Working POC of optionally allowing default Pattern Lab rules to be disabled in addition to providing a way to load additional extra rules as well to allow for deeper customization than previously possible. Solves use cases described in #11

Author: bolt-bot

src/PatternLab/PatternData.php

@@ -386,18 +386,52 @@ public static function getRules() {
 
 	}
 
-	/**
-	* Load all of the rules related to Pattern Data
+
+/**
+	* Load all of the rules related to Pattern Data, plus any extra add-ons
 	*/
 	public static function loadRules($options) {
+		// First handle default PL rules, minus any being disabled
 		foreach (glob(__DIR__."/PatternData/Rules/*.php") as $filename) {
 			$ruleName = str_replace(".php","",str_replace(__DIR__."/PatternData/Rules/","",$filename));
-			if ($ruleName[0] != "_") {
+
+			$disabledRules = array();
+			if (Config::getOption("disabledPatternRules")) {
+				$disabledRules = Config::getOption("disabledPatternRules");
+			}
+
+			// Load all rules that aren't on the disabledPatternRules list
+			if (($ruleName[0] != "_") && (!in_array($ruleName, $disabledRules))) {
 				$ruleClass = "\PatternLab\PatternData\Rules\\".$ruleName;
 				$rule      = new $ruleClass($options);
 				self::setRule($ruleName, $rule);
 			}
 		}
+
+		// Then handle any extra rules to add on top of the default PL rules
+		$extraPatternRulesDir = Config::getOption("sourceDir") . '/_extensions/rules'; // Default extra rules location to check
+		if (Config::getOption("extraPatternRulesDir")) {
+			$extraPatternRulesDir = Config::getOption("extraPatternRulesDir");
+		}
+
+		if (is_dir($extraPatternRulesDir)){
+			foreach (glob($extraPatternRulesDir . "/*.php") as $filename) {
+				$ruleName = str_replace(".php","",str_replace($extraPatternRulesDir . "/","",$filename));
+
+				$extraRules = array();
+				if (Config::getOption("extraPatternRules")) {
+					$extraRules = Config::getOption("extraPatternRules");
+				}
+
+				// Only load extra rules that are on the extraPatternRules list
+				if (($ruleName[0] != "_") && (in_array($ruleName, $extraRules))) {
+					require_once($filename); // Pull in extra rule so we can use it
+					$ruleClass = "\PatternLab\PatternData\Rules\\".$ruleName;
+					$rule      = new $ruleClass($options);
+					self::setRule($ruleName, $rule);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**