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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="api.register.function">
<refnamediv>
<refname>register_function()</refname>
<refpurpose>dynamically register template function plugins</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>void</type><methodname>register_function</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>impl</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>cacheable</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>cache_attrs</parameter>
</methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Pass in the <link linkend="plugins.functions">template function</link>
name, followed by the PHP function name that implements it.
</para>
<para>
The php-function callback <parameter>impl</parameter> can be either
</para>
<orderedlist numeration="loweralpha">
<listitem>
<para>
a string containing the function name
</para>
</listitem><listitem>
<para>
an array of the form
<literal>array(&amp;$object, $method)</literal> with
<literal>&amp;$object</literal> being a reference to an
object and <literal>$method</literal> being a string
containing the mehod-name
</para>
</listitem><listitem>
<para>
an array of the form <literal>array(&amp;$class, $method)</literal>
with <literal>$class</literal> being a classname and
<literal>$method</literal> being a class method of that
class.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>
<parameter>cacheable</parameter> and <parameter>cache_attrs</parameter> can be
omitted in most cases. See <link
linkend="caching.cacheable">Controlling Cacheability of Plugins' Output</link>
on how to use them properly.
</para>
<example>
<title>register_function()</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$smarty->register_function('date_now', 'print_current_date');
function print_current_date($params, &$smarty)
{
if(empty($params['format'])) {
$format = "%b %e, %Y";
} else {
$format = $params['format'];
return strftime($format,time());
}
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
And in the template
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{date_now}
{* or to format differently *}
{date_now format="%Y/%m/%d"}
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<para>
See also
<link linkend="api.unregister.function">unregister_function()</link>
and
<link linkend="plugins.functions">Plugin functions</link>
.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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