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Davide Bellini

Hi guys,
I wrote this code for scan available plugins and retrieve informations :

foreach (array_keys(\File::read_dir(APPPATH . '..' . DS . 'plugins' . DS, 1)) as $plugin_name) 
{
    $plugin_path = \Fuel::add_module($plugin_name);           
    $plugin_inst = "\\$plugin_name\\controller_$plugin_name";
            
    $plugins_info[$plugin_name] = $plugin_inst::info();
}
        
$view->plugins = $plugins_info;

It works fine but I'm not sure if is the best way for execute info() method in dynamic way. Any suggestion?

Jelmer Schreuder

It's fine, just know it's kinda slow (like any dynamic method call) compared to a normal method call. Alternatively you could use call_user_func() instead, when the method or class doesn't exist that will just output false instead of crashing:

$plugins_info[$plugin_name] = call_user_func($plugin_inst.'::info');

nerdsrescueme

You could always use

call_user_method

But it's slower than what you're doing now. Could you be a little more specific in what you want to accomplish, and what you mean by "dynamic"... you mean pass arguments? Or perhaps check if the method exists?

Davide Bellini

Ok, thank you guys!
now I've changed previous call with call_user_func($plugin_inst.'::info'); suggested by Jelmer. @frank :
The doubt on my code was on :

$plugin_inst = "\\$plugin_name\\controller_$plugin_name";

For "dynamic" I meant there's not a manual call to a module method like "\PluginNamesp\PluginClass\Plugin\Method" ... but call methods using variables inside a loop. This is useful if you want create an available plugins table like wordpress.

nerdsrescueme

My mistake, I was looking at

$plugins_info[$plugin_name] = $plugin_inst::info();

Davide Bellini

Less code :

foreach (array_keys(\File::read_dir(APPPATH . '..' . DS . 'plugins' . DS, 1)) as $plugin)
{
    \Fuel::add_module($plugin);           
    $plugins_info[$plugin] = call_user_func("\\$plugin\\controller_$plugin" . '::info');
}

$view->plugins = $plugins_info;

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