[geeklog-devtalk] geeklog-devel digest, Vol 1 #487 - 2 msgs

[Dirk Haun]

Michael,


>I notice that the 'info' option of PLG_handleTrackbackComment is nearly 

>identical to the function I created to return info to the What's New 

>block (see Feature Request 366, and accompanying patch file). For this 

>reason, why not spike that functionality out into its own plugin API 

>function and let it serve both roles?


Still haven't really looked at your patch, but just FYI: I've changed
that API function yet again now and made it more generic:

/**
* Ask plugin for information about one of its items
*   
* @param    string  $type       plugin type
* @param    string  $id         ID of an item under the plugin's control
* @param    string  $what       comma-separated list of item properties
* @return   mixed               string or array of strings with the
information
*   
* Item properties that can be requested:
* 'url'         - URL of the item
* 'title'       - title of the item
* 'excerpt'     - short description of the item 
* 'description' - full description of the item
* 
* 'excerpt' and 'description' may return the same value. Properties should be
* returned in the order they are listed in $what. Properties that are not
* available should return an empty string. 
* Return false for errors (e.g. access denied, item does not exist, etc.).
*
* Note: This API function has not been finalized yet ...
* 
*/
function PLG_getItemInfo ($type, $id, $what)

And I just noticed that there's a property missing: 'feed', to ask for
the URL to a feed that the plugin may publish.

I've made an accompanying function for stories, STORY_getItemInfo, which
takes the same parameters ($id and $what).

bye, Dirk


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