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Description

Registers an event handler to the event dispatcher

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Syntax

register($event, $handler)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$event		$event Name of the event to register handler for
$handler		$handler Name of the event handler

Returns

void

Defined in

libraries/joomla/event/dispatcher.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.event.dispatcher' );

Source Body

public function register($event, $handler)
{
        // Are we dealing with a class or function type handler?
        if (function_exists($handler))
        {
                // Ok, function type event handler... lets attach it.
                $method = array('event' => $event, 'handler' => $handler);
                $this->attach($method);
        }
        elseif (class_exists($handler))
        {
                // Ok, class type event handler... lets instantiate and attach it.
                $this->attach(new $handler($this));
        }
        else
        {
                JError::raiseWarning('SOME_ERROR_CODE', 'JDispatcher::register: Event handler not recognized.', 'Handler: '.$handler);
        }
}

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