#Modules Installer

A simple extension which helps with the installation of Modules.

This is more or less a 'hack' to make Symphony work more modular. This extension only aims at the goal to make custom datasources & events configurable (like when you're working with custom fields).

When you've created a custom datasource, make the following adjustments:

1. Add the following in your __construct()-function:

ModuleInstaller::checkParameters(array(
	'variable_name_one',
	'variable_name_two',
	'variable_name_three',
));

2. Edit the about()-function to add a fieldpicker to the description:

return array(
	'name' => '...',
	'author' => array(...),
	'version' => 'Symphony 2.3',
	'release-date' => '2012-10-16T17:17:52+00:00',
	'description' =>
		ModuleInstaller::fieldIDPicker(array(
			'variable_name_one',
			'variable_name_two',
			'variable_name_three',
		)).
		ModuleInstaller::submitButton()
);

Don't forget the ModuleInstaller::submitButton()!

3. In your custom code, when refering to tbl_entries_data_XXX-fields, use:

$result = Symphony::Database()->fetch(
	sprintf('SELECT DISTINCT `handle`, `value` FROM `tbl_entries_data_%d` ORDER BY `value` ASC;',
	ModuleInstaller::get('variable_name_one'))
);

For example...