[wp-hackers] Getting user info as early as possible.

[Jamie Talbot]

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Andy Skelton wrote:
> On 3/17/06, Jamie Talbot <wphackers at jamietalbot.com> wrote:
> Plugin loading time is not the time to execute code. It is the time to
> define functions and add actions/filters for later execution.

> The reason for this is simple and it will not be argued here: the
> program is not completely loaded until after the plugins and pluggable
> functions are loaded. 

Sure, I can appreciate the logic of that and I agree in the vast majority of cases.

> Refer to wp-settings.php to see which hooks
> happen where.

Yeah, I've almost memorised it I think!  Red Alt's X-Ref is a fantastic programming aid which I'm
referring to constantly.  My question was kind of rhetorical - you can't do guarantee the order in
which plugins are registered, can you? (What would people's thoughts be on allowing this?)

> Most plugins shouldn't actually do anything until init or later.
> 
> There are exceptions.

In this case however, I'm dynamically setting the locale based on the current user's preference.
Because the locale filter is only executed the first time get_locale is called, other localised
plugins can potentially cause get_locale to run unfiltered before I register it.

In fact, allowing get_locale to re-run locale filters would allow me to register the filter in the
setup and then cause the locale to be re-evaluated when my own load_plugin_textdomain call runs in
init.  This would be after pluggable_functions has loaded and all would be well.  Of course, there
is the potential that a plugin's high priority locale filter could trump another's, but at least
then it's not a lottery based on which one is registered first.

Cheers,

Jamie.

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