function ctools_cache_find_plugin

Take a mechanism and return a plugin and data.

Parameters

string $mechanism: A string containing the plugin name, and an optional data element to send to the plugin separated by two colons.

Return value

array An array, the first element will be the plugin and the second element will be the data. If the plugin could not be found, the $plugin will be NULL.

4 calls to ctools_cache_find_plugin()
CtoolsUnitObjectCachePlugins::testFindExportUICachePlugin in tests/object_cache_unit.test
Test to see that we can find the standard export_ui plugin.
CtoolsUnitObjectCachePlugins::testFindFoobarbazCachePlugin in tests/object_cache_unit.test
Test to see that we don't find plugins that aren't there.
CtoolsUnitObjectCachePlugins::testFindSimpleCachePlugin in tests/object_cache_unit.test
Test to see that we can find the standard simple plugin.
ctools_cache_operation in includes/cache.inc
Perform a secondary operation on an indirect cache.

File

includes/cache.inc, line 144

Code

function ctools_cache_find_plugin($mechanism) {
    if (strpos($mechanism, '::') !== FALSE) {
        // Use explode(2) to ensure that the data can contain double
        // colons, just in case.
        list($name, $data) = explode('::', $mechanism, 2);
    }
    else {
        $name = $mechanism;
        $data = '';
    }
    if (empty($name)) {
        return array(
            NULL,
            $data,
        );
    }
    ctools_include('plugins');
    $plugin = ctools_get_plugins('ctools', 'cache', $name);
    return array(
        $plugin,
        $data,
    );
}