Comments on: WordPress plugins don’t commonly use classes, why? http://www.hagelnx.com/prog/wordpress/658 An American in Bulgaria Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:21:46 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kevin Hagel http://www.hagelnx.com/prog/wordpress/658/comment-page-1#comment-318 Kevin Hagel Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:21:46 +0000 http://www.hagelnx.com/?p=658#comment-318 I installed the Subscribe To Comments plugin. I installed the Subscribe To Comments plugin.

]]> By: Stephen R http://www.hagelnx.com/prog/wordpress/658/comment-page-1#comment-315 Stephen R Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:56:00 +0000 http://www.hagelnx.com/?p=658#comment-315 Bit of a late reply, but... I certainly don't know any strong reasons for not using classes in WordPress plugins, (in favor of prepending function names), or I wouldn't be recommending it on my site. It's just a different way of doing it. Obviously I prefer using classes myself. A great many plugins are written by relatively inexperienced programmers. They don't use classes because they don't know how. That being said, some very experienced plugin authors choose to prepend function names instead. My tutorial was aimed at those who would if they knew how. ;-) P.S. -- Might I suggest the "Subscribe to Comments" plugin for your site? Bit of a late reply, but…

I certainly don’t know any strong reasons for not using classes in WordPress plugins, (in favor of prepending function names), or I wouldn’t be recommending it on my site. It’s just a different way of doing it. Obviously I prefer using classes myself.

A great many plugins are written by relatively inexperienced programmers. They don’t use classes because they don’t know how. That being said, some very experienced plugin authors choose to prepend function names instead. My tutorial was aimed at those who would if they knew how. ;-)

P.S. — Might I suggest the “Subscribe to Comments” plugin for your site?

]]> By: Kevin Hagel http://www.hagelnx.com/prog/wordpress/658/comment-page-1#comment-194 Kevin Hagel Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:14:38 +0000 http://www.hagelnx.com/?p=658#comment-194 Is there a php-particular advantage to the use of files full of functions rather than classes in this manner? I'd like to avoid imposing java-think on PHP. PHP is much more useful for us here in Bulgaria at this time ... and I've discovered wordpress to be a surprisingly flexible CMS, perfect for my needs right now. I know I need to adapt my coding to php-think ... so that's why I asked about any advantage in doing it the way I seem to see plugin authors doing it. Is there a php-particular advantage to the use of files full of functions rather than classes in this manner?
I’d like to avoid imposing java-think on PHP. PHP is much more useful for us here in Bulgaria at this time … and I’ve discovered wordpress to be a surprisingly flexible CMS, perfect for my needs right now. I know I need to adapt my coding to php-think … so that’s why I asked about any advantage in doing it the way I seem to see plugin authors doing it.

]]> By: Stephen R http://www.hagelnx.com/prog/wordpress/658/comment-page-1#comment-193 Stephen R Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:33:11 +0000 http://www.hagelnx.com/?p=658#comment-193 It seems to be more common in the WordPress plugin world to add some string to the start of the plugin's name. Thus myplugin_some_function() and myplugin_another_function() P.S. -- "Nerdaphernalia" It seems to be more common in the WordPress plugin world to add some string to the start of the plugin’s name. Thus myplugin_some_function() and myplugin_another_function()

P.S. — “Nerdaphernalia”

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