Changed pluginloading to use references

This patch allows the use of $this in syntax plugins to set internal variables
and let them remain between handle and render calls. Even when it is possible
now to use this method you should exchange data betwenn handler and render calls
by using the $data array only.

darcs-hash:20050730215156-7ad00-69ea79859360d9902533633395de3e1b677f6e46.gz

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/inc/pluginutils.php b/inc/pluginutils.php
index 49dd44816..6c758a1be 100644
--- a/inc/pluginutils.php
+++ b/inc/pluginutils.php
@@ -34,29 +34,26 @@ function plugin_list($type){
  *
  * @param  $type string 	type of plugin to load
  * @param  $name string 	name of the plugin to load
- * @param  $ref  ref      will contain the plugin object
- * @return boolean        plugin loading successful?
+ * @return object         the plugin object or null on failure
  */
-function plugin_load($type,$name,&$ref){
+function &plugin_load($type,$name){
   //we keep all loaded plugins available in global scope for reuse
   global $DOKU_PLUGINS;
 
 	//plugin already loaded?
 	if($DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name] != null){
-		$ref = $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name];
-		return true;
+		return $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name];
 	}
 
   //try to load the wanted plugin file
   if(!include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN.$name.'/'.$type.'.php')){
-    return false;
+    return null;
   }
 
   //construct class and instanciate
   $class = $type.'_plugin_'.$name;
   $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name] = new $class;
-  $ref = $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name];
-  return true;
+  return $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name];
 }