mod; makes life a little bit easier.
However, there really needs to be a louder disclaimer on the template about needing to escape variables like \$so.
Last edited by compooter (2004-10-23 03:14:28)
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