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3 | In addition to this document, please check out the SquirrelMail |
4 | development FAQ for more information. Also, help writing plugins |
5 | is easily obtained by posting to the squirrelmail-plugins mailing |
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6 | list. (See details about mailing lists on the website) |
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7 | |
8 | FAQ -> http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?DeveloperFAQ |
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9 | Plugin Development -> |
10 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?DevelopingPlugins |
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13 | A FEW NOTES ON THE PLUGIN ARCHITECTURE |
14 | ====================================== |
15 | |
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16 | The plugin architecture of SquirrelMail is designed to make it possible |
17 | to add new features without having to patch SquirrelMail itself. |
18 | Functionality like password changing, displaying ads and calendars should |
19 | be possible to add as plugins. |
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22 | The Idea |
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23 | -------- |
24 | |
25 | The idea is to be able to run random code at given places in the |
26 | SquirrelMail code. This random code should then be able to do whatever |
27 | needed to enhance the functionality of SquirrelMail. The places where |
28 | code can be executed are called "hooks". |
29 | |
30 | There are some limitations in what these hooks can do. It is difficult |
31 | to use them to change the layout and to change functionality that |
32 | already is in SquirrelMail. |
33 | |
34 | Some way for the plugins to interact with the help subsystem and |
35 | translations will be provided. |
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37 | |
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38 | The Implementation |
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39 | ------------------ |
40 | |
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41 | The plugin jumping off point in the main SquirrelMail code is in the |
42 | file functions/plugin.php. In places where hooks are made available, |
43 | they are executed by calling the function do_hook('hookname'). The |
44 | do_hook function then traverses the array |
45 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['hookname'] and executes all the functions |
46 | that are named in that array. Those functions are placed there when |
47 | plugins register themselves with SquirrelMail as discussed below. A |
48 | plugin may add its own internal functions to this array under any |
49 | hook name provided by the SquirrelMail developers. |
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50 | |
51 | A plugin must reside in a subdirectory in the plugins/ directory. The |
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52 | name of the subdirectory is considered to be the name of the plugin. |
53 | (The plugin will not function correctly if this is not the case.) |
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54 | |
55 | To start using a plugin, its name must be added to the $plugins array |
56 | in config.php like this: |
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58 | $plugins[0] = 'plugin_name'; |
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60 | When a plugin is registered, the file plugins/plugin_name/setup.php is |
61 | included and the function squirrelmail_plugin_init_plugin_name() is |
62 | called with no parameters. That function is where the plugin may |
63 | register itself against any hooks it wishes to take advantage of. |
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66 | WRITING PLUGINS |
67 | =============== |
68 | |
69 | All plugins must contain a file called setup.php and must include a |
70 | function called squirrelmail_plugin_init_plugin_name() therein. Since |
71 | including numerous plugins can slow SquirrelMail performance |
72 | considerably, the setup.php file should contain little else. Any |
73 | functions that are registered against plugin hooks should do little |
74 | more than call another function in a different file. |
75 | |
76 | Any other files used by the plugin should also be placed in the |
77 | plugin directory (or subdirectory thereof) and should contain the |
78 | bulk of the plugin logic. |
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80 | The function squirrelmail_plugin_init_plugin_name() is called to |
81 | initalize a plugin. This function could look something like this (if |
82 | the plugin was named "demo" and resided in the directory plugins/demo/): |
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84 | function squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo () |
85 | { |
86 | global $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks; |
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87 | |
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88 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['generic_header']['demo'] = 'plugin_demo_header'; |
89 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['menuline']['demo'] = 'plugin_demo_menuline'; |
90 | } |
91 | |
92 | Please note that as of SquirrelMail 1.5.0, this function will no longer |
93 | be called at run time and will instead be called only once at configure- |
94 | time. Thus, the inclusion of any dynamic code (anything except hook |
95 | registration) here is strongly discouraged. |
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97 | In this example, the "demo" plugin should also have two other functions |
98 | in its setup.php file called plugin_demo_header() and plugin_demo_menuline(). |
99 | The first of these might look something like this: |
100 | |
101 | function plugin_demo_header() |
102 | { |
103 | include_once(SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/functions.php'); |
104 | plugin_demo_header_do(); |
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105 | } |
106 | |
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107 | The function called plugin_demo_header_do() would be in the file called |
108 | functions.php in the demo plugin directory and would contain the plugin's |
109 | core logic for the "generic_header" hook. |
110 | |
111 | |
112 | Including Other Files |
113 | --------------------- |
114 | |
115 | A plugin may need to reference functionality provided in other |
116 | files, and therefore need to include those files. Most of the |
117 | core SquirrelMail functions are already available to your plugin |
118 | unless it has any files that are requested directly by the client |
119 | browser (custom options page, etc.). In this case, you'll need |
120 | to make sure you include the files you need (see below). |
121 | |
122 | Note that as of SquirrelMail 1.4.0, all files are accessed using a |
123 | constant called SM_PATH that always contains the relative path to |
124 | the main SquirrelMail directory. This constant is always available |
125 | for you to use when including other files from the SquirrelMail core, |
126 | your own plugin, or other plugins, should the need arise. If any of |
127 | your plugin files are requested directly from the client browser, |
128 | you will need to define this constant before you do anything else: |
129 | |
130 | define('SM_PATH', '../../'); |
131 | |
132 | Files are included like this: |
133 | |
134 | include_once(SM_PATH . 'include/validate.php'); |
135 | |
136 | When including files, please make sure to use the include_once() function |
137 | and NOT include(), require(), or require_once(), since these all are much |
138 | less efficient than include_once() and can have a cumulative effect on |
139 | SquirrelMail performance. |
140 | |
141 | The files that you may need to include in a plugin will vary greatly |
142 | depending upon what the plugin is designed to do. For files that are |
143 | requested directly by the client browser, we strongly recommend that |
144 | you include the file include/validate.php, since it will set up the |
145 | SquirrelMail environment automatically. It will ensure the the user |
146 | has been authenticated and is currently logged in, load all user |
147 | preferences, include internationalization support, call stripslashes() |
148 | on all incoming data (if magic_quotes_gpc is on), and initialize and |
149 | include all other basic SquirrelMail resources and functions. You may |
150 | see other plugins that directly include other SquirrelMail files, but |
151 | that is no longer necessary and is a hold-over from older SquirrelMail |
152 | versions. |
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155 | Hook Types: Parameters and Return Values |
156 | ----------------------------------------- |
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158 | Hooks, when executed, are called with one parameter, an array of data |
159 | that is passed to the hook. The first element in the array is the name |
160 | of the hook that is being called. Any other elements in the array are |
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161 | dependant on the type of hook that is being called. Most hooks do not |
162 | pass any other data, but be sure to check the hook you are using for |
163 | any useful information it may provide. Generally speaking, in the case |
164 | that any extra data is available here, your plugin should NOT change |
165 | it unless you know what you are doing or it is documented otherwise. |
166 | See below for further discussion of special hook types and the values |
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168 | Most hooks, when executed, are called using the do_hook() function, |
169 | where no return value is used. There are a limited number of hooks, |
170 | however, that are called using the do_hook_function() and |
171 | concat_hook_function() function calls. Both of these hook types may |
172 | use the value returned by your plugin for its own purposes or to |
173 | display in the resultant HTML output (you need to research the specific |
174 | hook to determine its use). The do_hook_function() type hook will |
175 | only use the return value it retrieves from the LAST plugin in the |
176 | list of plugins registered against such a hook, whereas the |
177 | concat_hook_function() type hook will concatenate the return values |
178 | from all plugins that are registered against the hook and use that |
179 | value (usually as a string of HTML code to output to the client). |
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182 | List of Hooks |
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183 | ------------- |
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184 | |
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185 | This is a list of all hooks currently available in SquirrelMail, ordered |
186 | by file. Note that this list is accurate as of June 17, 2003 (should be |
187 | close to what is contained in release 1.4.1, plus or minus a hook or two), |
188 | but may be out of date soon thereafter. You never know. ;-) |
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190 | Hook Name Found In Called With(#) |
191 | --------- -------- -------------- |
192 | loading_constants functions/constants.php do_hook |
193 | get_pref_override functions/file_prefs.php hook_func |
194 | get_pref functions/file_prefs.php hook_func |
195 | special_mailbox functions/imap_mailbox.php hook_func |
196 | % rename_or_delete_folder functions/imap_mailbox.php hook_func |
197 | msg_envelope functions/mailbox_display.php do_hook |
198 | mailbox_index_before functions/mailbox_display.php do_hook |
199 | mailbox_form_before functions/mailbox_display.php do_hook |
200 | mailbox_index_after functions/mailbox_display.php do_hook |
201 | check_handleAsSent_result functions/mailbox_display.php do_hook |
202 | subject_link functions/mailbox_display.php concat_hook |
203 | message_body functions/mime.php do_hook |
204 | ^ attachment $type0/$type1 functions/mime.php do_hook |
205 | generic_header functions/page_header.php do_hook |
206 | menuline functions/page_header.php do_hook |
207 | loading_prefs include/load_prefs.php do_hook |
208 | addrbook_html_search_below src/addrbook_search_html.php do_hook |
209 | addressbook_bottom src/addressbook.php do_hook |
210 | compose_form src/compose.php do_hook |
211 | compose_bottom src/compose.php do_hook |
212 | compose_button_row src/compose.php do_hook |
213 | compose_send src/compose.php do_hook |
214 | folders_bottom src/folders.php do_hook |
215 | help_top src/help.php do_hook |
216 | help_chapter src/help.php do_hook |
217 | help_bottom src/help.php do_hook |
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218 | left_main_after_each_folder src/left_main.php concat_hook |
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219 | left_main_before src/left_main.php do_hook |
220 | left_main_after src/left_main.php do_hook |
221 | login_cookie src/login.php do_hook |
222 | login_top src/login.php do_hook |
223 | login_form src/login.php do_hook |
224 | login_bottom src/login.php do_hook |
225 | move_before_move src/move_messages.php do_hook |
226 | * optpage_set_loadinfo src/options.php do_hook |
227 | * optpage_loadhook_personal src/options.php do_hook |
228 | * optpage_loadhook_display src/options.php do_hook |
229 | * optpage_loadhook_highlight src/options.php do_hook |
230 | * optpage_loadhook_folder src/options.php do_hook |
231 | * optpage_loadhook_order src/options.php do_hook |
232 | * options_personal_save src/options.php do_hook |
233 | * options_display_save src/options.php do_hook |
234 | * options_folder_save src/options.php do_hook |
235 | * options_save src/options.php do_hook |
236 | * optpage_register_block src/options.php do_hook |
237 | * options_link_and_description src/options.php do_hook |
238 | * options_personal_inside src/options.php do_hook |
239 | * options_display_inside src/options.php do_hook |
240 | * options_highlight_inside src/options.php do_hook |
241 | * options_folder_inside src/options.php do_hook |
242 | * options_order_inside src/options.php do_hook |
243 | * options_personal_bottom src/options.php do_hook |
244 | * options_display_bottom src/options.php do_hook |
245 | * options_highlight_bottom src/options.php do_hook |
246 | * options_folder_bottom src/options.php do_hook |
247 | * options_order_bottom src/options.php do_hook |
248 | * options_highlight_bottom src/options_highlight.php do_hook |
249 | & options_identities_process src/options_identities.php do_hook |
250 | & options_identities_top src/options_identities.php do_hook |
251 | &% options_identities_renumber src/options_identities.php do_hook |
252 | & options_identities_table src/options_identities.php concat_hook |
253 | & options_identities_buttons src/options_identities.php concat_hook |
254 | message_body src/printer_friendly_bottom.php do_hook |
255 | read_body_header src/read_body.php do_hook |
256 | read_body_menu_top src/read_body.php do_hook |
257 | read_body_menu_bottom src/read_body.php do_hook |
258 | read_body_header_right src/read_body.php do_hook |
259 | html_top src/read_body.php do_hook |
260 | read_body_top src/read_body.php do_hook |
261 | read_body_bottom src/read_body.php do_hook |
262 | html_bottom src/read_body.php do_hook |
263 | login_before src/redirect.php do_hook |
264 | login_verified src/redirect.php do_hook |
265 | generic_header src/right_main.php do_hook |
266 | right_main_after_header src/right_main.php do_hook |
267 | right_main_bottom src/right_main.php do_hook |
268 | search_before_form src/search.php do_hook |
269 | search_after_form src/search.php do_hook |
270 | search_bottom src/search.php do_hook |
271 | logout src/signout.php do_hook |
272 | webmail_top src/webmail.php do_hook |
273 | webmail_bottom src/webmail.php do_hook |
274 | logout_above_text src/signout.php concat_hook |
275 | |
276 | % = This hook is used in multiple places in the given file |
277 | # = Called with hook type (see below) |
278 | & = Special identity hooks (see below) |
279 | ^ = Special attachments hook (see below) |
280 | * = Special options hooks (see below) |
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283 | (#) Called With |
284 | --------------- |
285 | Each hook is called using the hook type specified in the list above: |
286 | do_hook do_hook() |
287 | hook_func do_hook_function() |
288 | concat_hook concat_hook_function() |
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291 | (&) Identity Hooks |
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293 | This set of hooks is passed special information in the array of arguments: |
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295 | options_identities_process |
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296 | |
297 | This hook is called at the top of the Identities page, which is |
298 | most useful when the user has changed any identity settings - this |
299 | is where you'll want to save any custom information you are keeping |
300 | for each identity or catch any custom submit buttons that you may |
301 | have added to the identities page. The arguments to this hook are: |
302 | |
303 | [0] = hook name (always "options_identities_process") |
304 | [1] = should I run the SaveUpdateFunction() (alterable) |
305 | |
306 | Obviously, set the second array element to 1/true if you want to |
307 | trigger SaveUpdateFunction() after the hook is finished - by default, |
308 | it will not be called. |
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310 | options_identities_renumber |
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312 | This hook is called when one of the identities is being renumbered, |
313 | such as if the user had three identities and deletes the second - |
314 | this hook would be called with an array that looks like this: |
315 | ('options_identities_renumber', 2, 1). The arguments to this hook |
316 | are: |
317 | |
318 | [0] = hook name (always "options_identities_renumber") |
319 | [1] = being renumbered from ('default' or 1 through (# idents) - 1) |
320 | [2] = being renumbered to ('default' or 1 through (# idents) - 1) |
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322 | options_identities_table |
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323 | |
324 | This hook allows you to insert additional rows into the table that |
325 | holds each identity. The arguments to this hook are: |
326 | |
327 | [0] = color of table (use it like this in your plugin: |
328 | <tr bgcolor="<?PHP echo $info[1]?>"> |
329 | [1] = is this an empty section (the one at the end of the list)? |
330 | [2] = what is the 'post' value? (ident # or empty string if default) |
331 | |
332 | You need to return any HTML you would like to add to the table. |
333 | You could add a table row with code similar to this: |
334 | |
335 | function demo_identities_table(&$args) |
336 | { |
337 | return '<tr bgcolor="' . $args[0] . '"><td> </td><td>' |
338 | . 'YOUR CODE HERE' . '</td></tr>' . "\n"; |
339 | } |
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341 | options_identities_buttons |
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343 | This hook allows you to add a button (or other HTML) to the row of |
344 | buttons under each identity. The arguments to this hook are: |
345 | |
346 | [0] = is this an empty section (the one at the end of the list)? |
347 | [1] = what is the 'post' value? (ident # or empty string if default) |
348 | |
349 | You need to return any HTML you would like to add here. You could add |
350 | a button with code similar to this: |
351 | |
352 | function demo_identities_button(&$args) |
353 | { |
354 | return '<input type="submit" name="demo_button_' . $args[1] |
355 | . '" value="Press Me">'; |
356 | } |
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359 | (^) Attachment Hooks |
360 | -------------------- |
361 | When a message has attachments, this hook is called with the MIME types. For |
362 | instance, a .zip file hook is "attachment application/x-zip". The hook should |
363 | probably show a link to do a specific action, such as "Verify" or "View" for a |
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364 | .zip file. Thus, to register your plugin for .zip attachments, you'd do this |
365 | in setup.php (assuming your plugin is called "demo"): |
366 | |
367 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['attachment application/x-zip']['demo'] |
368 | = 'demo_handle_zip_attachment'; |
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369 | |
370 | This is a breakdown of the data passed in the array to the hook that is called: |
371 | |
372 | [0] = Hook's name ('attachment text/plain') |
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373 | [1] = Array of links of actions (see below) (alterable) |
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374 | [2] = Used for returning to mail message (startMessage) |
375 | [3] = Used for finding message to display (id) |
376 | [4] = Mailbox name, urlencode()'d (urlMailbox) |
377 | [5] = Entity ID inside mail message (ent) |
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378 | [6] = Default URL to go to when filename is clicked on (alterable) |
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379 | [7] = Filename that is displayed for the attachment |
380 | [8] = Sent if message was found from a search (where) |
381 | [9] = Sent if message was found from a search (what) |
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382 | |
383 | To set up links for actions, you assign them like this: |
384 | |
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385 | $Args[1]['<plugin_name>']['href'] = 'URL to link to'; |
386 | $Args[1]['<plugin_name>']['text'] = 'What to display'; |
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388 | It's also possible to specify a hook as "attachment type0/*", |
389 | for example "attachment text/*". This hook will be executed whenever there's |
390 | no more specific rule available for that type. |
391 | |
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392 | Putting all this together, the demo_handle_zip_attachment() function should |
393 | look like this (note the argument being passed): |
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395 | function demo_handle_zip_attachment(&$Args) |
396 | { |
397 | include_once(SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/functions.php'); |
398 | demo_handle_zip_attachment_do($Args); |
399 | } |
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401 | And the demo_handle_zip_attachment_do() function in the |
402 | plugins/demo/functions.php file would typically (but not necessarily) |
403 | display a custom link: |
404 | |
405 | function demo_handle_zip_attachment_do(&$Args) |
406 | { |
407 | $Args[1]['demo']['href'] = SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/zip_handler.php?' |
408 | . 'passed_id=' . $Args[3] . '&mailbox=' . $Args[4] |
409 | . '&passed_ent_id=' . $Args[5]; |
410 | $Args[1]['demo']['text'] = 'show zip contents'; |
411 | } |
412 | |
413 | The file plugins/demo/zip_handler.php can now do whatever it needs with the |
414 | attachment (note that this will hand information about how to retrieve the |
415 | source message from the IMAP server as GET varibles). |
416 | |
417 | |
418 | (*) Options |
419 | ----------- |
420 | Before you start adding user preferences to your plugin, please take a moment |
421 | to think about it: in some cases, more options may not be a good thing. |
422 | Having too many options can be confusing. Thinking from the user's |
423 | perspective, will the proposed options actually be used? Will users |
424 | understand what these options are for? |
425 | |
426 | There are two ways to add options for your plugin. When you only have a few |
427 | options that don't merit an entirely new preferences page, you can incorporate |
428 | them into an existing section of SquirrelMail preferences (Personal |
429 | Information, Display Preferences, Message Highlighting, Folder Preferences or |
430 | Index Order). Or, if you have an extensive number of settings or for some |
431 | reason need a separate page for the user to interact with, you can create your |
432 | own preferences page. |
433 | |
434 | |
435 | Integrating Your Options Into Existing SquirrelMail Preferences Pages |
436 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
437 | |
438 | There are two ways to accomplish the integration of your plugin's settings |
439 | into another preferences page. The first method is to add the HTML code |
440 | for your options directly to the preferences page of your choice. Although |
441 | currently very popular, this method will soon be deprecated, so avoid it |
442 | if you can. That said, here is how it works. :) Look for any of the hooks |
443 | named as "options_<pref page>_inside", where <pref page> is "display", |
444 | "personal", etc. For this example, we'll use "options_display_inside" and, |
445 | as above, "demo" as our plugin name: |
446 | |
447 | 1. In setup.php in the squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() function: |
448 | |
449 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['options_display_inside']['demo'] |
450 | = 'demo_show_options'; |
451 | |
452 | Note that there are also hooks such as "options_display_bottom", |
453 | however, they place your options at the bottom of the preferences |
454 | page, which is usually not desirable (mostly because they also |
455 | come AFTER the HTML FORM tag is already closed). It is possible |
456 | to use these hooks if you want to create your own FORM with custom |
457 | submission logic. |
458 | |
459 | 2. Assuming the function demo_show_options() calls another function |
460 | elsewhere called demo_show_options_do(), that function should have |
461 | output similar to this (note that you will be inserting code into |
462 | a table that is already defined with two columns, so please be sure |
463 | to keep this framework in your plugin): |
464 | |
465 | ------cut here------- |
466 | <tr> |
467 | <td> |
468 | OPTION_NAME |
469 | </td> |
470 | <td> |
471 | OPTION_INPUT |
472 | </td> |
473 | </tr> |
474 | ------cut here------- |
475 | |
476 | Of course, you can place any text where OPTION_NAME is and any input |
477 | tags where OPTION_INPUT is. |
478 | |
479 | 3. You will want to use the "options_<pref page>_save" hook (in this case, |
480 | "options_display_save") to save the user's settings after they have |
481 | pressed the "Submit" button. Again, back in setup.php in the |
482 | squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() function: |
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484 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['options_display_save']['demo'] |
485 | = 'demo_save_options'; |
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487 | 4. Assuming the function demo_save_options() calls another function |
488 | elsewhere called demo_save_options_do(), that function should put |
489 | the user's settings into permanent storage (see the preferences |
490 | section below for more information). This example assumes that |
491 | in the preferences page, the INPUT tag's NAME attribute was set |
492 | to "demo_option": |
493 | |
494 | global $data_dir, $username; |
495 | sqgetGlobalVar('demo_option', $demo_option); |
496 | setPref($data_dir, $username, 'demo_option', $demo_option); |
497 | |
498 | |
499 | The second way to add options to one of the SquirrelMail preferences page is |
500 | to use one of the "optpage_loadhook_<pref page>" hooks. The sent_subfolders |
501 | plugin is an excellent example of this method. Briefly, this way of adding |
502 | options consists of adding some plugin-specific information to a predefined |
503 | data structure which SquirrelMail then uses to build the HTML input forms |
504 | for you. This is the preferred method of building options lists going forward. |
505 | |
506 | 1. We'll use the "optpage_loadhook_display" hook to add a new group of |
507 | options to the display preferences page. In setup.php in the |
508 | squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() function: |
509 | |
510 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['optpage_loadhook_display']['demo'] |
511 | = 'demo_options'; |
512 | |
513 | 2. Assuming the function demo_options() calls another function elsewhere |
514 | called demo_options_do(), that function needs to add a new key to two |
515 | arrays, $optpage_data['grps'] and $optpage_data['vals']. The value |
516 | associated with that key should simply be a section heading for your |
517 | plugin on the preferences page for the $optpage_data['grps'] array, |
518 | and yet another array with all of your plugin's options for the |
519 | $optpage_data['vals'] array. The options are built as arrays (yes, |
520 | that's four levels of nested arrays) that specify attributes that are |
521 | used by SquirrelMail to build your HTML input tags automatically. |
522 | This example includes just one input element, a SELECT (drop-down) |
523 | list: |
524 | |
525 | global $optpage_data; |
526 | $optpage_data['grps']['DEMO_PLUGIN'] = 'Demo Options'; |
527 | $optionValues = array(); |
528 | $optionValues[] = array( |
529 | 'name' => 'plugin_demo_favorite_color', |
530 | 'caption' => 'Please Choose Your Favorite Color', |
531 | 'type' => SMOPT_TYPE_STRLIST, |
532 | 'refresh' => SMOPT_REFRESH_ALL, |
533 | 'posvals' => array(0 => 'red', |
534 | 1 => 'blue', |
535 | 2 => 'green', |
536 | 3 => 'orange'), |
537 | 'save' => 'save_plugin_demo_favorite_color' |
538 | ); |
539 | $optpage_data['vals']['DEMO_PLUGIN'] = $optionValues; |
540 | |
541 | The array that you use to specify each plugin option has the following |
542 | possible attributes: |
543 | |
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544 | name The name of this setting, which is used not only for |
545 | the INPUT tag name, but also for the name of this |
546 | setting in the user's preferences |
547 | caption The text that prefaces this setting on the preferences |
548 | page |
549 | type The type of INPUT element, which should be one of: |
550 | SMOPT_TYPE_STRING String/text input |
551 | SMOPT_TYPE_STRLIST Select list input |
552 | SMOPT_TYPE_TEXTAREA Text area input |
553 | SMOPT_TYPE_INTEGER Integer input |
554 | SMOPT_TYPE_FLOAT Floating point number input |
555 | SMOPT_TYPE_BOOLEAN Boolean (yes/no radio buttons) |
556 | input |
557 | SMOPT_TYPE_HIDDEN Hidden input (not actually |
558 | shown on preferences page) |
559 | SMOPT_TYPE_COMMENT Text is shown (specified by the |
560 | 'comment' attribute), but no |
561 | user input is needed |
562 | SMOPT_TYPE_FLDRLIST Select list of IMAP folders |
563 | refresh Indicates if a link should be shown to refresh part or |
564 | all of the window (optional). Possible values are: |
565 | SMOPT_REFRESH_NONE No refresh link is shown |
566 | SMOPT_REFRESH_FOLDERLIST Link is shown to refresh |
567 | only the folder list |
568 | SMOPT_REFRESH_ALL Link is shown to refresh |
569 | the entire window |
570 | initial_value The value that should initially be placed in this |
571 | INPUT element |
572 | posvals For select lists, this should be an associative array, |
573 | where each key is an actual input value and the |
574 | corresponding value is what is displayed to the user |
575 | for that list item in the drop-down list |
576 | value Specify the default/preselected value for this option |
577 | input |
578 | save You may indicate that special functionality needs to be |
579 | used instead of just saving this setting by giving the |
580 | name of a function to call when this value would |
581 | otherwise just be saved in the user's preferences |
582 | size Specifies the size of certain input items (typically |
583 | textual inputs). Possible values are: |
584 | SMOPT_SIZE_TINY |
585 | SMOPT_SIZE_SMALL |
586 | SMOPT_SIZE_MEDIUM |
587 | SMOPT_SIZE_LARGE |
588 | SMOPT_SIZE_HUGE |
589 | SMOPT_SIZE_NORMAL |
590 | comment For SMOPT_TYPE_COMMENT type options, this is the text |
591 | displayed to the user |
592 | script This is where you may add any additional javascript |
593 | or other code to the user input |
594 | post_script You may specify some script (usually Javascript) that |
595 | will be placed after (outside of) the INPUT tag. |
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596 | |
597 | 3. If you indicated a 'save' attribute for any of your options, you must |
598 | create that function (you'll only need to do this if you need to do |
599 | some special processing for one of your settings). The function gets |
600 | one parameter, which is an object with mostly the same attributes you |
601 | defined when you made the option above... the 'new_value' (and possibly |
602 | 'value', which is the current value for this setting) is the most useful |
603 | attribute in this context: |
604 | |
605 | function save_plugin_demo_favorite_color($option) |
606 | { |
607 | // if user chose orange, make note that they are really dumb |
608 | if ($option->new_value == 3) |
609 | { |
610 | // more code here as needed |
611 | } |
612 | |
613 | // don't even save this setting if user chose green (old |
614 | // setting will remain) |
615 | if ($option->new_value == 2) |
616 | return; |
617 | |
618 | // for all other colors, save as normal |
619 | save_option($option); |
620 | } |
621 | |
622 | |
623 | Creating Your Own Preferences Page |
624 | ---------------------------------- |
625 | |
626 | It is also possible to create your own preferences page for a plugin. This |
627 | is particularly useful when your plugin has numerous options or needs to |
628 | offer special interaction with the user (for things such as changing password, |
629 | etc.). Here is an outline of how to do so (again, using the "demo" plugin |
630 | name): |
631 | |
632 | 1. Add a new listing to the main Options page. Older versions of |
633 | SquirrelMail offered a hook called "options_link_and_description" |
634 | although its use is deprecated (and it is harder to use in that |
635 | it requires you to write your own HTML to add the option). Instead, |
636 | you should always use the "optpage_register_block" hook where you |
637 | create a simple array that lets SquirrelMail build the HTML |
638 | to add the plugin options entry automatically. In setup.php in the |
639 | squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() function: |
640 | |
641 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['optpage_register_block']['demo'] |
642 | = 'demo_options_block'; |
643 | |
644 | 2. Assuming the function demo_options_block() calls another function |
645 | elsewhere called demo_options_block_do(), that function only needs |
646 | to create a simple array and add it to the $optpage_blocks array: |
647 | |
648 | global $optpage_blocks; |
649 | $optpage_blocks[] = array( |
650 | 'name' => 'Favorite Color Settings', |
651 | 'url' => SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/options.php', |
652 | 'desc' => 'Change your favorite color & find new exciting colors', |
653 | 'js' => FALSE |
654 | ); |
655 | |
656 | The array should have four elements: |
657 | name The title of the plugin's options as it will be displayed on |
658 | the Options page |
659 | url The URI that points to your plugin's custom preferences page |
660 | desc A description of what the preferences page offers the user, |
661 | displayed on the Options page below the title |
662 | js Indicates if this option page requires the client browser |
663 | to be Javascript-capable. Should be TRUE or FALSE. |
664 | |
665 | 3. There are two different ways to create the actual preferences page |
666 | itself. One is to simply write all of your own HTML and other |
667 | interactive functionality, while the other is to define some data |
668 | structures that allow SquirrelMail to build your user inputs and save |
669 | your data automatically. |
670 | |
671 | Building your own page is wide open, and for ideas, you should look at |
672 | any of the plugins that currently have their own preferences pages. If |
673 | you do this, make sure to read step number 4 below for information on |
674 | saving settings. In order to maintain security, consistant look and |
675 | feel, internationalization support and overall integrity, there are just |
676 | a few things you should always do in this case: define the SM_PATH |
677 | constant, include the file include/validate.php (see the section about |
678 | including other files above) and make a call to place the standard page |
679 | heading at the top of your preferences page. The top of your PHP file |
680 | might look something like this: |
681 | |
682 | define('SM_PATH', '../../'); |
683 | include_once(SM_PATH . 'include/validate.php'); |
684 | global $color; |
685 | displayPageHeader($color, 'None'); |
686 | |
687 | From here you are on your own, although you are encouraged to do things |
688 | such as use the $color array to keep your HTML correctly themed, etc. |
689 | |
690 | If you want SquirrelMail to build your preferences page for you, |
691 | creating input forms and automatically saving users' settings, then |
692 | you should change the 'url' attribute in the options block you created |
693 | in step number 2 above to read as follows: |
694 | |
695 | 'url' => SM_PATH . 'src/options.php?optpage=plugin_demo', |
696 | |
697 | Now, you will need to use the "optpage_set_loadinfo" hook to tell |
698 | SquirrelMail about your new preferences page. In setup.php in the |
699 | squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() function: |
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700 | |
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701 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['optpage_set_loadinfo']['demo'] |
702 | = 'demo_optpage_loadinfo'; |
703 | |
704 | Assuming the function demo_optpage_loadinfo() calls another function |
705 | elsewhere called demo_optpage_loadinfo_do(), that function needs to |
706 | define values for four variables (make sure you test to see that it |
707 | is your plugin that is being called by checking the GET variable you |
708 | added to the url just above): |
709 | |
710 | global $optpage, $optpage_name, $optpage_file, |
711 | $optpage_loader, $optpage_loadhook; |
712 | if ($optpage == 'plugin_demo') |
713 | { |
714 | $optpage_name = "Favorite Color Preferences"; |
715 | $optpage_file = SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/options.php'; |
716 | $optpage_loader = 'load_optpage_data_demo'; |
717 | $optpage_loadhook = 'optpage_loadhook_demo'; |
718 | } |
719 | |
720 | Now you are ready to build all of your options. In the file you |
721 | indicated for the variable $optpage_file above, you'll need to create |
722 | a function named the same as the value you used for $optpage_loader |
723 | above. In this example, the file plugins/demo/options.php should |
724 | have at least this function in it: |
725 | |
726 | function load_optpage_data_demo() |
727 | { |
728 | $optpage_data = array(); |
729 | $optpage_data['grps']['DEMO_PLUGIN'] = 'Demo Options'; |
730 | $optionValues = array(); |
731 | $optionValues[] = array( |
732 | 'name' => 'plugin_demo_favorite_color', |
733 | 'caption' => 'Please Choose Your Favorite Color', |
734 | 'type' => SMOPT_TYPE_STRLIST, |
735 | 'refresh' => SMOPT_REFRESH_ALL, |
736 | 'posvals' => array(0 => 'red', |
737 | 1 => 'blue', |
738 | 2 => 'green', |
739 | 3 => 'orange'), |
740 | 'save' => 'save_plugin_demo_favorite_color' |
741 | ); |
742 | $optpage_data['vals']['DEMO_PLUGIN'] = $optionValues; |
743 | return $optpage_data; |
744 | } |
745 | |
746 | For a detailed description of how you build these options, please read |
747 | step number 2 for the second method of adding options to an existing |
748 | preferences page above. Notice that the only difference here is in the |
749 | very first and last lines of this function where you are actually |
750 | creating and returning the options array instead of just adding onto it. |
751 | |
752 | That's all there is to it - SquirrelMail will create a preferences page |
753 | titled as you indicated for $optpage_name above, and other plugins |
754 | can even add extra options to this new preferences page. To do so, |
755 | they should use the hook name you specified for $optpage_loadhook above |
756 | and use the second method for adding option settings to existing |
757 | preferences pages described above. |
758 | |
759 | 4. Saving your options settings: if you used the second method in step |
760 | number 3 above, your settings will be saved automatically (or you can |
761 | define special functions to save special settings such as the |
762 | save_plugin_demo_favorite_color() function in the example described |
763 | above) and there is probably no need to follow this step. If you |
764 | created your own preferences page from scratch, you'll need to follow |
765 | this step. First, you need to register your plugin against the |
766 | "options_save" hook. In setup.php in the squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() |
767 | function: |
768 | |
769 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['options_save']['demo'] |
770 | = 'demo_save_options'; |
771 | |
772 | Assuming the function demo_save_options() calls another function |
773 | elsewhere called demo_save_options_do(), that function needs to grab |
774 | all of your POST and/or GET settings values and save them in the user's |
775 | preferences (for more about preferences, see that section below). Since |
776 | this is a generic hook called for all custom preferences pages, you |
777 | should always set "optpage" as a POST or GET variable with a string that |
778 | uniquely identifies your plugin: |
779 | |
780 | <input type="hidden" name="optpage" value="plugin_demo"> |
781 | |
782 | Now in your demo_save_options_do() function, do something like this: |
783 | |
784 | global $username, $data_dir, $optpage, $favorite_color; |
785 | if ($optpage == 'plugin_demo') |
786 | { |
787 | sqgetGlobalVar('favorite_color', $favorite_color, SQ_FORM); |
788 | setPref($data_dir, $username, 'favorite_color', $favorite_color); |
789 | } |
790 | |
791 | Note that $favorite_color may not need to be globalized, although |
792 | experience has shown that some versions of PHP don't behave as expected |
793 | unless you do so. Even when you use SquirrelMail's built-in preferences |
794 | page generation functionality, you may still use this hook, although |
795 | there should be no need to do so. If you need to do some complex |
796 | validation routines, note that it might be better to do so in the file |
797 | you specified as the "$optpage_file" (in our example, that was the |
798 | plugins/demo/options.php file), since at this point, you can still |
799 | redisplay your preferences page. You could put code similar to this |
800 | in the plugins/demp/options.php file (note that there is no function; |
801 | this code needs to be executed at include time): |
802 | |
803 | global $optmode; |
804 | if ($optmode == 'submit') |
805 | { |
806 | // do something here such as validation, etc |
807 | if (you want to redisplay your preferences page) |
808 | $optmode = ''; |
809 | } |
810 | |
811 | |
812 | Preferences |
813 | ----------- |
814 | |
815 | Saving and retrieving user preferences is very easy in SquirrelMail. |
816 | SquirrelMail supports preference storage in files or in a database |
817 | backend, however, the code you need to write to manipulate preferences |
818 | is the same in both cases. |
819 | |
820 | Setting preferences: |
821 | |
822 | Setting preferences is done for you if you use the built-in facilities |
823 | for automatic options construction and presentation (see above). If |
824 | you need to manually set preferences, however, all you need to do is: |
825 | |
826 | global $data_dir, $username; |
827 | setPref($data_dir, $username, 'pref_name', $pref_value); |
828 | |
829 | Where "pref_name" is the key under which the value will be stored |
830 | and "pref_value" is a variable that should contain the actual |
831 | preference value to be stored. |
832 | |
833 | Loading preferences: |
834 | |
835 | There are two approaches to retrieving plugin (or any other) preferences. |
836 | You can grab individual preferences one at a time or you can add your |
837 | plugin's preferences to the routine that loads up user preferences at |
838 | the beginning of each page request. If you do the latter, making sure |
839 | to place your preference variables into the global scope, they will be |
840 | immediately available in all other plugin code. To retrieve a single |
841 | preference value at any time, do this: |
842 | |
843 | global $data_dir, $username; |
844 | $pref_value = getPref($data_dir, $username, 'pref_name', 'default value'); |
845 | |
846 | Where "pref_name" is the preference you are retrieving, "default_value" |
847 | is what will be returned if the preference is not found for this user, |
848 | and, of course, "pref_value" is the variable that will get the actual |
849 | preference value. |
850 | |
851 | To have all your preferences loaded at once when each page request is |
852 | made, you'll need to register a function against the "loading_prefs" hook. |
853 | For our "demo" plugin, in setup.php in the squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() |
854 | function: |
855 | |
856 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['loading_prefs']['demo'] |
857 | = 'demo_load_prefs'; |
858 | |
859 | Assuming the function demo_load_prefs() calls another function |
860 | elsewhere called demo_load_prefs_do(), that function just needs to |
861 | pull out any all all preferences you'll be needing elsewhere: |
862 | |
863 | global $data_dir, $username, $pref_value; |
864 | $pref_value = getPref($data_dir, $username, 'pref_name', 'default value'); |
865 | |
866 | Remember to globalize each preference, or this code is useless. |
867 | |
868 | |
869 | Internationalization |
870 | -------------------- |
871 | |
872 | Although this document may only be available in English, we sure hope that you |
873 | are thinking about making your plugin useful to the thousands of non-English |
874 | speaking SquirrelMail users out there! It is almost rude not to do so, and |
875 | it isn't much trouble, either. This document will only describe how you can |
876 | accomplish the internationalization of a plugin. For more general information |
877 | about PHP and SquirrelMail translation facilities, see: |
878 | |
879 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?LanguageTranslation |
880 | |
881 | The unofficial way to internationalize a plugin is to put all plugin output |
882 | into the proper format but to rely on the SquirrelMail translation facilities |
883 | for all the rest. If the plugin were really to get translated, you'd need |
884 | to make sure that all output strings for your plugin are either added to or |
885 | already exist in the main SquirrelMail locale files. |
886 | |
887 | The better way to make sure your plugin is translated is to create your own |
888 | locale files and what is called a "gettext domain" (see the link above for |
889 | more information). |
890 | |
891 | There are three basic steps to getting your plugins internationalized: put |
892 | all output into the proper format, switch gettext domains and create locale |
893 | files. |
894 | |
895 | 1. Putting plugin output into the correct format is quite easy. The hard |
896 | part is making sure you catch every last echo statement. You need to |
897 | echo text like this: |
898 | |
899 | echo _("Hello"); |
900 | |
901 | So, even in the HTML segments of your plugin files, you need to do this: |
902 | |
903 | <input type="submit" value="<?php echo _("Submit") ?>"> |
904 | |
905 | You can put any text you want inside of the quotes (you MUST use double |
906 | quotes!), including HTML tags, etc. What you should think carefully |
907 | about is that some languages may use different word ordering, so this |
908 | might be problematic: |
909 | |
910 | echo _("I want to eat a ") . $fruitName . _(" before noon"); |
911 | |
912 | Because some languages (Japanese, for instance) would need to translate |
913 | such a sentence to "Before noon " . $fruitName . " I want to eat", but |
914 | with the format above, they are stuck having to translate each piece |
915 | separately. You might want to reword your original sentence: |
916 | |
917 | echo _("This is what I want to eat before noon: ") . $fruitName; |
918 | |
919 | 2. By default, the SquirrelMail gettext domain is always in use. That |
920 | means that any text in the format described above will be translated |
921 | using the locale files found in the main SquirrelMail locale directory. |
922 | Unless your plugin produces no output or only output that is in fact |
923 | translated under the default SquirrelMail domain, you need to create |
924 | your own gettext domain. The PHP for doing so is very simple. At |
925 | the top of any file that produces any output, place the following code |
926 | (again, using "demo" as the plugin name): |
927 | |
928 | bindtextdomain('demo', SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/locale'); |
929 | textdomain('demo'); |
930 | |
931 | Now all output will be translated using your own custom locale files. |
932 | Please be sure to switch back to the SquirrelMail domain at the end |
933 | of the file, or many of the other SquirrelMail files may misbehave: |
934 | |
935 | bindtextdomain('squirrelmail', SM_PATH . 'locale'); |
936 | textdomain('squirrelmail'); |
937 | |
938 | Note that if, in the middle of your plugin file, you use any |
939 | SquirrelMail functions that send output to the browser, you'll need |
940 | to temporarily switch back to the SquirrelMail domain: |
941 | |
942 | bindtextdomain('squirrelmail', SM_PATH . 'locale'); |
943 | textdomain('squirrelmail'); |
944 | displayPageHeader($color, 'None'); |
945 | bindtextdomain('demo', SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/locale'); |
946 | textdomain('demo'); |
947 | |
948 | Note that technically speaking, you only need to have one bindtextdomain |
949 | call per file, you should always use it before every textdomain call, |
950 | since PHP installations without gettext compiled into them will not |
951 | function properly if you do not. |
952 | |
953 | 3. Finally, you just need to create your own locale. You should create |
954 | a directory structure like this in the plugin directory: |
955 | |
956 | demo |
957 | | |
958 | ------locale |
959 | | |
960 | ------de_DE |
961 | | | |
962 | | ------LC_MESSAGES |
963 | | |
964 | ------ja_JP |
965 | | |
966 | ------LC_MESSAGES |
967 | |
968 | Create a directories such as de_DE for each language (de_DE is German, |
969 | ja_JP is Japanese, etc. - check the SquirrelMail locale directory for |
970 | a fairly comprehensive listing). Inside of each LC_MESSAGES directory |
971 | you should place two files, one with your translations in it, called |
972 | <plugin name>.po (in this case, "demo.po"), and one that is a compiled |
973 | version of the ".po" file, called <plugin name>.mo (in this case, |
974 | "demo.mo"). On most linux systems, there is a tool you can use to pull |
975 | out most of the strings that you need to have translated from your PHP |
976 | files into a sample .po file: |
977 | |
978 | xgettext --keyword=_ -d <plugin name> -s -C *.php |
979 | |
980 | --keyword option tells xgettext what your strings are enclosed in |
981 | -d is the domain of your plugin which should be the plugin's name |
982 | -s tells xgettext to sort the results and remove duplicate strings |
983 | -C means you are translating a file with C/C++ type syntax (ie. PHP) |
984 | *.php is all the files you want translations for |
985 | |
986 | Note, however, that this will not always pick up all strings, so you |
987 | should double-check manually. Of course, it's easiest if you just keep |
988 | track of all your strings as you are coding your plugin. Your .po file |
989 | will now look something like: |
990 | |
991 | # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE. |
992 | # Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
993 | # FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR. |
994 | # |
995 | #, fuzzy |
996 | msgid "" |
997 | msgstr "" |
998 | "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" |
999 | "POT-Creation-Date: 2003-06-18 11:22-0600\n" |
1000 | "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" |
1001 | "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n" |
1002 | "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n" |
1003 | "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" |
1004 | "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n" |
1005 | "Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING\n" |
1006 | |
1007 | #: functions.php:45 |
1008 | msgid "Hello" |
1009 | msgstr "" |
1010 | |
1011 | #: functions.php:87 |
1012 | msgid "Favorite Color" |
1013 | msgstr "" |
1014 | |
1015 | You should change the header to look something more like: |
1016 | |
1017 | # Copyright (c) 1999-2003 The Squirrelmail Development Team |
1018 | # Roland Bauerschmidt <rb@debian.org>, 1999. |
1019 | msgid "" |
1020 | msgstr "" |
1021 | "Project-Id-Version: $Id: squirrelmail.po,v 1.10 2003/06/04 15:01:59 |
1022 | philippe_mingo Exp $\n" |
1023 | "POT-Creation-Date: 2003-01-21 19:21+0100\n" |
1024 | "PO-Revision-Date: 2003-01-21 21:01+0100\n" |
1025 | "Last-Translator: Juergen Edner <juergen.edner@epost.de>\n" |
1026 | "Language-Team: German <squirrelmail-i18n@lists.squirrelmail.net>\n" |
1027 | "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" |
1028 | "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n" |
1029 | "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" |
1030 | |
1031 | The most important thing to change here is the charset on the next to |
1032 | last line. You'll want to keep a master copy of the .po file and make |
1033 | a copy for each language you have a translation for. You'll need to |
1034 | translate each string in the .po file: |
1035 | |
1036 | msgid "Hello" |
1037 | msgstr "Guten Tag" |
1038 | |
1039 | After you're done translating, you can create the .mo file very simply |
1040 | by running the following command (available on most linux systems): |
1041 | |
1042 | msgfmt -0 <plugin name>.mo <plugin name>.po |
1043 | |
1044 | In the case of the "demo" plugin: |
1045 | |
1046 | msgfmt -0 demo.mo demo.po |
1047 | |
1048 | Please be sure that the .po and .mo files both are named exactly the |
1049 | same as the domain you bound in step 2 above and everything else works |
1050 | automatically. In SquirrelMail, go to Options -> Display Preferences |
1051 | and change your Language setting to see the translations in action! |
1052 | |
1053 | |
1054 | PLUGIN STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS |
1055 | ================================= |
1056 | |
1057 | The SquirrelMail project has some important goals, such as avoiding the |
1058 | use of JavaScript, avoiding non-standard HTML tags, keeping file sizes |
1059 | small and providing the fastest webmail client on the Internet. As such, |
1060 | we'd like it if plugin authors coded with the same goals in mind that the |
1061 | core developers do. Common sense is always a good tool to have in your |
1062 | programming repertoire, but below is an outline of some standards that we |
1063 | ask you as a plugin developer to meet. Depending upon how far you bend |
1064 | these rules, we may not want to post your plugin on the SquirrelMail |
1065 | website... and of course, no one really wants your efforts to go to waste |
1066 | and for the SquirrelMail community to miss out on a potentially useful |
1067 | plugin, so please try to follow these guidelines as closely as possible. |
1068 | |
1069 | |
1070 | Small setup.php |
1071 | --------------- |
1072 | |
1073 | In order for SquirrelMail to remain fast and lean, we are now asking |
1074 | that all plugin authors remove all unnecessary functionality from setup.php |
1075 | and refactoring it into another file. There are a few ways to accomplish |
1076 | this, none of which are difficult. At a minimum, you'll want to have the |
1077 | squirrelmail_plugin_init_<plugin name>() function in setup.php, and naturally, |
1078 | you'll need functions that are merely stubs for each hook that you are using. |
1079 | One (but not the only) way to do it is: |
1080 | |
1081 | function squirrelmail_plugin_init_demo() |
1082 | { |
1083 | global $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks; |
1084 | $squirrelmail_plugin_hooks['generic_header']['demo'] = 'plugin_demo_header'; |
1085 | } |
1086 | function plugin_demo_header() |
1087 | { |
1088 | include_once(SM_PATH . 'plugins/demo/functions.php'); |
1089 | plugin_demo_header_do(); |
1090 | } |
1091 | |
1092 | |
1093 | Internationalization |
1094 | -------------------- |
1095 | |
1096 | Q: What is more disappointing to users in France who would make good |
1097 | use of your plugin than learning that it is written entirely in English? |
1098 | A: Learning that they cannot send you a French translation file for your |
1099 | plugin. |
1100 | |
1101 | There are thousands of users out there whose native tongue is not English, |
1102 | and when you develop your plugin without going through the three simple steps |
1103 | needed to internationalize it, you are effectively writing them all off. |
1104 | PLEASE consider internationalizing your plugin! |
1105 | |
1106 | |
1107 | Developing with E_ALL |
1108 | --------------------- |
1109 | |
1110 | When you are developing your plugin, you should always have error reporting |
1111 | turned all the way up. You can do this by changing two settings in your |
1112 | php.ini and restarting your web server: |
1113 | |
1114 | display_errors = Off |
1115 | error_reporting = E_ALL |
1116 | |
1117 | This way, you'll be sure to see all Notices, Warnings and Errors that your |
1118 | code generates (it's OK, really, it happens to the best of us... except me!). |
1119 | Please make sure to fix them all before you release the plugin. |
1120 | |
1121 | |
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1122 | Compatibility with register_globals=Off |
1123 | --------------------------------------- |
1124 | |
1125 | Most sensible systems administrators now run their PHP systems with the |
1126 | setting "register_globals" as OFF. This is a prudent security setting, |
1127 | and as the SquirrelMail core code has long since been upgraded to work |
1128 | in such an environment, we are now requiring that all plugins do the same. |
1129 | Compatibility with this setting amounts to little more than explicitly |
1130 | gathering any and all variables you sent from a <form> tag as GET or POST |
1131 | values instead of just assuming that they will be placed in the global |
1132 | scope automatically. There is nothing more to do than this: |
1133 | |
1134 | global $favorite_color; |
1135 | sqgetGlobalVar('favorite_color', $favorite_color, SQ_FORM); |
1136 | |
1137 | |
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1138 | Extra Blank Lines |
1139 | ----------------- |
1140 | |
1141 | It may seem innocuous, but if you have any blank lines either before the |
1142 | first <?php tag or after the last ?> tag in any of your plugin files, you |
1143 | you will break SquirrelMail in ways that may seem entirely unrelated. For |
1144 | instance, this will often cause a line feed character to be included with |
1145 | email attachments when they are viewed or downloaded, rendering them useless! |
1146 | |
1147 | |
1148 | include_once |
1149 | ------------ |
1150 | |
1151 | When including files, please make sure to use the include_once() function |
1152 | and NOT include(), require(), or require_once(), since these all are much |
1153 | less efficient than include_once() and can have a cumulative effect on |
1154 | SquirrelMail performance. |
1155 | |
1156 | |
1157 | Version Reporting |
1158 | ----------------- |
1159 | |
1160 | In order for systems administrators to keep better track of your plugin and |
1161 | get upgrades more efficiently, you are requested to make version information |
1162 | available to SquirrelMail in a format that it understands. There are two |
1163 | ways to do this. Presently, we are asking that you do both, since we are |
1164 | still in a transition period between the two. This is painless, so please |
1165 | be sure to include it: |
1166 | |
1167 | 1. Create a file called "version" in the plugin directory. That file |
1168 | should have only two lines: the first line should have the name of |
1169 | the plugin as named on the SquirrelMail web site (this is often a |
1170 | prettified version of the plugin directory name), the second line |
1171 | must have the version and nothing more. So for our "demo" plugin, |
1172 | whose name on the web site might be something like "Demo Favorite |
1173 | Colors", the file plugins/demo/version should have these two lines: |
1174 | |
1175 | Demo Favorite Colors |
1176 | 1.0 |
1177 | |
1178 | 2. In setup.php, you should have a function called <plugin name>_version(). |
1179 | That function should return the version of your plugin. For the "demo" |
1180 | plugin, that should look like this: |
1181 | |
1182 | function demo_version() |
1183 | { |
1184 | return '1.0'; |
1185 | } |
1186 | |
1187 | |
1188 | Configuration Files |
1189 | ------------------- |
1190 | |
1191 | It is common to need a configuration file that holds some variables that |
1192 | are set up at install time. For ease of installation and maintenance, you |
1193 | should place all behavioral settings in a config file, isolated from the |
1194 | rest of your plugin code. A typical file name to use is "config.php". If |
1195 | you are using such a file, you should NOT include a file called "config.php" |
1196 | in your plugin distribution, but instead a copy of that file called |
1197 | "config.php.sample". This helps systems administrators avoid overwriting |
1198 | the "config.php" files and losing all of their setup information when they |
1199 | upgrade your plugin. |
1200 | |
1201 | |
1202 | Session Variables |
1203 | ----------------- |
1204 | |
1205 | In the past, there have been some rather serious issues with PHP sessions |
1206 | and SquirrelMail, and certain people have worked long and hard to ensure |
1207 | that these problems no longer occur in an extremely wide variety of OS/PHP/ |
1208 | web server environments. Thus, if you need to place any values into the |
1209 | user's session, there are some built-in SquirrelMail functions that you are |
1210 | strongly encouraged to make use of. Using them also makes your job easier. |
1211 | |
1212 | 1. To place a variable into the session: |
1213 | |
1214 | global $favorite_color; |
1215 | $favoriteColor = 'green'; |
1216 | sqsession_register($favorite_color, 'favorite_color'); |
1217 | |
1218 | Strictly speaking, globalizing the variable shouldn't be necessary, |
1219 | but certain versions of PHP seem to behave more predictably if you do. |
1220 | |
1221 | 2. To retrieve a variable from the session: |
1222 | |
1223 | global $favorite_color; |
1224 | sqgetGlobalVar('favorite_color', $favorite_color, SQ_SESSION); |
1225 | |
1226 | 3. You can also check for the presence of a variable in the session: |
1227 | |
1228 | if (sqsession_is_registered('favorite_color')) |
1229 | // do something important |
1230 | |
1231 | 4. To remove a variable from the session: |
1232 | |
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1233 | global $favorite_color; |
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1234 | sqsession_unregister('favorite_color'); |
1235 | |
ea26c996 |
1236 | Strictly speaking, globalizing the variable shouldn't be necessary, |
1237 | but certain versions of PHP seem to behave more predictably if you do. |
1238 | |
9cd2ae7d |
1239 | |
1240 | Form Variables |
1241 | -------------- |
1242 | |
1243 | You are also encouraged to use SquirrelMail's built-in facilities to |
1244 | retrieve variables from POST and GET submissions. This is also much |
1245 | easier on you and makes sure that all PHP installations are accounted |
1246 | for (such as those that don't make the $_POST array automatically |
1247 | global, etc.): |
1248 | |
1249 | global $favorite_color; |
1250 | sqgetGlobalVar('favorite_color', $favorite_color, SQ_FORM); |
1251 | |
1252 | |
1253 | Files In Plugin Directory |
1254 | ------------------------- |
1255 | |
1256 | There are a few files that you should make sure to include when you build |
1257 | your final plugin distribution: |
1258 | |
1259 | 1. A copy of the file index.php from the main plugins directory. When |
1260 | working in your plugin directory, just copy it in like this: |
1261 | |
1262 | $ cp ../index.php . |
1263 | |
1264 | This will redirect anyone who tries to browse to your plugin directory |
1265 | to somewhere more appropriate. If you create other directories under |
1266 | your plugin directory, you may copy the file there as well to be extra |
1267 | safe. If you are storing sensitive configuration files or other data |
1268 | in such a directory, you could even include a .htaccess file with the |
1269 | contents "Deny From All" that will disallow access to that directory |
1270 | entirely (when the target system is running the Apache web server). |
1271 | Keep in mind that not all web servers will honor an .htaccess file, so |
1272 | don't depend on it for security. Make sure not to put such a file in |
1273 | your main plugin directory! |
1274 | |
1275 | 2. A file that describes your plugin and offers detailed instructions for |
1276 | configuration or help with troubleshooting, etc. This file is usually |
1277 | entitled "README". Some useful sections to include might be: |
1278 | |
1279 | Plugin Name and Author |
1280 | Current Version |
1281 | Plugin Features |
1282 | Detailed Plugin Description |
1283 | How-to for Plugin Configuration |
1284 | Change Log |
1285 | Future Ideas/Enhancements/To Do List |
1286 | |
1287 | 3. A file that explains how to install your plugin. This file is typically |
1288 | called "INSTALL". If you do not require any special installation |
1289 | actions, you can probably copy one from another plugin or use this as |
1290 | a template: |
1291 | |
1292 | Installing the Demo Plugin |
1293 | ========================== |
1294 | |
1295 | 1) Start with untaring the file into the plugins directory. |
1296 | Here is a example for the 1.0 version of the Demo plugin. |
1297 | |
1298 | $ cd plugins |
1299 | $ tar -zxvf demo-1.0-1.4.0.tar.gz |
1300 | |
1301 | 2) Change into the demo directory, copy config.php.sample |
1302 | to config.php and edit config.php, making adjustments as |
1303 | you deem necessary. For more detailed explanations about |
1304 | each of these parameters, consult the README file. |
1305 | |
1306 | $ cd demo |
1307 | $ cp config.php.sample config.php |
1308 | $ vi config.php |
1309 | |
1310 | |
1311 | 3) Then go to your config directory and run conf.pl. Choose |
1312 | option 8 and move the plugin from the "Available Plugins" |
1313 | category to the "Installed Plugins" category. Save and exit. |
1314 | |
1315 | $ cd ../../config/ |
1316 | $ ./conf.pl |
1317 | |
1318 | |
1319 | Upgrading the Demo Plugin |
1320 | ========================= |
1321 | |
1322 | 1) Start with untaring the file into the plugins directory. |
1323 | Here is a example for the 3.1 version of the demo plugin. |
1324 | |
1325 | $ cd plugins |
1326 | $ tar -zxvf demo-3.1-1.4.0.tar.gz |
1327 | |
1328 | |
1329 | 2) Change into the demo directory, check your config.php |
1330 | file against the new version, to see if there are any new |
1331 | settings that you must add to your config.php file. |
1332 | |
1333 | $ diff -Nau config.php config.php.sample |
1334 | |
1335 | Or simply replace your config.php file with the provided sample |
1336 | and reconfigure the plugin from scratch (see step 2 under the |
1337 | installation procedure above). |
1338 | |
1339 | |
1340 | COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF SQUIRRELMAIL |
1341 | ================================================= |
1342 | |
1343 | Whenever new versions of SquirrelMail are released, there is always a |
1344 | considerable lag time before it is widely adopted. During that transitional |
1345 | time, especially when the new SquirrelMail version contains any architectural |
1346 | and/or functional changes, plugin developers are put in a unique and very |
1347 | difficult position. That is, there will be people running both the old and |
1348 | new versions of SquirrelMail who want to use your plugin, and you will |
1349 | probably want to accomodate them both. |
1350 | |
1351 | The easiest way to keep both sides happy is to keep two different versions |
1352 | of your pluign up to date, one that runs under the older SquirrelMail, and |
1353 | one that requires the newest SquirrelMail. This is inconvenient, however, |
1354 | especially if you are continuing to develop the plugin. Depending on the |
1355 | changes the SquirrelMail has implemented in the new version, you may be able |
1356 | to include code that can auto-sense SquirrelMail version and make adjustments |
1357 | on the fly. There is a function available to you for determining the |
1358 | SquirrelMail version called check_sm_version() and it can be used as such: |
1359 | |
1360 | check_sm_version(1, 4, 0) |
1361 | |
1362 | This will return TRUE if the SquirrelMail being used is at least 1.4.0, and |
1363 | FALSE otherwise. |
1364 | |
1365 | As this document is written, we are in a transition period between versions |
1366 | 1.2.11 and 1.4.0. There is a plugin called "Compatibilty" that is intended |
1367 | for use by plugin authors so they can develop one version of their plugin |
1368 | and seamlessly support both 1.2.x and 1.4.x SquirrelMail installations. For |
1369 | more information about how to use the "Compatibility" plugin, download it and |
1370 | read its README file or see: |
1371 | |
1372 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?PluginUpgrading |
1373 | |
1374 | |
1375 | REQUESTING NEW HOOKS |
1376 | ==================== |
1377 | |
1378 | It's impossible to foresee all of the places where hooks might be useful |
1379 | (it's also impossible to put in hooks everywhere!), so you might need to |
1380 | negotiate the insertion of a new hook to make your plugin work. In order |
1381 | to do so, you should post such a request to the squirrelmail-devel mailing |
1382 | list. |
1383 | |
1384 | |
1385 | HOW TO RELEASE YOUR PLUGIN |
1386 | ========================== |
1387 | |
1388 | As long as you've consulted the list of plugin standards and done your |
1389 | best to follow them, there's little standing in the way of great fame as an |
1390 | official SquirrelMail plugin developer. |
1391 | |
1392 | 1. Make a distribution file. There is a convenient Perl script in |
1393 | the plugins directory that will help you do this: |
1394 | |
1395 | make_archive.pl -v demo 1.0 1.4.0 |
1396 | |
1397 | -v is optional and indicates that the script should run in verbose mode |
1398 | demo is the name of your plugin |
1399 | 1.0 is the version of your plugin |
1400 | 1.4.0 is the version of SquirrelMail that is required to run your plugin |
1401 | |
1402 | You can also create the distribution file manually in most *nix |
1403 | environments by running this command from the plugins directory (NOT |
1404 | your plugin directory): |
1405 | |
1406 | $ tar czvf demo-1.0-1.4.0.tar.gz demo |
1407 | |
1408 | Where "demo" is the name of your plugin, "1.0" is the version of |
1409 | your plugin, and "1.4.0" is the version of SquirrelMail required |
1410 | to use your plugin. |
1411 | |
1412 | 2. Consult the SquirrelMail web site for contact information for the |
1413 | Plugins Team Leaders, to whom you should make your request. If they |
1414 | do not respond, you should feel free to ask for help contacting them |
1415 | on the squirrelmail-plugins mailing list. |
1416 | |
1417 | http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/wiki.php?SquirrelMailLeadership |
1418 | |