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-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
-<head>
-
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-<title>Plugins : CodeIgniter User Guide</title>
-
-<style type='text/css' media='all'>@import url('../userguide.css');</style>
-<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='../userguide.css' />
-
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/nav.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/prototype.lite.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/user_guide_menu.js"></script>
-
-<meta http-equiv='expires' content='-1' />
-<meta http-equiv= 'pragma' content='no-cache' />
-<meta name='robots' content='all' />
-<meta name='author' content='ExpressionEngine Dev Team' />
-<meta name='description' content='CodeIgniter User Guide' />
-
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<!-- START NAVIGATION -->
-<div id="nav"><div id="nav_inner"><script type="text/javascript">create_menu('../');</script></div></div>
-<div id="nav2"><a name="top"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="myHeight.toggle();"><img src="../images/nav_toggle_darker.jpg" width="154" height="43" border="0" title="Toggle Table of Contents" alt="Toggle Table of Contents" /></a></div>
-<div id="masthead">
-<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%">
-<tr>
-<td><h1>CodeIgniter User Guide Version 1.7</h1></td>
-<td id="breadcrumb_right"><a href="../toc.html">Table of Contents Page</a></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-</div>
-<!-- END NAVIGATION -->
-
-
-<!-- START BREADCRUMB -->
-<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%">
-<tr>
-<td id="breadcrumb">
-<a href="http://codeigniter.com/">CodeIgniter Home</a> &nbsp;&#8250;&nbsp;
-<a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a> &nbsp;&#8250;&nbsp;
-Plugins
-</td>
-<td id="searchbox"><form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search"><input type="hidden" name="as_sitesearch" id="as_sitesearch" value="codeigniter.com/user_guide/" />Search User Guide&nbsp; <input type="text" class="input" style="width:200px;" name="q" id="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="submit" name="sa" value="Go" /></form></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<!-- END BREADCRUMB -->
-
-<br clear="all" />
-
-
-<!-- START CONTENT -->
-<div id="content">
-
-
-<h1>Plugins</h1>
-
-<p>Plugins work almost identically to <a href="helpers.html">Helpers</a>. The main difference is that a plugin usually
-provides a single function, whereas a Helper is usually a collection of functions. Helpers are also considered a part of
-the core system; plugins are intended to be created and shared by our community.</p>
-
-<p>Plugins should be saved to your <dfn>system/plugins</dfn> directory or you can create a folder called <kbd>plugins</kbd> inside
-your <kbd>application</kbd> folder and store them there. CodeIgniter will look first in your <dfn>system/application/plugins</dfn>
-directory. If the directory does not exist or the specified plugin is not located there CI will instead look in your global
-<dfn>system/plugins</dfn> folder.</p>
-
-
-<h2>Loading a Plugin</h2>
-
-<p>Loading a plugin file is quite simple using the following function:</p>
-
-<code>$this->load->plugin('<var>name</var>');</code>
-
-<p>Where <var>name</var> is the file name of the plugin, without the .php file extension or the "plugin" part.</p>
-
-<p>For example, to load the <dfn>Captcha</dfn> plugin, which is named <var>captcha_pi.php</var>, you will do this:</p>
-
-<code>$this->load->plugin('<var>captcha</var>');</code>
-
-
-
-<p>A plugin can be loaded anywhere within your <a href="../general/controllers.html">controller</a> functions (or even within your <a href="../general/views.html">View files</a>, although that's not a good practice),
-as long as you load it before you use it. You can load your plugins in your controller constructor so that they become available
-automatically in any function, or you can load a plugin in a specific function that needs it.</p>
-
-<p class="important">Note: The Plugin loading function above does not return a value, so don't try to assign it to a variable. Just use it as shown.</p>
-
-
-<h2>Loading Multiple Plugins</h2>
-
-<p>If you need to load more than one plugin you can specify them in an array, like this:</p>
-
-<code>$this->load->plugin( <samp>array(</samp>'<var>plugin1</var>', '<var>plugin2</var>', '<var>plugin3</var>'<samp>)</samp> );</code>
-
-<h2>Auto-loading Plugins</h2>
-
-<p>If you find that you need a particular plugin globally throughout your application, you can tell CodeIgniter to auto-load it
-during system initialization. This is done by opening the <var>application/config/autoload.php</var> file and adding the plugin to the autoload array.</p>
-
-
-<h2>Using a Plugin</h2>
-
-<p>Once you've loaded the Plugin, you'll call it the way you would a standard PHP function.</p>
-
-
-
-
-</div>
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
-
-
-<div id="footer">
-<p>
-Previous Topic:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="helpers.html">Helpers</a>
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="#top">Top of Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-<a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Next Topic:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="libraries.html">Using Libraries</a>
-</p>
-<p><a href="http://codeigniter.com">CodeIgniter</a> &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; Copyright &#169; 2006-2008 &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; <a href="http://ellislab.com/">Ellislab, Inc.</a></p>
-</div>
-
-</body>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<head>
+
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+<title>Plugins : CodeIgniter User Guide</title>
+
+<style type='text/css' media='all'>@import url('../userguide.css');</style>
+<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='../userguide.css' />
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/nav.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/prototype.lite.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/moo.fx.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="../nav/user_guide_menu.js"></script>
+
+<meta http-equiv='expires' content='-1' />
+<meta http-equiv= 'pragma' content='no-cache' />
+<meta name='robots' content='all' />
+<meta name='author' content='ExpressionEngine Dev Team' />
+<meta name='description' content='CodeIgniter User Guide' />
+
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<!-- START NAVIGATION -->
+<div id="nav"><div id="nav_inner"><script type="text/javascript">create_menu('../');</script></div></div>
+<div id="nav2"><a name="top"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="myHeight.toggle();"><img src="../images/nav_toggle_darker.jpg" width="154" height="43" border="0" title="Toggle Table of Contents" alt="Toggle Table of Contents" /></a></div>
+<div id="masthead">
+<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%">
+<tr>
+<td><h1>CodeIgniter User Guide Version 1.7</h1></td>
+<td id="breadcrumb_right"><a href="../toc.html">Table of Contents Page</a></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+<!-- END NAVIGATION -->
+
+
+<!-- START BREADCRUMB -->
+<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%">
+<tr>
+<td id="breadcrumb">
+<a href="http://codeigniter.com/">CodeIgniter Home</a> &nbsp;&#8250;&nbsp;
+<a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a> &nbsp;&#8250;&nbsp;
+Plugins
+</td>
+<td id="searchbox"><form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search"><input type="hidden" name="as_sitesearch" id="as_sitesearch" value="codeigniter.com/user_guide/" />Search User Guide&nbsp; <input type="text" class="input" style="width:200px;" name="q" id="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" />&nbsp;<input type="submit" class="submit" name="sa" value="Go" /></form></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<!-- END BREADCRUMB -->
+
+<br clear="all" />
+
+
+<!-- START CONTENT -->
+<div id="content">
+
+
+<h1>Plugins</h1>
+
+<p>Plugins work almost identically to <a href="helpers.html">Helpers</a>. The main difference is that a plugin usually
+provides a single function, whereas a Helper is usually a collection of functions. Helpers are also considered a part of
+the core system; plugins are intended to be created and shared by our community.</p>
+
+<p>Plugins should be saved to your <dfn>system/plugins</dfn> directory or you can create a folder called <kbd>plugins</kbd> inside
+your <kbd>application</kbd> folder and store them there. CodeIgniter will look first in your <dfn>system/application/plugins</dfn>
+directory. If the directory does not exist or the specified plugin is not located there CI will instead look in your global
+<dfn>system/plugins</dfn> folder.</p>
+
+
+<h2>Loading a Plugin</h2>
+
+<p>Loading a plugin file is quite simple using the following function:</p>
+
+<code>$this->load->plugin('<var>name</var>');</code>
+
+<p>Where <var>name</var> is the file name of the plugin, without the .php file extension or the "plugin" part.</p>
+
+<p>For example, to load the <dfn>Captcha</dfn> plugin, which is named <var>captcha_pi.php</var>, you will do this:</p>
+
+<code>$this->load->plugin('<var>captcha</var>');</code>
+
+
+
+<p>A plugin can be loaded anywhere within your <a href="../general/controllers.html">controller</a> functions (or even within your <a href="../general/views.html">View files</a>, although that's not a good practice),
+as long as you load it before you use it. You can load your plugins in your controller constructor so that they become available
+automatically in any function, or you can load a plugin in a specific function that needs it.</p>
+
+<p class="important">Note: The Plugin loading function above does not return a value, so don't try to assign it to a variable. Just use it as shown.</p>
+
+
+<h2>Loading Multiple Plugins</h2>
+
+<p>If you need to load more than one plugin you can specify them in an array, like this:</p>
+
+<code>$this->load->plugin( <samp>array(</samp>'<var>plugin1</var>', '<var>plugin2</var>', '<var>plugin3</var>'<samp>)</samp> );</code>
+
+<h2>Auto-loading Plugins</h2>
+
+<p>If you find that you need a particular plugin globally throughout your application, you can tell CodeIgniter to auto-load it
+during system initialization. This is done by opening the <var>application/config/autoload.php</var> file and adding the plugin to the autoload array.</p>
+
+
+<h2>Using a Plugin</h2>
+
+<p>Once you've loaded the Plugin, you'll call it the way you would a standard PHP function.</p>
+
+
+
+
+</div>
+<!-- END CONTENT -->
+
+
+<div id="footer">
+<p>
+Previous Topic:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="helpers.html">Helpers</a>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<a href="#top">Top of Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+<a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;
+Next Topic:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="libraries.html">Using Libraries</a>
+</p>
+<p><a href="http://codeigniter.com">CodeIgniter</a> &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; Copyright &#169; 2006-2008 &nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; <a href="http://ellislab.com/">Ellislab, Inc.</a></p>
+</div>
+
+</body>
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