A PHP Plugin System

This is a lightweight, flexible, hook and event based plugin manager and system.

It allows you to easily integrate plugins feature into your PHP applications, providing a modular and extensible architecture.

Features

• Easy integration
• Dynamic loading
• Hook-based architecture
• Event-driven programming
• Flexible and extensible
• plugin manager included
• plugin life cycle

Installation

you will require composer to install. Run the following command in your project directory:

composer require bethropolis/plugin-system

you can also download the latest release and add it to your project directory.

note that if you do this you will have to require the autoloader file into your project scripts. example

require "plugin-system/src/autoload.php";

Usage

Loading Plugins

To load plugins from a specific directory, use the loadPlugins method:

require "vendor/autoload.php"; // for download installed method just replace this line with the autoloader.

use Bethropolis\PluginSystem\System;

$dir = __DIR__ . "/examples/"; # directory to load plugins from
System::loadPlugins($dir);

Linking Plugins to Hooks

Plugins functions can be linked to hooks using the linkPluginToHook method. This allows you to define actions that will be executed when a particular hook is triggered:

use Bethropolis\PluginSystem\System;

// Link a plugin function to a hook
System::linkPluginToHook('my_hook', $callback);

Triggering Hooks and Events

Hooks can be triggered using the executeHook() method, and events can be triggered using the triggerEvent() method. Here's an example:

use Bethropolis\PluginSystem\System;

// Trigger a hook
System::executeHook('my_hook', $pluginName, ...$args);

// trigger multiple hooks
System::executeHooks(['my_hook1', 'my_hook2'], $pluginName, ...$args);

# Events
// Register an event
System::registerEvent('my_event');

// Add an action to the event
System::addAction('my_event', function ($arg) {
    // Action code here
});

// Trigger the event
System::triggerEvent('my_event', ...$args);

plugin

here is an example of a plugin:

// eg. FILE: /plugins-folder/examplepugin.php

class ExamplePlugin extends \Bethropolis\PluginSystem\Plugin
{

    public function initialize()
    {
        $this->linkHook('my_hook', array($this, 'myCallback'));
    }



    public function myCallback($name = [])
    {
        $name = array_shift($name);
        return "hello {$name}";
    }
}

more Examples

The examples directory contains sample plugins that demonstrate the usage of the Plugin System.

Contributing

Contributions to the project are welcome! If you encounter any issues, have suggestions for improvements, or would like to add new features, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

About

this project was made to be a plugin management system for another one of my project but I hope it can help someone else out there.

License

this project is released under the MIT License. You can find more details in the LICENSE file.