Extension depends on another extension

[GanstaZ]

When extension depends on another extension (is available), you can enable it when the other one is enabled. What is the right way to auto disable extension to avoid whatever errors that may occur, if the main extension is disabled by you/someone? I know that $ext_manager is needed for that, but is it done the same way as with notifications or there is a different way?

[MattF]

You do not disable another extension. The extension that depends on another one, needs to be well-written with checks and fallbacks for when the main one is not present. Here's one example of such a thing: https://github.com/phpbb-extensions/aut ... recautions

[GanstaZ]

I see.. So it is as simple as drinking a cup of coffee).. Thank you!)

[3Di]

There are extensions that need another extension (father) to work, specifically a precise version of it.

You need to define the installability in ext.php, quite easy if the father got a db/config version, if not you should rely on the composer.json file of it to do your checks, exploring its metadata, have a look here on how I did it in this case (validated):

https://github.com/3D-I/h24as/blob/be0a ... hp#L43-L79

The above extension, once installed, doesn't require further checks in the code, that's another story though.


Instead, if you need to create conditional you can also want to have a look at what I did here, in another validated extension of mine:

define a function which test the ext's enabled status and if there are related db/configs in the DB
https://github.com/3D-I/tpotm/blob/cab5 ... hp#L64-L78

use it
https://github.com/3D-I/tpotm/blob/cab5 ... #L643-L657

[GanstaZ]

Thank you for those awesome examples!)