function FrxReportGenerator::load_provider in Forena Reports 7.2

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6.2 FrxReportGenerator.inc \FrxReportGenerator::load_provider()

Load the data provider class based on the class name.

Parameters

string $name:

Return value

object The data provider object

1 call to FrxReportGenerator::load_provider()

FrxReportGenerator::load_repository in ./FrxReportGenerator.inc

File

./FrxReportGenerator.inc, line 203

Common functions used throughout the project but loaded in this file to keep the module file lean.

Class

FrxReportGenerator

Code

function load_provider($conf, $repo_path) {
  @($name = isset($conf['data provider']) ? $conf['data provider'] : $conf['data_engine']);
  $this
    ->define_plugins();

  // Instantiate the path
  if (class_exists($name)) {
    $o = new $name($conf, $repo_path);
    return $o;
  }
  else {
    $this->app
      ->error('Data provider not found for ' . $conf['title']);
  }
}