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+<?php
+/**
+ * Utilities for handling plugins
+ * 
+ * @license    GPL 2 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
+ * @author     Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Returns a list of available plugins of given type
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
+ */
+function plugin_list($type){
+  $plugins = array();
+  if ($dh = opendir(DOKU_PLUGIN)) {
+    while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh))) {
+      if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
+      if (is_file(DOKU_PLUGIN.$file)) continue;
+
+      if (@file_exists(DOKU_PLUGIN.$file.'/'.$type.'.php')){
+        $plugins[] = $file;
+      }
+    }
+    closedir($dh);
+  }
+  return $plugins;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Loads the given plugin and creates an object of it
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
+ *
+ * @param  $type string 	type of plugin to load
+ * @param  $name string 	name of the plugin to load
+ * @param  $ref  ref      will contain the plugin object
+ * @return boolean        plugin loading successful?
+ */
+function plugin_load($type,$name,&$ref){
+  //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][$name];
+		return true;
+	}
+
+  //try to load the wanted plugin file
+  if(!@include_once(DOKU_PLUGIN.$name.'/'.$type.'.php')){
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  //construct class and instanciate
+  $class = $type.'_plugin_'.$name;
+  $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name] = new $class;
+  $ref = $DOKU_PLUGINS[$type][$name];
+  return true;
+}
+
+