I was looking for a similar good-example about 2 years ago. What I found was Drupal (http://drupal.org/), and it's hook system. I have since given up on writing my own plugin system and became a small fry Drupal developer. :-) YMMV. On Monday 29 January 2007 6:50 am, Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've been developing a GPL PHP/MySQL app for some time now and I would > like to extend it with a module/plugin system. The idea would be that > people could add a directory in a plugin path that would contain a > bunch of PHP files extending the functionality of my application. This > directory would then be read out, some config file parsed and whatnot, > after which the module can be turned on by my application. > > Now, I could try and figure this out by myself, but that would be > reinventing the wheel since I'm betting there is some good GPL modular > software around (such as Joomla, PHP-Nuke, PHPbb, etc, etc.) that you have > been working with as a coder. Could any of you suggest a certain GPL > application that has a great module setup that I could take a look at? > > Thanks a lot for your time! > > Ivo -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
