Plugin-header-reader.php

<?php
/**
* Get Plugin Headers
*
* Get the header information from all plugins in
* the plugins pool for use later on.
* 
* @param mixed $plugin
*/
public function get_plugin_headers($plugin)
{
    if (self::$plugins_pool !== false AND !empty(self::$plugins_pool))
    {     
        $plugin = strtolower(trim($plugin)); // Lowercase and trim the plugin name
        
        $plugin_data = read_file($this->plugins_dir.$plugin."/".$plugin.".php"); // Load the plugin we want
               
        preg_match ( '|Plugin Name:(.*)$|mi', $plugin_data, $name );
        preg_match ( '|Plugin URI:(.*)$|mi', $plugin_data, $uri );
        preg_match ( '|Version:(.*)|i', $plugin_data, $version );
        preg_match ( '|Description:(.*)$|mi', $plugin_data, $description );
        preg_match ( '|Author:(.*)$|mi', $plugin_data, $author_name );
        preg_match ( '|Author URI:(.*)$|mi', $plugin_data, $author_uri );
            
        if (isset($name[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_name'] = trim($name[1]);
        }
        
        if (isset($uri[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_uri'] = trim($uri[1]);
        }
        
        if (isset($version[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_version'] = trim($version[1]);
        }
        
        if (isset($description[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_description'] = trim($description[1]);
        }
        
        if (isset($author_name[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_author'] = trim($author_name[1]);
        }
        
        if (isset($author_uri[1]))
        {
            $arr['plugin_author_uri'] = trim($author_uri[1]);
        }
        
        // For every plugin header item
        foreach ($arr AS $k => $v)
        {
            // If the key doesn't exist or the value is not the same, update the array
            if ( !isset(self::$plugins_pool[$plugin]['plugin_info'][$k]) OR self::$plugins_pool[$plugin]['plugin_info'][$k] != $v )
            {
                self::$plugins_pool[$plugin]['plugin_info'][$k] = trim($v);
            }
            else
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
    } 
}
?>