plugins.class.php

<?php

/**
 * WIP
 * base class for all plugin types to read available plugins
 * and its metadata
 * 
 * @example
 *        $CI_plugins=new ciplugins();
 *        print_r($CI_plugins->getPluginTypes());
 * 
 *        // $CI_plugins->setType('build');
 *        // print_r($CI_plugins->getPlugins());
 *        print_r($CI_plugins->getPlugins('build'));
 * 
 *        $CI_plugins->setPlugin('tgz', 'build'); // plugin name + type
 *
 * 
 * @author axel
 * 
 * 2024-08-26  v1.1  Axel Hahn  php8 only; added variable types
 */
class ciplugins
{

    /**
     * start path of all plugin types (as subdirs)
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sPlugindir = '';

    /**
     * path of the currently set plugin
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sSelfdir = '';

    /**
     * url of set plugin
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sSelfurl = '';

    /**
     * current plugin type - can be set via setType or setPlugin
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sType = '';

    /**
     * current plugin name - can be set via setPlugin
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sPluginname = '';

    /**
     * plugin language
     * @var string
     */
    protected string $_sLang = "en-en";

    /**
     * plugin language texts (lang*.json)
     * @var array
     */
    protected array $_aLang = [];

    /**
     * plugin configuration data (config.json)
     * @var array