Creating a very simple plugin

[CrazyCoder]

ok lets go,
lets start by this very simple plugin ... very simple ??? hahaaaaa not really when i was doin it, lol

to create a simple languages selector :
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1)
original code part of the index.php :

// The language file
require_once("{$CONF['path']}/languages/english.php");
require_once("{$CONF['path']}/languages/{$CONF['default_language']}.php");

after several tries, i found i had to remove the second line, this one :

require_once("{$CONF['path']}/languages/{$CONF['default_language']}.php");

So just removed this line in index.php

2)
well, i MANUALLY added my plugin to the /plugins/ folder on the FTP,
because i did not suceeded to upload it by the admin panel,
i dont know maybe am too tired, am missing something ))))
So just upload the SelectLang folder to the FTP, folder : ROOT ==> /plugins/

3) where you want to show the option select, the language selector, so, just add :

{$alamandra_customs_fields}

Personnaly i added it just right after the beginning of the sidebar, so it looks like this :

<div id="sidebar">
{$alamandra_customs_fields}

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I tried to code it on another way, calling the plugin manager,
But i did not succed, arrfffffff

this was something like this in my first try :

$TMPL['lang_list_row'] = $TMPL['languages_list'];
$TMPL['alamandra_customs_fields'] .= base::do_plugin_skin('./plugins/SelectLang','lang_list_row');

of course i added the html file, lang_list_row.html, but nope it was not working.

I'll will restart to try to use the plugin manager call, another day ))

I wanted to show up to Mark & Basti this very very simple code,
In order to get some help to create much much much more complex ones )))))


See you )))

DONT USE THIS UNTIL MARK AND BASTI DO REPLY OK ?????

ok, right )))))))

Of course its well running, but i think it could be done elseway, no ?

 

[CrazyCoder]

arfff i should order the languages available list, order from A to Z, hihihiiiiiiii
just a code line to add ... but lets wait after our big ones boss coders, to answer to this post,
And comment this very very very ....... very very tiny code , )))

 

[CrazyCoder]

Oops , in fact the require_once of the plugin language does crash the plugin,
so i directly added the extra languages var, to each /languages/ folder concerned file
so REMOVED from global_start.php those 2 lines :

require_once("{$CONF['path']}/plugins/SelectLang/languages/english.php");
require_once("{$CONF['path']}/plugins/SelectLang/languages/french.php");

and added the languages var to root /languages/ files :
So in english.php, and french.php.

AS I SAID DONT USE THIS PLUGIN !!!
TILL Mark and / or Basti come to help to chek it )))

Its running along with many others on my test site, so, just wait

I hope we will be able to create our own plugins,
and maybe contribute to VL !