Extending the Solspace Tag Module (ExpressionEngine)

Extending Tag Module

<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 *
 * @package	VC_energy_tomorrow
 * @subpackage	ThirdParty
 * @category	Modules
 * @author	Shawn Maida | Alex Glover
 * @link	http://www.eecoder.com
 */
 
// Tag module is required
if (is_file(PATH_THIRD."tag/mod.tag".EXT))
{
	require_once PATH_THIRD."tag/mod.tag".EXT;
	
	class Vc_energy_tomorrow extends Tag{
	
		var $return_data;
		
		function Vc_energy_tomorrow()
		{		
			$this->EE =& get_instance(); // Make a local reference to the ExpressionEngine super object
		}

		/**
		* returns the related entries using solspace tag module
		*/		
		function related_entries()
		{
			$TAG = new Tag();
			
			if ($this->EE->input->get('entry_id', TRUE))
			{
				$this->EE->TMPL->tagparams['entry_id'] = $this->EE->input->get('entry_id', TRUE);
			}
			
			if ($this->EE->uri->segment('2') == "blocks" && $this->EE->uri->segment('3') != "all")	
			{
				$this->EE->TMPL->tagparams['channel'] = $this->EE->uri->segment(3);
			}
			
	 		$this->return_data = $TAG->related_entries();
			
			return $this->return_data;			
		}
	
		/**
		 * Helper funciton for template logging
		 */	
		function _error_log($msg)
		{		
			$this->EE->TMPL->log_item("vc_energy_tomorrow ERROR: ".$msg);		
		}
	}
}
/* End of file mod.vc_energy_tomorrow.php */ 
/* Location: ./system/expressionengine/third_party/vc_energy_tomorrow/mod.vc_energy_tomorrow.php */