/**
* Initialize the hooks.
* This must be called immediately after loading modSettings[] from the database
*
* also: sets the addons base directory. It must exist, be writeable and be a directory.
* If any check fails, it falls back to the default hardcoded sub-folder ($boarddir/addons).
*
* @param $the_hooks string - serialized array of hooks
*
*/
public static function setHooks(&$the_hooks)
{
global $boarddir;
self::$hooks = @unserialize($the_hooks);
if (isset($GLOBALS['addonsdir']) && !empty($GLOBALS['addonsdir']) && file_exists($GLOBALS['addonsdir']) && is_dir($GLOBALS['addonsdir'])) {
self::$addonsdir = rtrim($GLOBALS['addonsdir'], '/\\ ') . '/';
} else {
self::$addonsdir = rtrim($boarddir, '/\\ ') . '/addons/';
}
}