Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] phpWebSite Core Updates

[Wendall C. <we...@83...>]

+1 for speed ;)

Wendall

On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 10:08, Don Seiler wrote:
> +1 from me as well.  Although it's times like this when I wish I wasn't
> authoring so many modules to go back and update.  :)
> 
> Don.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 09:53:51AM -0700, Richard Sumilang wrote:
> > +1 for me
> > 
> > 
> > On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 07:58  AM, Steven Levin wrote:
> > 
> > >Hello everyone,
> > >
> > >  This list has been very inactive ever since the IRC chat room came
> > >about, but I hope to pick things back up again with this discussion I
> > >would like to start.  I believe this will be a better forum than chat
> > >since not all the module developers hang out there.  As some may have
> > >heard, I recently hacked away at phpwebsite and dropped the memory
> > >requirements below the 8m php default and cut execution times in half.
> > >Now in order for these changes to go into place modules will have to
> > >update some of their calls to core functions.  The reason for this is
> > >because one of the changes made was to split up the long and 
> > >unnecessary
> > >inheritance chain that all the core classes were a part of.  Approval
> > >from a majority of the third party developers is crucial in my decision
> > >to commit these changes to CVS.   So please let me know how you feel
> > >about updating your modules.  Below are examples of some of the updates
> > >that need to be made.
> > >
> > >Before:
> > >The core inherited from the PHPWS_Text class so you where able to call
> > >the function parseInput() like this:
> > >$GLOBALS['core']->parseInput($text_to_parse);
> > >
> > >Now:
> > >The class PHPWS_Text is split off from the core, so you have to do a
> > >require_once(PHPWS_SOURCE_DIR.'core/Text.php');
> > >at the top of the class file you use the function in and then call it
> > >like this:
> > >PHPWS_Text::parseInput($text_to_parse);
> > >
> > >Before:
> > >When you wanted to show some content in a block on the left or right
> > >side of the site you would have just put the code in your modules index
> > >file.
> > >
> > >Now:
> > >Extra content that needs to show up in phpwebsite when your module is
> > >NOT running (ie.  announcements and past announcements on the home 
> > >page)
> > >now needs to be placed in a file called inc/runtime.php in your module.
> > >
> > >Ok now the decision needs to be made.  If a majority of the developers
> > >vote yes then the changes will go into place.  I have a nice sed script
> > >that will do a most of the replacements of old calls for you.  The list
> > >of replacements only do the common ones found throughout phpwebsite so
> > >you may have some left behind that you will have to fix by hand.   Now 
> > >I
> > >am willing to provide assistance upgrading modules in my free time so
> > >don't feel like you will have to figure out all the updates on your own
> > >cause I am sure there will be some special cases.  Alright all you
> > >developers out there fire away.
> > >
> > >-- 
> > >Steven Levin
> > >Computer Systems Admin I
> > >Electronic Student Services
> > >Appalachian State University
> > >Phone: 828.262.6740
> > >http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu
> > >
> > >
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