osTicket Signals API ==================== osTicket uses a very simple publish and subscribe signal model to add extensibility. To keep things simplistic between classes and to maintain compatibility with PHP version 4, signals will not be explicitly defined or registered. Instead, signals are connected to callbacks via a string signal name. The system is proofed with a static inspection test which will ensure that for every given Signal::connect() function call, somewhere else in the codebase there exists a Signal::send() for the same-named signal. Publishing a signal ------------------- $info = array('username'=>'blah'); Signal::send('signal.name', $this, $info); All subscribers to the signal will be called in the order they connect()ed to the signal. Subscribers do not have the opportunity to interrupt or discontinue delivery of the signal to other subscribers. The $object argument is required and should almost always be ($this). Its interpretation is the object originating or sending the signal. It could also be interpreted as the context of the signal. $data if sent should be a hash-array of data included with the signal event. There is otherwise no definition for what should or could be included in the $data array. The received data is received by reference and can be passed to the callable by reference, if the callable is defined to receive it by reference. Therefore, it is possible to propagate changes in the signal handlers back to the originating context. Connecting to a signal ---------------------- Signal::connect('signal.name', 'function', optional 'check_callable'); The subscribed function should receive two arguments and will have this signature: function callback($object, $data); Where the $object argument is the object originating the signal, called the context, and the $data is a hash-array of other information originating from- and pertaining to the signal. The exact value of the $data argument is not defined. It is signal specific. It should be a hash-array of data; however, no runtime checks are made to ensure such an interface. Optionally, if $object is a class and is passed into the ::connect() method, only instances of the named class or subclass will actually be connected to the callable function. A predicate function, $check, can be used to filter calls to the signal handler. The function will receive the signal data and should return true if the signal handler should be called. Signals in osTicket ------------------- #### ajax.client Sent before an AJAX request is processed for the client interface Context: Object<Dispatcher> - Dispatcher used to resolve and service the request Parameters: (none) #### ajax.scp Sent before an AJAX request is processed for the staff interface Context: Object<Dispatcher> - Dispatcher used to resolve and service the request Parameters: (none) #### auth.login.succeeded Sent after a successful login is process for a user Context: Object<StaffSession> - Staff object retrieved from the login credentials Parameters: (none) #### auth.login.failed Sent after an unsuccessful login is attempted by a user. Context: null Arguments: * **username**: *read-only* username submitted to the login form * **passowrd**: *read-only* password submitted to the login form #### auth.pwreset.email Sent just before an email is sent to the user with the password reset token Context: Object<Staff> - Staff object who will receive the email Parameters: * **email**: *read-only* email object used to send the email * **vars**: (array) template variables used to render the password-reset email template * **log**: (bool) TRUE if a log should be appended to the system log concerning the password reset attempt #### auth.pwreset.login Sent just before processing the automatic login for the staff from the link and token provided in the password-reset email. This signal is only sent if the token presented is considered completely valid and the password for the staff is forced to-be-changed. Context: Object<Staff> - Staff being logged in from the reset token Parameters: * **page**: Page / URL sent in the redirect to the user. In other words, the next page the staff will see. #### auth.pwchange Sent when the password for a user is changed Context: Object<Staff> - Staff whose password is being changed Parameters: * **password**: New password (clear-text) for the user #### cron Sent at the end of a cron run Context: null