[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11308: Handling plugin dependencies

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#11308: Handling plugin dependencies
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 Reporter:  apeatling    |       Owner:  westi  
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.0    
Component:  Plugins      |     Version:         
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  plugins
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Comment(by apeatling):

 So it's possible to do this at the top of every BuddyPress plugin:

 {{{
 /* Make sure BuddyPress is loaded */
 require_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' );
 if ( is_plugin_active( 'buddypress/bp-loader.php' ) )
         require_once ( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/buddypress/bp-loader.php' );
 else
         // Display an error message
 }}}

 But this is going to be slow. If I have twenty BP plugin active, then
 that's twenty calls to require_once() which is not ideal.

 There must be a better way to handle this?

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