Figure out where you want to hook in and custom that page if you can’t use add_action. For example if you want to check query strings then maybe do that in index.php or wp-blog-header.php. Use $_SERVER or $REQUEST or $_GET or $_POST — details on those vars are available at php.net
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willy
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I’m trying to do this entirely from the plugin mindset. Doing that seems like it would be more of a hack than a hook.
xdforum installs just like a plugin. Then the next thing that happens is ?a=xdforum takes you to the board….
When I mentioned using the query string to process something I only suggested it in the initial “get me to the plugin” sense.
Could this be the same as Creating a “static page” on a custom template that has my action handler?
You want a query string to trigger your plugin. Got it.
I haven’t found a need to do that sort of stuff so I’m just tossing out some suggestions you might try.
Try doing some tests to see what works. Example, make a test plugin with something like this maybe :
add_action('template_redirect','my_whatever');
function my_whatever() {
print_r($_GET);
echo '<br/>';
print_r($REQUEST);
if ($_GET['x'] = 'abc') do_my_other_function();
}
So when you get some output you can “hook” into it based on what you see. If you’re looking for “?x=abc” and you see it in the $_GET array then you know you can “hook” via $_GET. Or maybe through $REQUEST.
See Codex plugin API for details on template_redirect.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API
I don’t know how xdforum works and I don’t have time to examine the code to reverse engineer it for you. . . Hopefully this tidbit helps though.
You could also join the wp-hackers mailing list to possibly get specific help.
Info:
http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers
i (xdforum) hook into the template_redirect action and run my function. my function checked $_GET for the variable “a” and if it is “xdforum” then i check for my templates in the current theme directory. if i dont find my templates then i copy them there. then, i just include my main template and call exit;
my template runs the header, footer, and sidebar fuctions as well as the xdforum_process() function which makes the page display.
