Thank Ali
I thought it might have been. At the time I emailed, I was on r2800.
I've now updated to r2817 and I'm still seeing the same behaviour. Ticket
#754 created.
Cheers,
Colin
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Ali B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Colin,
>
> The is_loaded() method is supposed to return true only if the plugin is
> active. So the current behavior you are suggesting seem to be a bug.
> What version of Habari you are getting this with? Could you file a ticket
> in Trac for this issue?
>
> PS: The Smugmug Silo looks like a nifty idea, thanks in advance for the
> effort :)
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I'm in the process of creating a plugin (a Smugmug Silo) and want to check
>> for the existence of other plugins so I can offer users the option of taking
>> advantage of their functionality in conjunction with my plugin, if
>> available.
>>
>> In particular I'm interested in offering the option of taking advantage of
>> the Thickbox plugin, if it's installed.
>>
>> So I've got everything working and am now coming to detect the presence of
>> the Thickbox plugin, so I call "Plugins::is_loaded('Thickbox')". Now as
>> this is available in my installation (ie appears in the plugins list), it
>> returns TRUE as expected. However, and this is where my issue is: the
>> plugin is NOT active yet, so I can't take advantage of it's functionality
>> (well I could, but I'm trying to be good here).
>>
>> Surely the Plugins::is_loaded() method should only return true for
>> activated plugins. There isn't a similar "is_active()" method, though I
>> could probably cobble something similar together in the plugin itself.
>>
>> So, do we need an "is_active($name, $version = NULL)" method or should
>> "is_loaded()" only return TRUE for active plugins?
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Colin
>> --
>> Colin Seymour
>> Blog: http://www.colinseymour.co.uk
>> Tech Stuff: http://www.lildude.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Ali B / dmondark
> http://www.awhitebox.com
>
> >
>
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Colin Seymour
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Tech Stuff: http://www.lildude.co.uk
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