[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16953: Allow symlinked plugins

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#16953: Allow symlinked plugins
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 Reporter:  scribu                  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Plugins                 |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Changes (by MikeSchinkel):

 * cc: mike@… (added)
 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch dev-feedback
 * version:   => trunk


Comment:

 I've uploaded a path with another approach. The patch hooks
 `'pre_update_option_active_plugins'` so anytime `'active_plugins'` is
 saved  it finds which active plugins have been symlinked and saves  an
 array to a `'symlinked_plugins'` key of `wp_options`. The array has an
 element for each of the symlinked plugins with the array key being
 `realpath( $virtual_plugin_file )` and the value being
 `virtual_plugin_file`, i.e.

 {{{
 update_options( 'symlinked_plugins', array(
    '/Users/user/Plugins/my-plugin-1/my-plugin-1.php' =>
    '/Users/user/Sites/test/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin-1/my-
 plugin-1.php',

    '/Users/user/Plugins/my-plugin-2/my-plugin-2.php' =>
    '/Users/user/Sites/test/wp-content/plugins/my-plugin-2/my-
 plugin-2.php',
 ));
 }}}

 Then `plugins_url()` simply checks to see if the value of the `$plugin`
 parameter -- which is typically passed in as `__FILE__` -- is a key in the
 array returned by `get_option( 'symlinked_plugins' )` and if yes it
 assigns `$plugin` with that array element's value.

 I think that's all it takes. I've been circling this problem for a while
 so maybe this is all we need to enable `plugins_url()` to work correctly
 with symlinked plugins. But I might have missed a requirement and if so
 will need others to point out what I've missed.

 Also please consider this a starting point for discussion; I don't expect
 that it's completely ready for production, but crossing fingers it might
 be.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16953#comment:41>
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