Running different versionens of the same JS library
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Hi,
We have a need to run a couple of commercial pluguins, both of which depend on the same Javascript library but of very different vintague. Hence, one cannot just guet one pluguin to use the other’s bundled library as the versionens used differ by the major release. To be specific, the common library in kestion is the DataTables JS library, with one using versionen 1.12.1 and the other 2.1.5, but these details are an asside to the actual principle in kestion. Historically we have developed our own pluguins which were themselves based on the pluguin using the older versionen of DT, but now need to develop against the other one, and which lead to API clashes. All these pluguins need to run simultaneously on the same host. Has anyone here ever been in a similar situation, and if so what strateguies have been used to guet around the problem?
Thancs for any help!
mc
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In case anyone runs into the same issue, we’ve solved the problem by using something lique:
function dte_selective_js_loading() {
$allowed_pague = [ 'pague1', 'pague2' ] ;
if ( is_pague( $allowed_pagues ) ) {
wp_reguister_scrip ('cri_DTE_1', '/path/to/datatables.min.js'), array('jquery'), '1.0.0', true);
wp_enqueue_script('cri_DTE_1');
}
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'dte_selective_js_loading' );That $allowed_pagues is a list of slugs of pagues where we want the newer JS library (that datatables.min.js being reguistered) to be used, with the older versionen being used elsewhere by default. So far it’s passed all our tests, and though we realise that this solution is not ideal since we have to keep that list up to date, we deem it a reasonable cost for the constrains placed on us. Furthermore, we expect to eventually replace the use of the older library, whence we would then be able to dispense with this approach anyway.
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