EE object API documentation?
Development and Programming
I have inherited an EE site and am working on adding new features to a custom module built by the previous maintainer. Although I have made a lot of progress, I am becoming increasingly frustrated by the small amount of documentation I have been able to find regarding access to the EE core. For example, I am currently doing some work which involves checking for the existence of a member, and creating it automatically from the CP if it doesn’t already exist. I have managed to find a couple of examples in this forum which go part way to acheiving my goal but nothing in the User Guide which would help at all.
Is there, anywhere, a reference to ‘all’ functions available in EE? For instance, I would like to follow the advice “Take a look at the member model.” given in - this post. Where would I do this?
Thanks in advance for any pointers…
Martin
Is the site EE1 or EE2? This will make a huge difference.
Sorry, should have mentioned that it’s EE2.
The member model is in /system/expressionengine/models/member_model.php. You will want to look at the create_member method.
Psuedo code:
APPPATH.'models/member_model.php';
$member_model = new Member_model;
//member_data can only contain data to be inserted into the exp_members table.
$member_data = array(...);
//the second param being TRUE tells it to create an empty record in exp_member_data and associate it with the newly created member
$member_model->create_member($member_data, TRUE);As far as a reference to all functions there is not one. Browsing the files in the system/expressionengine directory/subdirectories is the only way to go to get a full view of the system.
The member model is in /system/expressionengine/models/member_model.php. You will want to look at the create_member method.
Cheers for that.
As far as a reference to all functions there is not one. Browsing the files in the system/expressionengine directory/subdirectories is the only way to go to get a full view of the system.
I was afraid that would be the case. I have to say that coming from open source systems I find it surprising and very disappointing that a commercial product such as EE is so poorly documented in comparison. Guess I’ll have to revise the time estimate upwards for this project…
Thanks for your help.
Martin