can I add a criteria to a module?

AjansKartal

I wanna add criterias to a module in the themehooks file.

I've tried a lot of method, but still didn't find out.

for example:

{module name="PromotedContentModule" Selector="role" ContentType="discussions" Selection="administrator" Limit="3" BodyLimit="90"}

I need to add above criterias to the following function:

 public function discussionController_BeforeFirstComment_handler($Sender) {
         // 
        $PromotedContentModule = new PromotedContentModule();
        echo $PromotedContentModule->toString();

    }

R_J

Great question!

The {module... syntax is a custom Smarty function. If you look it up you will find that it points towards class Theme, method module. In that method you will find the following code

                $Properties = array_merge($ControllerProperties, $Properties);

                foreach ($Properties as $Name => $value) {
                    // Check for a setter method
                    if (method_exists($Module, $method = 'set'.ucfirst($Name))) {
                        $Module->$method($value);
                    } else {
                        $Module->$Name = $value;
                    }
                }

Without further testing, I would expect that in your example {module name="PromotedContentModule" Selector="role" ContentType="discussions" Selection="administrator" Limit="3" BodyLimit="90"} you would need a module which implemets the following methods:

• setSelector
• setContentType
• setSelection
• setLimit
• setBodyLimit

If that methods are not implemented, you should be able to access the values directly as properties of your module.

---

Oh wait, your question has been the other way around. But then it is just the other way around:

     public function discussionController_beforeFirstComment_handler($sender) {
            $promotedContentModule = new PromotedContentModule($sender);

            if (method_exists('setSelector')) {
                $promotedContentModule->setSelector('role');
            } else {
                $promotedContentModule->Selector = 'role';
            }
            //Repeat for every parameter...

            echo $promotedContentModule->toString();
        }

R_J

Great question!

The {module... syntax is a custom Smarty function. If you look it up you will find that it points towards class Theme, method module. In that method you will find the following code

                $Properties = array_merge($ControllerProperties, $Properties);

                foreach ($Properties as $Name => $value) {
                    // Check for a setter method
                    if (method_exists($Module, $method = 'set'.ucfirst($Name))) {
                        $Module->$method($value);
                    } else {
                        $Module->$Name = $value;
                    }
                }

Without further testing, I would expect that in your example {module name="PromotedContentModule" Selector="role" ContentType="discussions" Selection="administrator" Limit="3" BodyLimit="90"} you would need a module which implemets the following methods:

• setSelector
• setContentType
• setSelection
• setLimit
• setBodyLimit

If that methods are not implemented, you should be able to access the values directly as properties of your module.

---

Oh wait, your question has been the other way around. But then it is just the other way around:

     public function discussionController_beforeFirstComment_handler($sender) {
            $promotedContentModule = new PromotedContentModule($sender);

            if (method_exists('setSelector')) {
                $promotedContentModule->setSelector('role');
            } else {
                $promotedContentModule->Selector = 'role';
            }
            //Repeat for every parameter...

            echo $promotedContentModule->toString();
        }

AjansKartal

Thank you again
Awesome support