Using Xoops API
In addition to the Xoops API documentation http://api.xoops.org/ here we also need guidelines for module writers as to what classes to use when, why, and how, etc. For example:
- XoopsObject Data Access classes
If you create a module class (in the class folder of your module) called Myclass that extends XoopsObject:
<?php
namespace XoopsModules\Mymodule;
class Myclass extends \XoopsObject
{
/**
* Constructor
**/
public function __construct() // Constructor
{
$this->initVar('my_variable', XOBJ_DTYPE_INT, NULL);
}
}In a separate file we create a handler called MyclassHandler that extends XoopsPersistableObjectHandler:
<?php
namespace XoopsModules\Mymodule;
class MyclassHandler extends \XoopsPersistableObjectHandler
{
}you can then obtain a reference to an instance of the handler class like this: In /modules/module/index.php:
<?php
namespace XoopsModules\Mymodule;
$myclassHandler = new Mymodule\MyclassHandler();Built in data object handlers can be obtained via xoops_gethandler(''). Search for the use of this idiom in other modules for an idea of how these classes let you build data access objects to interface with corresponding database tables.
