Dizkus

I just started digging through the great module document from the forums and I have a silly question.

Is it possible to call the function of a module from a different module? I have a module that I would like to be able to take the info and post it as news. Rather than pulling the function, can I just call the function directly if permissions permit?

Thanks!

Sure, just do a pnModAPIFunc() call.

You may need to do a pnModLoad() call first. Check the API guide.

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Simon

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Hammerhead, Which guide would that be? I've found two on postnuke.com and neither seem to have much outside a list of the API's themselves. Is there a better location to read about the pnAPI?

Thanks,

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Maybe he was thinking about module hooks ?

Actually, I noticed this when I was documenting the Example module. The API docs say you must call pnModLoad() before calling pnModAPIFunc(), but the Example module doesn't. I was going to dig into this a little further, but I haven't had time yet. Another example is in the RSS module, which calls functions from the Categories module, but doesn't call pnModLoad().

All the docs have yet to be updated to reflect this, you no longer have to explicitly load the API for your module before calling API functions, as the core handles this automatically. Additionally, all system modules (which probably includes Categories) are loaded by the core already and so don't need explicit loading. The only modules you must now load before calling are non-system modules.

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Simon

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This is good stuff. THANK YOU!

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I've started working on this, but it is not working how I understood it. Would someone tell me if this looks right?



The error I receive is Error! Called unknown function: AddStory_adminapi_adminStory()

Thanks!

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I've started working on this, but it is not working how I understood it. Would someone tell me if this looks right?



The error I receive is Error! Called unknown function: AddStory_adminapi_adminStory()

Thanks!

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Atomm Nihilo
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Probably because AddStory isn't API compliant yet.

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DOH!

Thanks for the info....

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Gamersradio,

Just FYI - modules that are API compliant are identified by a type 2 entry in the type field of the modules type and have functions in pnuser(API).php and pnadmin(API).php.

PostNuke 0.8x will be fully pnAPI compliant - absolutely no legacy module code at all....

-Mark

What is the time line for PostNuke 0.8? I am especially interested in the improved speed of loading. :D

Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. I am very happy with the pace of development and the thinking behind the gradual roll-out. Just wondering.

There's never a long term timeframe for releases I'm afraid, however we'd like to see a .8 Mile Stone release to give developers a chance to test their third party code sometime in this quarter, preferably earlier rather than later.

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Regards,
Simon

itbegins.co.uk - Zikula Consulting

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