Module Development: calling an external class

I believe that is all you need to do vinci. Easy enough to try…just create a small PHP page, include that file and then make a call to one of its functions.

ok, ill try that… But im not sure how to require the file…

require PATH_CORE - outputs the path to core folder core.module - a core module? (so if it wasnt a core file it would be module_folder.module. EXT - cover any extension?

then how do you call a class/function?

also, what is a hook and how do you use a hook? i.e.

$edata = $EXT->call_extension('cp_members_member_create_start');
            if ($EXT->end_script === TRUE) return;

I can’t remember where those variables are set, but you can always just use the complete path and extension instead.

I would be careful of calling any functions in cp. as those look like they output to DSP (which is the Control Panel display).

As for calling a function, it would be something like this:

$m = new Member();
$m->function_to_call();

As for hooks, check out the docs

I can’t remember where those variables are set, but you can always just use the complete path and extension instead.

Those are set in core.system.php at line 162.

As for calling a function, it would be something like this:

$m = new Member();
$m->function_to_call();

Awesome thanks, thats what im after… but I get this:

Fatal error: Class ‘Member’ not found in /etc/staff/mcp.staff.php on line 320

I guess that means that im not declaring the class somewhere? (remember Im new to this)

I think you should review some PHP basics before going on. The questions you are asking have nothing to do with EE; they have to do with how to do PHP. I too, frequently get stuck on PHP issues.

Which file are you including? Which class are you trying to access? Which method are you trying to access?

im not THAT bad with php!

im trying to display the member form in cp.members.php

function staff_form($msg='')
    {
    global $DSP, $LANG, $DB, $IN, $VAL;
    require PATH_CP.'cp.members'.EXT;
    $MPR = new form;
    $MPR->create_member_profile(); 
    }

ok nevermind, i have it working now i had the class name wrong (didnt bother to check). but the next question is how to modify that called class and post into a different db?

Sounds like you want to extend a class.

thanks again, im finding classes hard to get my head around, and i keep coming back to tutorials… what I need to do, is once the form has been submitted and processed go to another form.

Vinci,

I was following you until that last sentence.

You need to go to another form? Before you mentioned a need to post to another DB.

Care to give me more detail? (I feel like I ask this a lot).

Jamie

Originally i thought it would be possible to go to another form when submitting a new members, but after playing around and considering all of the requirements of the new form, it turned out that I had to basically have a whole new ‘pseudo-member’ function to work alongside the core member one.

it actually working quite well, but had to write an entire module for it.

Glad you worked it out.

Jamie