My first plugin - installed/enabled but code not executing

[Sylvain Gantois]

Hi,

I tried to develop my first Joomla plugin but I don't get the expected result.
It seems that the code is not executed.



I have the following 2 files:
plgCreateForum.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<extension version="3.6" type="plugin" group="content" method="upgrade">
<name>Content - Create Forum</name>
<author>Sylvain Gantois</author>
<creationDate>Jan 2017</creationDate>
<copyright>Copyright (C) 2017 Sylvain Gantois. All rights reserved.</copyright>
<license>GNU General Public License</license>
<authorEmail></authorEmail>
<authorUrl></authorUrl>
<version>1.0</version>
<description>Plugin to create a Kunena forum topic when an article is created.</description>
<files>
<filename plugin="plgCreateForum">plgCreateForum.php</filename>
</files>
</extension>


and plgCreateForum.php

<?php


defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

jimport( 'joomla.plugin.plugin' );


class PlgCreateForum extends JPlugin
{
function PlgCreateForum( &$subject, $params )
{
parent::__construct( $subject, $params );
}

function onBeforeContentSave( &$article, $isNew )
{
global $mainframe;
$newText = '<p>This is my new text to add to the article.</p>';
$user =& JFactory::getUser(); // get the user

$article->fulltext .= $newText;

return true;
}

}

?>


I am using Joomla 3.6.5. Any idea why it is not working ?

Thank you

[Hannes Papenberg]

You seem to have followed a Joomla 1.5 tutorial, because your plugin
events are from that time and your code looks like PHP4. There is no
$mainframe, the constructor that you are using is PHP4-style and is
unnecessary anyway and the & at JFactory::... is also unnecessary and
does nothing.

Hannes

[Russ Winter]

I've only just embarked on J!3 Plugins, this is the documentation I followed successfully...

https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Creating_a_Plugin_for_Joomla

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[Sylvain Gantois]

Thank you for spotting out these problems !  

I will check the latest syntax.

Sylvain

[Sylvain Gantois]

Thank you ! I will follow this example 

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