[pLog-svn] dynamic plugins

[Jon Daley]

 	Using {php} in the templates isn't that great - blog hosters won't 
want to use it.

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Ahmad Saleh wrote:

> I found a solution without changing any core file.
>
> Regards,
>   Ahmad
>
> On 6/12/07, Ahmad Saleh <ahmadfds at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> See the attached file
>> 
>> Regards,
>>    Ahmad
>> 
>> On 6/12/07, Mark Wu <markplace at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >  Hi Ahmad:
>> >
>> > Maybe you can send to this mailing list first. Then we can have a detail
>> > look at it and discuss with you  about how to integrate( or not to
>> > integrate) those files to the core.
>> >
>> > Or we have no idea the change is reasonable or not.
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> >  ------------------------------
>> > *From:* plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net [mailto:
>> > plog-svn-bounces at devel.lifetype.net] *On Behalf Of *Ahmad Saleh
>> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:47 PM
>> > *To:* plog-svn at devel.lifetype.net
>> > *Subject:* Re: [pLog-svn] dynamic plugins
>> >
>> > the problem here that this plugin object must send in each request, but
>> > if this template is cached then it will not be send.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 6/12/07, Oscar Renalias <oscar at renalias.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I think that providing plugins that change core files is not a good
>> > > idea, we're unfortunately not going to support a bunch of people
>> > > running around with core code changes.
>> > >
>> > > Was there really no other way to implement this, than to modify core
>> > > code?
>> > >
>> > > On 6/12/07, Ahmad Saleh < ahmadfds at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > I have finished Crystal Poll plugin but if any one want to use it
>> > > > he must make above changes which we talked about, so that I include
>> > > this 3
>> > > > files in (core files) folder . is that acceptance for you?
>> > > >
>> > > > Regards,
>> > > >      Ahmad
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On 6/5/07, Ahmad Saleh <ahmadfds at gmail.com > wrote:
>> > > > > another thing,
>> > > > > I made test plugin that have getTest function which rerturn random
>> > > number
>> > > > > isDynamic field of this plugin have true value
>> > > > > then I call it in footer.template like this:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > { dynamic}
>> > > > > {$test->getTest()}
>> > > > > {/dynamic}
>> > > > >
>> > > > > and it's worked without any problem.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > >     Ahmad
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On 6/4/07, Oscar Renalias < oscar at renalias.net> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Well this sounds like a reasonable approach... but I see at
>> > > least one
>> > > > problem.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > When a page is cached, currently its data is not loaded. So for
>> > > > > > example $posts and $blog are not available in main.template when
>> > > it's
>> > > > > > cached because it doesn't make any sense to load that data
>> > > anymore. So
>> > > > > > if you develop a plugin that registers itself as dynamic and
>> > > depends
>> > > > > > in any of the data that is not available anymore, this won't
>> > > work. The
>> > > > > > plugin will be there and trying to run, but it's data will not.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > But before we dig deeper into this, can anybody list any
>> > > examples of
>> > > > > > plugins that would *really* benefit of running even in cached
>> > > pages
>> > > > > > (other than a plugin that would list the number of users
>> > > currently
>> > > > > > logged in)
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Oscar
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On 6/3/07, Ahmad Saleh <ahmadfds at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > 1) Add ($isDynamic = false) field in PluginBase class.
>> > > > > > > > 2) just add function (getDynamicPlugins()) that return only
>> > > dynamic
>> > > > > > > plugins
>> > > > > > > without changing any thing in getPlugins() function.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > 3) in BlogView class:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > sorry about this mistake :)
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > > >    Ahmad
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
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