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Description

Triggers an event by dispatching arguments to all observers that handle the event and returning their return values.

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Syntax

trigger($event, $args=null, $doUnpublished=false)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$event		$event The event name
$args	null	$args An array of arguments
$doUnpublished	false	$doUnpublished [DEPRECATED]

Returns

array An array of results from each function call

Defined in

libraries/joomla/event/dispatcher.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.event.dispatcher' );

Source Body

function trigger($event, $args = null, $doUnpublished = false)
{
        // Initialize variables
        $result = array ();

        /*
         * If no arguments were passed, we still need to pass an empty array to
         * the call_user_func_array function.
         */
        if ($args === null) {
                $args = array ();
        }

        /*
         * We need to iterate through all of the registered observers and
         * trigger the event for each observer that handles the event.
         */
        foreach ($this->_observers as $observer)
        {
                if (is_array($observer))
                {
                        /*
                         * Since we have gotten here, we know a little something about
                         * the observer.  It is a function type observer... lets see if
                         * it handles our event.
                         */
                        if ($observer['event'] == $event)
                        {
                                if (function_exists($observer['handler']))
                                {
                                        $result[] = call_user_func_array($observer['handler'], $args);
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        /*
                                         * Couldn't find the function that the observer specified..
                                         * wierd, lets throw an error.
                                         */
                                        JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', 'JDispatcher::trigger: Event Handler Method does not exist.', 'Method called: '.$observer['handler']);
                                }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                 // Handler doesn't handle this event, move on to next observer.
                                continue;
                        }
                }
                elseif (is_object($observer))
                {
                        /*
                         * Since we have gotten here, we know a little something about
                         * the observer.  It is a class type observer... lets see if it
                         * is an object which has an update method.
                         */
                        if (method_exists($observer, 'update'))
                        {
                                /*
                                 * Ok, now we know that the observer is both not an array
                                 * and IS an object.  Lets trigger its update method if it
                                 * handles the event and return any results.
                                 */
                                if (method_exists($observer, $event))
                                {
                                        $args['event'] = $event;
                                        $result[] = $observer->update($args);
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                        /*
                                         * Handler doesn't handle this event, move on to next
                                         * observer.
                                         */
                                        continue;
                                }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                                /*
                                 * At this point, we know that the registered observer is
                                 * neither a function type observer nor an object type
                                 * observer.  PROBLEM, lets throw an error.
                                 */
                                JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', 'JDispatcher::trigger: Unknown Event Handler.', $observer );
                        }
                }
        }
        return $result;
}

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