Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Loads all the plugin files for a particular type if no specific plugin is specified otherwise only the specific pugin is loaded.

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Syntax

importPlugin($type, $plugin=null, $autocreate=true, $dispatcher=null)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$type		$type The plugin type, relates to the sub-directory in the plugins directory
$plugin	null	$plugin The plugin name
$autocreate	true
$dispatcher	null

Returns

boolean True if success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/plugin/helper.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.plugin.helper' );

Source Body

function importPlugin($type, $plugin = null, $autocreate = true, $dispatcher = null)
{
        $result = false;

        $plugins = JPluginHelper::_load();

        $total = count($plugins);
        for($i = 0; $i < $total; $i++) {
                if($plugins[$i]->type == $type && ($plugins[$i]->name == $plugin ||  $plugin === null)) {
                        JPluginHelper::_import( $plugins[$i], $autocreate, $dispatcher );
                        $result = true;
                }
        }

        return $result;
}

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