Best way to check for Plugin's Pro Version?

[deckerweb]

Hi @sheabunge for a little helper plugin I currently develop what would be the best and future proof way, to check for Code Snippets Pro plugin?

I want to check if the pro version is active and if the snippet types CSS and JS are available.

Currently I make this check:

class_exists( '\Code_Snippets\Cloud\Cloud_GPT_API' )

... it works but I guess that is not the most elegant way?

Furthermore I want to check for cloud connection if it is active, I just use this:

class_exists( '\Code_Snippets\Cloud\Cloud_API' ) && \Code_Snippets\Cloud\Cloud_API::is_cloud_connection_available()

Would be glad if there are better ways to do that. I looked up the code a bit but I am unsure what's best. FYI: I am pro user with active license.

Also: in both free AND the pro version of your plugin this constant is defined and set to TRUE:

define( 'CODE_SNIPPETS_PRO', true );

...for me that makes no sense – I would expect it to be set to FALSE in the free version???

Thanks a lot in advance!
– David

[sheabunge]

Hi David,

You're definitely correct here, CODE_SNIPPETS_PRO should definitely be false in the free/core version. I'm not sure when exactly that mistake occurred, but I'll fix it up.

Given that constant is clearly not very reliable, I'd say the best way of checking this is to use the code_snippets()->licensing->is_licensed() method. This method exists in both the core/free and Pro versions of the plugin, and will return true or false depending on whether Pro features are active or not. In the free plugin, it always returns false.