[SOLVED] Calling other modules from a method

[larss]

I'd like to integrate a few linked admin functions for a specific site. In specifics, I'll be linking the creation of a FEU Group with a News category, a Comments category, and others; allowing me to link specific content to a FEU group. This will prevent the admins of the site from repetitive entry. Now I could go through each of the modules methods, combine them into a giant one; but that's not really portable when the News or other modules get updated. Instead I'd like to call the other modules from my linking module action; I'm assuming it's something like:

$gCms->modules['News']->addcategory....

If that's correct, how would the parameters be passed syntax wise?

[plger]

Access the module object with:

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$themodule = $this->GetModuleInstance("News")

or:

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$themodule = $gCms->modules['News']['object'];

(and check if it exists and is active before going further)

Then you should be able to access the module's actions with :

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$themodule->DoAction($action, $id, $params, $returnid=-1);

So in your case :
$themodule->DoAction("addcategory",$id,$params,$returnid);
$params being an array containing the "name", and eventually "parent" or anything the action might need...

And of course you should use module events to call your "linking module".

Have a nice day,
plger

[larss]

Thanks a ton, this is exactly what I was looking for.

[plger]

No problem.
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