Using modifiers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:05, 8 July 2007

ATK Howto: Using modifiers

Complexity: Advanced
Author: Boy Baukema <boy@achievo.org>

Modifiers allow you to modify nodes on before they are used. Making it possible to do such things as to add or remove attributes to a node before it is loaded.

Example of using modifiers:

Add the following code in your module_preload.inc (if this file is not present, create it in your module's directory):

 $modifiers[] = 'modules.node';

In your module.inc:

 class mod_mymodule extends atkModule 
 {
    function module_node_modifier(

@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
   class mod_mymodule extends atkModule
   {
-     function module_node_modifier(&$node)
+     function module_node_modifier(</syntaxhighlight>
-    {
-      useattrib('atkDummyAttribute');
-      $node->add(new atkDummyAttribute('mydummyattrib','Dummy attribute added by modifier'), 'default',9999999);
-    }
- }
-</syntaxhighlight>