Product/Plugin Enhancements (PPE)

Product/Plugin Enhancements (PPE)

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v0.0.2

Product/Plugin Enhancements (PPE): New Version
New version, o.o.2 now only has 2 (yes, that's right - just 2!) queries.

PPE v0.0.2 now uses advanced caching techniques, reducing the query count by a LOT. Now, instead of querying the database every time a function in PPE is called, it just queries the DB 2 times (1 for products and 1 for plugins), and puts the information in an array. :banana:

What's PPE?

PPE is basically a set of useful functions to enhance the product/plugin functionality in vBulletin.


What can PPE do?
it can, at the moment, check to see if a product is active and/or a plugin is active, in both the vBulletin Templates and vBulletin Code (where the "global_start" plugin is called/global.php has been included).

How do I use PPE in my templates/code?
In your templates, simply use something like:

this to see if product id my_product_id is enabled/disabled

<if condition="product_is_active('my_product_id')">
Product Id 'my_product_id' is Enabled/Active!
<else />
Product Id 'my_product_id' is Disabled/Inactive!
</if>

this to see if plugin id my_plugin_id is enabled/disabled:

<if condition="plugin_is_active('my_plugin_id')">
Plugin Id 'my_plugin_id' is Enabled/Active!
<else />
Plugin Id 'my_plugin_id' is Disabled/Inactive!
</if>

The two functions at the moment that PPE includes are:

product_is_active(productid);
plugin_is_active(pluginid);

Questions, Comments, Suggestions, etc
Feel free to post all of your question, feedback, suggestions (anything) in this thread.

[eXaulz]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

What is "plugin id"? Is that the numerical id of the plugin?

Yes.

Originally Posted by Boofo

What does this do and what can it be used for? The first post is rather confusing.

PPE can basically check to see if a certain product or plugin is active (or not). For example, it'll save you time, if you have a certain product that you switch on/off constantly. PPE, if you have added the product_is_active(); code to your templates, will check to see if the product is active. if it is, display the product's functions. If not, do nothing.

It's not the most useful thing out there, but it helps me alot.

[Andreas]

<if condition="!empty($GLOBALS['vbulletin']->products['productid'])">
some staff here that should only show up if product productid is active
</if>

works without any additional plugins or queries.

[eXaulz]

Cool.

[almqdad]

hi

is it doing any good

have any one noticed any improvment