Plugin cannot fetch parameters
Development and Programming
After updating my site from 1.5.2 to 1.6.7, one of my custom plugins stopped working. The problem seems to be that it cannot read any of the parameters set in my plugin. I stripped down code to determine what was causing the problem and came up with this:
<?php
$plugin_info = array(
'pi_name' => 'Baka Plugin',
'pi_version' => '1.0 - 20090324',
'pi_author' => 'onore',
'pi_author_url' => '',
'pi_description' => '',
'pi_usage' => baka::usage()
);
class baka {
var $return_data = "";
var $baka_code = "";
function baka() {
global $TMPL;
$var1 = $TMPL->fetch_param('var1'); //REQURIED
$var2 = $TMPL->fetch_param('var2'); //REQURIED
$baka_code = $var1.$var2;
$this->return_data = $baka_code;
} // END function
function usage() {
ob_start();
?>
REQUIRED PARAMETERS:
var1 - part 1
var2 - part 2
<?php
$buffer = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
return $buffer;
} // END
}
// END CLASS
?>This plus the EE code of:
{exp:baka var1="no" var2="workie"}Nothing is returned on my page. I have verified that other non-“tag pair” plugins do not work.
“Tag pair” plugins seem to be working. Am I missing something? Any thoughts on why the parameters are not being fetched properly?
Hiya,
Not too sure what you have going wrong on your template as I just pasted your code above into a file called pi.baka.php and then used the same code as you have shown above :
{exp:baka var1="no" var2="workie"}and I got back noworkie on the template so not sure why you don’t have it working on yours. Are you definitely testing this on the correct template and the same site as the plugin is installed in?
Best wishes,
Mark
Yes. It’s in the correct template. Everything was working prior to by update to the latest version of the EE software.
I’ve tried dozens of plugins and it seems that parameters simply aren’t being passed/read. For instance, I tried the “Word Limiter” plugin. I set the limit to 5 words and typed a 7 word sentence. On display, I see all 7 words.
I’m at a loss of how to troubleshoot this. What would cause EE to not be able to pass parameters?
Anyone else have any thoughts?
Ack. I figured it out. I had an old version of the “Allow EE Code” plug in. Apparently, the version I was using wasn’t compatible with the latest update of the EE software.
Ack. I figured it out. I had an old version of the “Allow EE Code” plug in. Apparently, the version I was using wasn’t compatible with the latest update of the EE software.
Excellent news, glad you’ve got it sorted now. Didn’t realise you were using the Allow EE Code plugin though as your first post didn’t mention that anywhere 😉
Anyway hope everything else goes well for you.
Best wishes,
Mark