public static function insert_category($cat)
{
# make sure we have the necessary arguments in our array
if (!isset($cat['cat_name'])) {
return;
}
if (!isset($cat['category_nicename'])) {
$cat['category_nicename'] = BBD_Init::clean_str_for_url($cat['cat_name']);
}
# check if category already exists
if (get_term_by('slug', $cat['category_nicename'], 'category')) {
echo 'Category <code>' . $cat['cat_name'] . '</code> already exists.<br />';
return;
}
# insert the term
if (!is_object(wp_insert_category($cat))) {
echo '<span class="success">Category <code>' . $cat['cat_name'] . '</code> created.</span><br />';
return;
}
echo '<span class="fail">Problem creating category <code>' . $cat['cat_name'] . '</code>.</span><br />';
}
public static function req_file($path)
{
if (file_exists($path)) {
require_once $path;
}
}
# return a permalink-friendly version of a string
public static function clean_str_for_url($sIn)
{
if ($sIn == "") {
return "";
}
$sOut = trim(strtolower($sIn));
$sOut = preg_replace("/\\s\\s+/", " ", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9 -]/", "", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/--+/", "-", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/ +- +/", "-", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/\\s\\s+/", " ", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/\\s/", "-", $sOut);
$sOut = preg_replace("/--+/", "-", $sOut);
$nWord_length = strlen($sOut);
if ($sOut[$nWord_length - 1] == "-") {
$sOut = substr($sOut, 0, $nWord_length - 1);
}
return $sOut;
}
}
# require files for plugin
foreach (BBD_Init::$classes as $class) {
BBD_Init::req_file(bbdi_dir("/lib/class-{$class}.php"));
}