/**
* Checks if a skin exists. This can either be a regular skin directory
* or can be in the list {@link Plugin::GetProvidedSkins()}.
*
* Used by front-end.
*
* @param skin name (directory name)
* @return boolean true is exists, false if not
*/
function skin_exists($name, $filename = 'index.main.php')
{
global $skins_path;
if (skin_file_exists($name, $filename)) {
return true;
}
// Check list provided by plugins:
if (skin_provided_by_plugin($name)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
/**
* Instanciate a new object within this cache
*/
function &new_obj($row = NULL, $skin_folder = NULL)
{
if (is_null($skin_folder)) {
// This happens when using the default skin
$skin_folder = $row->skin_folder;
}
// Check if we have a custom class derived from Skin:
if (skin_file_exists($skin_folder, '_skin.class.php')) {
global $skins_path;
require_once $skins_path . $skin_folder . '/_skin.class.php';
$objtype = $skin_folder . '_Skin';
if (!class_exists($objtype)) {
debug_die('There seems to be a _skin.class.php file in the skin directory [' . $skin_folder . '], but it does not contain a properly named class. Expected class name is: ' . $objtype);
}
} else {
$objtype = 'Skin';
}
// Instantiate a custom object
$obj = new $objtype($row, $skin_folder);
// COPY !!
return $obj;
}
