Système de Hooks
Les Hooks permettent aux développeurs d'ajouter du code personnalisé aux pages standard de Dolibarr sans avoir à modifier les fichiers du coeur de Dolibarr. Contrairement aux triggers (autre manière d'interagir avec le code de Dolibarr) qui sont liés aux événements de Dolibarr, les Hooks peuvent s'exécuter n'importe ou et à n'importe quel moment. Ce sont des points d'entrée dans le programme.
- Les Hooks agissent selon le contexte (càd le module : par exemple "productcard" pour les produits, "invoicecard" pour les factures...). Pour trouver les Hooks existants faites une recherche pour "callHooks("
Hooks is a developer feature to allow developer to add personalized code intod Dolibarr core code with no need to patch Dolibarr. On the contrary to the triggers (another feature to interact with Dolibarr code) which are by definition linked to a business action, hooks can happen anywhere at anytime, they are an entry point into the program.
- Hooks work by context (ie the module, eg: "productcard" for products, "invoicecard" for invoices, etc..). It's easy to find them, just search for "callHooks("
- Hooks are functions that can be overloaded by your own. You decide if your code is added to standard Dolibarr code or if it replace Dolibarr code. You can find overloadable functions by searching for "executeHooks("
Implementation
To use a hook (overload a function), you first need to already have defined a module (see the wiki for that), and then you need to do 2 things:
1- to add your module to the hooks of the context you want to hook on. This means that when this context (module) will happen, your module will be called. To do that, just edit your /htdocs/includes/modYourModuleName.class.php and edit the $this->const variable with something like this:
$this->const = array(
0=>array('MAIN_MODULE_YOURMODULENAME_HOOKS', 'chaine', 'productcard:invoicecard:propalcard',
'Hooks list for managing printing functions of the CustomFields module', 0, 'current', 1)
);
Note: format of a const declaration:
$key=>array($const_name,$type,$value,$description,$visible_on_admin_panel=0,$entity='current',$deleteonunactive=0),
$key2=>...
With $key being a positive integer.
Of course change YourModuleName with your own module's name. Don't touch 'chaine' which defines the type of the constant. Then you get the value at the third index, which is a string with contexts separated by a comma.
IMPORTANT: Be careful: do not forget to DISABLE then RENABLE the module in the admin panel to accept the new const values, because these constants are only added to the database when enabling the module. And please note that the const is updated because the last parameter is set to 1 (which represent $deleteonunactive) which by default is set to 0 to preserve the constants even when the module is disabled.
2- You will overload a hook (a function) with your own.
Create a file /htdocs/yourmodulename/class/actions_yourmodulename.class.php and then put something like this:
class ActionsYourModuleName // extends CommonObject
{
/** Overloading the doActions function : replacing the parent's function with the one below
* @param parameters meta datas of the hook (context, etc...)
* @param object the object you want to process (an invoice if you are in invoice module, a propale in propale's module, etc...)
* @param action current action (if set). Generally create or edit or null
* @return void
*/
function doActions($parameters, $object, $action)
{
print_r($parameters);
echo "action: ".$action;
print_r($object);
if ($parameters->context == 'somecontext')
{
// do something only for the context 'somecontext'
}
}
}
where
- $parameters is an array of meta-data about the datas contained by the hook (eg: the context, always accessible by $parameters->context).
- $object is the object that you may work on. Eg: the product if you are in the productcard context.
- $action is the action if one is conveyed (generally "create", "edit" or "view").
Your function should now be called when you access the module/context and you will see the parameters and object and action.
List of available Hooks
- formObjectOptions: called everytime fields associated to the main object are printed or inputted (eg: creation form, datasheet, edit form, etc..).
How to find the available hooks ? Just search for "executeHooks(" and you should easily find all the hooked methods calls.