MOD writting for phpBB3

[poyntesm]

Hi all,

I am working to convert one of my MODs to Olympus..so that when it is gold I will be ready with both a new install/upgrade for it.

I know previously no support was given to this task and i understand that..however I have a question regarding how phpBB wants mods to be done and wonder are they now accepting questions on this track since we are @ beta?

Reason I ask is I note from the code that it seems they would like you to place your language files in ./language/xxx/mods/

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// Get mod files
$mods_files = filelist($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $config['default_lang'], 'mods', $phpEx);
$mods_files = (isset($mods_files['mods/'])) ? $mods_files['mods/'] : array();

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function filelist($rootdir, $dir = '', $type = 'gif|jpg|jpeg|png')

This is not there by default but by looking at the code it seems at least from the ACP admin side they would like them placed there.

So is it the case thats the best location? Will there be a small set of guidelines for MOD writters for this type of stuff before gold?

Regards
Esmond

[MHobbit]

Will there be a small set of guidelines for MOD writters for this type of stuff before gold?

We're still looking into it.

[poyntesm]

Cheers MennoniteHobbit. While obviously a full guide to all functions/classes would be great for once the gold is out...before hand a small pointer to stuff like the above would be great, as I a seeing different results from the code below. The result from a lang array point of view should I believe be the same regarding making the variables available..but that is not what I see.

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$user->setup(array('mods/mod_lang_file'));

v's

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require($phpbb_root_path . 'language/' . $user->data['user_lang'] . '/mods/mod_lang_file.' . $phpEx);

[eviL<3]

phpBB3 uses much more classes. I hope there will be some kind of guide

Can somebody explain what's the difference between the "includes/acp/*" and the "includes/acp/info/*"? What are they used for?

Also, zebra means "Friends/Foes", right? And "acm" is the cache manager?

Thanks!

[APTX]

The files in the /info directory hold information about the classes. These are used for module managment.

[jojobarjo32]

phpBB3 uses much more classes. I hope there will be some kind of guide

Can somebody explain what's the difference between the "includes/acp/*" and the "includes/acp/info/*"? What are they used for?

Also, zebra means "Friends/Foes", right? And "acm" is the cache manager?

Thanks!

IMO, the code will be documented by phpDocumentor because all functions/classes/methods respect the phpDoc description

In includes/acp, you have all the acp modules whereas in includes/acp/info you only have the informations of the modules (informations which serve solely for create the module tree).

And yes, zebra represents the Friends/Foes feature and ACM the Cache system

[eviL<3]

Thanks for the info!

[poyntesm]

Yes..but phpDocumentor will not tell us stuff like where the team would like MOD files to go. My MOD has 81 files..and so placement where they would be best located to me is important.