[Floris]

Great job, nice of you to share

[Logikos]

Very handy information

[Creative Suite]

it's ok with me , thank you

[rjordan]

If I might offer a suggestion... if were to add custom hooks in my code and upgrade my forums later, I would want to be able to find my hooks I entered easily so I can re-enter them if needed.

My suggestion:

Instead of doing this:

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I would do this instead:

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Of course, there is absolutely nothing wrong the other way, but this way I can search for $customhook and know exactly what was added instead of searching through all of the $hook lines.

Only a thought I would share. Noone has to use it! :nervous:

[deathemperor]

Ok I think I forgot it but what are hooks used for ? (in the programming term, not end-users)

something like this line:

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what does it mean ?

[Brad]

Hooks are used to execute raw php code in the files.

Basicly that bit of code does this:

Checks if hooks are on in vboptions, checks if any hooks exist for that hook location.
If any hooks are found and enabled your custom php code is set to the $hook var
If there is php code set to $hook it is sent to eval for the php code to be executed, if not nothing is done and php moves on to the rest of the code in the file.

[deathemperor]

many thanks, I understand it now and is writing my hack.

[Paul M]

If you are adding custom hooks, you might want to read this as well.


http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=83390

[Highlander65]

Originally Posted by rjordan

If I might offer a suggestion... if were to add custom hooks in my code and upgrade my forums later, I would want to be able to find my hooks I entered easily so I can re-enter them if needed.

You could also just use "My_" (or any tag) in front of all your custom hook names. Then just search for your tag.

[rjordan]

Tomato (A), tomato (o). Same idea.

It would be nice to have something that could be considered "unofficially standard" so if anyone created an update script that searched for custom hooks, a universal pattern could be looked for. Granted that this would be completely up to the forum admin. Thus, the suggested $customhook rather than $hook for the variable name.

[punchbowl]

fantastic article - cheers

[aim]

Originally Posted by Brad

...
The php code:

Adding a hook location to the php code is easy, just make sure you use the correct hook name! Use this bit of php anywhere after your call to global.php to call your custom hook. Also note that you must use the $hook var!

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...

I already implemented hooks as advised in this thread and they also work.

But today I noticed Warnings in the Webserver-Logfile concerning the Lines the Hooks where called:

PHP Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument
passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the
declaration of [runtime function name](). If you would like to enable
call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference
to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this
any longer. in .../includes/init.php(403) :
eval()'d code on line 52, ....

Does this mean that future PHP-versions won't support the vBulletin-Hook-System?