Calling plugin code from module

Question

Currently developing a module and a plugin (content) for a project that have some similar code in them (read: code for accessing APIs, organizing data, etc). Any environments that they're installed on will have both installed.

With that in mind, is there any way to call functions from the plugin's code via the module? Would like to shift as much of the codebase as possible to the plugin and just do calls from the module.

Answer 1

You firstly need to load your plugin group like so:

JPluginHelper::importPlugin('group', 'plugin_name');

You then need to call the JEventDispatcher class/instance like so:

$dispatcher = JEventDispatcher::getInstance();

Then, to trigger events:

$results = $dispatcher->trigger('onMyFunction', array(&$var1, &$var2));

This will called the onMyFunction in your plugin and pass $var1 and $var2. Your plugin can then manipulate these 2 variables (or as many as you like)

Hope this helps