Call PHP Script in Editor::inst Class

pcnweb

What's the "Editor" way of calling an external PHP script inside one of the Editor::inst "on" statements?

Ex, "runThis" pseudocode:

->on( 'preCreate', function ( $editor, $values ) {
    // On create update all the other records to make room for our new one
    $editor->db()
        ->query( 'update', 'mobilemenu_fbgt' )
        ->set( 'roworder', 'roworder+1', false )
        ->where( 'roworder', $values['roworder'], '>=' )
        ->exec();
                    ->runThis(file_get_contents('my/file/path.php') )
} )

tangerine

There are examples in the documentation:
https://editor.datatables.net/manual/php/events

pcnweb

So according to that, I added a simple function above the Editor::inst -

function updateVOD(){
$myvar = file_get_contents('http://path/to/my/file.php');
}

and appended these to the Editor::inst, after my preCreate and preRemove (which work):

->on( 'postCreate', function ( $editor, $values ) {
    updateVOD();
} )
->on( 'postRemove', function ( $editor, $values ) {
    updateVOD();
} )

No dice, postCreate and postRemove don't fire.

Where is a working example?

pcnweb

Should I just call my custom function in the end of the preCreate and preRemove blocks?

pcnweb

Ok, totally wrong - moving the function call does nothing. Out of ideas for now.

allan

Hi,

What do you want to do with the contents of the PHP file?

This code:

function updateVOD(){
$myvar = file_get_contents('http://path/to/my/file.php');
}

would simply get the contents of the response (possibly a failure in this case since you are using http:// rather than a local file), and assign it to $myvar, which isn't then used.

If you want to execute the PHP code in your file you would use include - e.g.:

function updateVOD () {
  include '/my/path/to/file.php';
}

I would suggest that a better pattern would be to define the updateVOD() function in your external file and then always include it at the top of the main PHP file.

Allan