Public Member Functions
	getDirsInDir ($dir=null)
	Returns a list of plugin directory names from a base directory. More...

	generateEntities ()
	Discovers plugins in the plugins_path setting and creates entities for them if they don't exist. More...

	cache (\ElggPlugin $plugin)
	Cache a reference to this plugin by its ID. More...

	get ($plugin_id)
	Returns an object with the path $path. More...

	exists ($id)
	Returns if a plugin exists in the system. More...

	getMaxPriority ()
	Returns the highest priority of the plugins. More...

	isActive ($plugin_id, $site_guid=null)
	Returns if a plugin is active for a current site. More...

	load ()
	Loads all active plugins in the order specified in the tool admin panel. More...

	find ($status= 'active', $site_guid=null)
	Returns an ordered list of plugins. More...

	setPriorities (array $order)
	Reorder plugins to an order specified by the array. More...

	reindexPriorities ()
	Reindexes all plugin priorities starting at 1. More...

	namespacePrivateSetting ($type, $name, $id=null)
	Namespaces a string to be used as a private setting name for a plugin. More...

	getProvides ($type=null, $name=null)
	Returns an array of all provides from all active plugins. More...

	invalidateProvidesCache ()
	Deletes all cached data on plugins being provided. More...

	checkProvides ($type, $name, $version=null, $comparison= 'ge')
	Checks if a plugin is currently providing $type and $name, and optionally checking a version. More...

	getDependencyStrings ($dep)
	Returns an array of parsed strings for a dependency in the format: array( 'type' => requires, conflicts, or provides. More...

	getAllUserSettings ($user_guid=0, $plugin_id=null, $return_obj=false)
	Returns an array of all plugin user settings for a user. More...

	setUserSetting ($name, $value, $user_guid=0, $plugin_id=null)
	Set a user specific setting for a plugin. More...

	unsetUserSetting ($name, $user_guid=0, $plugin_id=null)
	Unsets a user-specific plugin setting. More...

	getUserSetting ($name, $user_guid=0, $plugin_id=null, $default=null)
	Get a user specific setting for a plugin. More...

	setSetting ($name, $value, $plugin_id=null)
	Set a setting for a plugin. More...

	getSetting ($name, $plugin_id=null, $default=null)
	Get setting for a plugin. More...

	unsetSetting ($name, $plugin_id=null)
	Unsets a plugin setting. More...

	unsetAllSettings ($plugin_id=null)
	Unsets all plugin settings for a plugin. More...

	getEntitiesFromUserSettings (array $options=array())
	Returns entities based upon plugin user settings. More...

Detailed Description

Definition at line 24 of file Plugins.php.

Member Function Documentation

Elgg\Database\Plugins::cache ( \ElggPlugin $plugin )

Cache a reference to this plugin by its ID.

Parameters

\ElggPlugin $plugin private

Definition at line 163 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::checkProvides	(	$type,
		$name,
		$version = `null`,
		$comparison = `'ge'`
	)

Checks if a plugin is currently providing $type and $name, and optionally checking a version.

Parameters

string	$type	The type of the provide
string	$name	The name of the provide
string	$version	A version to check against
string	$comparison	The comparison operator to use in version_compare()

Returns: array An array in the form array( 'status' => bool Does the provide exist?, 'value' => string The version provided ) private

Definition at line 589 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::exists ( $id )

Returns if a plugin exists in the system.

Warning: This checks only plugins that are registered in the system! If the plugin cache is outdated, be sure to regenerate it with _elgg_generate_plugin_objects() first.

Parameters

string $id The plugin ID.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 213 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::find	(	$status = `'active'`,
		$site_guid = `null`
	)

Returns an ordered list of plugins.

Parameters

string	$status	The status of the plugins. active, inactive, or all.
mixed	$site_guid	Optional site guid

Returns: []

Definition at line 339 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::generateEntities ( )

Discovers plugins in the plugins_path setting and creates entities for them if they don't exist.

If there are plugins with entities but not actual files, will disable the entities and mark as inactive. The object holds config data, so don't delete.

Returns: bool private

Definition at line 65 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::get ( $plugin_id )

Returns an object with the path $path.

Parameters

string $plugin_id The id (dir name) of the plugin. NOT the guid.

Returns: |null

Definition at line 175 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getAllUserSettings	(	$user_guid = `0`,
		$plugin_id = `null`,
		$return_obj = `false`
	)

Returns an array of all plugin user settings for a user.

Parameters

int	$user_guid	The user GUID or 0 for the currently logged in user.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)
bool	$return_obj	Return settings as an object? This can be used to in reusable views where the settings are passed as $vars['entity'].

Returns: array

See also: ::getAllUserSettings()

Definition at line 748 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getDependencyStrings ( $dep )

Returns an array of parsed strings for a dependency in the format: array( 'type' => requires, conflicts, or provides.

'name' => The name of the requirement / conflict 'value' => A string representing the expected value: <1, >=3, !=enabled 'local_value' => The current value, ("Not installed") 'comment' => Free form text to help resovle the problem ("Enable / Search for plugin <link>") )

Parameters

array $dep An dependency array

Returns: array private

Definition at line 624 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getDirsInDir ( $dir = null )

Returns a list of plugin directory names from a base directory.

Parameters

string $dir A dir to scan for plugins. Defaults to config's plugins_path. Must have a trailing slash.

Returns: array Array of directory names (not full paths) private

Definition at line 34 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getEntitiesFromUserSettings ( array $options = array() )

Returns entities based upon plugin user settings.

Takes all the options for elgg_get_entities_from_private_settings() in addition to the ones below.

Parameters

array

$options

Array in the format:

plugin_id => STR The plugin id. Required.

plugin_user_setting_names => null|ARR private setting names

plugin_user_setting_values => null|ARR metadata values

plugin_user_setting_name_value_pairs => null|ARR (
                                    name => 'name',
                                    value => 'value',
                                    'operand' => '=',
                                   )
                             Currently if multiple values are sent via
                          an array (value => array('value1', 'value2')
                          the pair's operand will be forced to "IN".

plugin_user_setting_name_value_pairs_operator => null|STR The operator to use for combining
                                   (name = value) OPERATOR (name = value); default AND

Returns: mixed int If count, int. If not count, array. false on errors.

Definition at line 976 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getMaxPriority ( )

Returns the highest priority of the plugins.

Returns: int private

Definition at line 225 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getProvides	(	$type = `null`,
		$name = `null`
	)

Returns an array of all provides from all active plugins.

Array in the form array( 'provide_type' => array( 'provided_name' => array( 'version' => '1.8', 'provided_by' => 'provider_plugin_id' ) ) )

Parameters

string	$type	The type of provides to return
string	$name	A specific provided name to return. Requires $provide_type.

Returns: array private

Definition at line 519 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getSetting	(	$name,
		$plugin_id = `null`,
		$default = `null`
	)

Get setting for a plugin.

Parameters

string	$name	The name of the setting.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)
mixed	$default	The default value to return if none is set

Returns: mixed

See also: ::getSetting()

Definition at line 887 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::getUserSetting	(	$name,
		$user_guid = `0`,
		$plugin_id = `null`,
		$default = `null`
	)

Get a user specific setting for a plugin.

Parameters

string	$name	The name of the setting.
int	$user_guid	The user GUID or 0 for the currently logged in user.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)
mixed	$default	The default value to return if none is set

Returns: mixed

See also: ::getUserSetting()

Definition at line 837 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::invalidateProvidesCache ( )

Deletes all cached data on plugins being provided.

Returns: boolean private

Definition at line 568 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::isActive	(	$plugin_id,
		$site_guid = `null`
	)

Returns if a plugin is active for a current site.

Parameters

string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID
int	$site_guid	The site guid

Returns: bool

Definition at line 254 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::load ( )

Loads all active plugins in the order specified in the tool admin panel.

Note: This is called on every page load. If a plugin is active and problematic, it will be disabled and a visible error emitted. This does not check the deps system because that was too slow.

Returns: bool private

Definition at line 284 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::namespacePrivateSetting	(	$type,
		$name,
		$id = `null`
	)

Namespaces a string to be used as a private setting name for a plugin.

For user_settings, two namespaces are added: a user setting namespace and the plugin id.

For internal (plugin priority), there is a single internal namespace added.

Parameters

string	$type	The type of setting: user_setting or internal.
string	$name	The name to namespace.
string	$id	The plugin's ID to namespace with. Required for user_setting.

Returns: string private

Definition at line 477 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::reindexPriorities ( )

Reindexes all plugin priorities starting at 1.

Returns: bool private

Definition at line 459 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::setPriorities ( array $order )

Reorder plugins to an order specified by the array.

Plugins not included in this array will be appended to the end.

Note: This doesn't use the ->setPriority() method because all plugins are being changed and we don't want it to automatically reorder plugins.

Parameters

array $order An array of plugin ids in the order to set them

Returns: bool private

Definition at line 402 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::setSetting	(	$name,
		$value,
		$plugin_id = `null`
	)

Set a setting for a plugin.

Parameters

string	$name	The name of the setting - note, can't be "title".
mixed	$value	The value.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)

Returns: bool

See also: ::setSetting()

Definition at line 862 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::setUserSetting	(	$name,
		$value,
		$user_guid = `0`,
		$plugin_id = `null`
	)

Set a user specific setting for a plugin.

Parameters

string	$name	The name. Note: cannot be "title".
mixed	$value	The value.
int	$user_guid	The user GUID or 0 for the currently logged in user.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)

Returns: bool

See also: ::setUserSetting()

Definition at line 786 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::unsetAllSettings ( $plugin_id = null )

Unsets all plugin settings for a plugin.

Parameters

string $plugin_id The plugin ID (Required)

Returns: bool

See also: ::unsetAllSettings()

Definition at line 934 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::unsetSetting	(	$name,
		$plugin_id = `null`
	)

Unsets a plugin setting.

Parameters

string	$name	The name of the setting.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)

Returns: bool

See also: ::unsetSetting()

Definition at line 911 of file Plugins.php.

Elgg\Database\Plugins::unsetUserSetting	(	$name,
		$user_guid = `0`,
		$plugin_id = `null`
	)

Unsets a user-specific plugin setting.

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the setting
int	$user_guid	The user GUID or 0 for the currently logged in user.
string	$plugin_id	The plugin ID (Required)

Returns: bool

See also: ::unsetUserSetting()

Definition at line 811 of file Plugins.php.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

engine/classes/Elgg/Database/Plugins.php

Public Member Functions

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