Posted by ZeldorBlat on 09/06/07 13:45

On Sep 6, 9:14 am, ptd...@gmail.com wrote:
> the idea is that in a mvc-framework-like application, new modules
> (controllers) interact (by adding or redefining) the behavior
> (methods, actions) of existing ones. each part of the system should be
> able to reach and mess each other (if needed).
>
> for instance, an audit module. you dont need it in every site but in
> some its essential. so when you install that module, it should be able
> to attach himself to some modules (you may choose which ones in the
> admin settings) and from them on every time some method in some
> controller is called, the audit makes sure that that action, user,
> date and data is tracked.
>
> I found an implementation of this first in drupal with the
> hook_nodeapi. that callback allowed new modules to add new fields at
> runtime to certain types of nodes. but the implementation in ruby was
> much cleaner. the same for js (with the prototype) and, if im not
> wrong, java aop (aspect-oriented programming) achieves the same.
>
> thanks Dikkie for pointing the __call method together with a callback
> though i need to think better on this.

Look at this:

<http://www.php.net/runkit>

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