Sample Plugin for DCEERs Presentation

pi.vl_client.php

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * ExpressionEngine - by EllisLab
 *
 * @package		ExpressionEngine
 * @author		ExpressionEngine Dev Team
 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2003 - 2011, EllisLab, Inc.
 * @license		http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/license.html
 * @link		http://expressionengine.com
 * @since		Version 2.0
 * @filesource
 */
 
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * VL Client Plugin
 *
 * @package		ExpressionEngine
 * @subpackage	Addons
 * @category	Plugin
 * @author		Viget
 * @link		http://viget.com
 */

$plugin_info = array(
	'pi_name'		=> 'VL Client',
	'pi_version'	=> '1.0',
	'pi_author'		=> 'Viget',
	'pi_author_url'	=> 'http://viget.com',
	'pi_description'=> 'Utility plugin for demo',
	'pi_usage'		=> Vl_client::usage()
);


class Vl_client {

	public $return_data;
    
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	public function __construct()
	{
		$this->EE =& get_instance();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Just encode a string
	 */
	public function url_encode()
	{
		$tagdata = $this->EE->TMPL->tagdata;
		return urlencode(trim($tagdata));
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get the number of entries from a channel
	 */
	public function entry_count()
	{
		$channel_id = $this->EE->TMPL->fetch_param('channel_id', NULL);

		if($channel_id) {
			$query = $this->EE->db->select('total_entries')
								->from('channels')
								->where('channel_id', $channel_id)
								->get();
			
			if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
				$row = $query->row();
				$query->free_result();
				
				return $row->total_entries;
			}
		}	
	}
	
	// ----------------------------------------------------------------
	
	/**
	 * Plugin Usage
	 */
	public static function usage()
	{
		ob_start();
?>

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<?php
		$buffer = ob_get_contents();
		ob_end_clean();
		return $buffer;
	}
}


/* End of file pi.vl_client.php */
/* Location: /system/expressionengine/third_party/vl_client/pi.vl_client.php */