protected function loadMDTemplate($doc, $transform = false, $erase = false)
 {
     //doc is either a file name or a DOMDocument
     if ($transform) {
         //transform
         if (is_string($doc)) {
             $file = $doc;
             $doc = new DOMDocument();
             if (!($contents = file_get_contents($file))) {
                 $this->userMessage("Could not load source file");
                 return false;
             }
             if (!$doc->loadXML($contents)) {
                 $this->userMessage("Could not load file source contents");
                 return false;
             }
         }
         if (!$doc instanceof DOMDocument) {
             $this->userMessage("Could not load xml into document");
             return false;
         }
         $proc = new XSLTProcessor();
         $xslt_doc = new DOMDocument();
         if (!$xslt_doc->loadXML($transform)) {
             $this->userMessage("Could not load transform: " . $_FILES['xsl']['name']);
             return false;
         }
         if (!$proc->importStylesheet($xslt_doc)) {
             $this->userMessage("Could not import style sheet");
             return false;
         }
         $trans_doc = new DOMDocument('1.0', 'UTF-8');
         $trans_doc->appendChild($trans_doc->importNode($doc->documentElement, true));
         if (($trans_out = $proc->transformToXML($trans_doc)) === false) {
             $this->userMessage("Could not transform accoring to xsl");
             return false;
         }
     } else {
         $trans_doc = $doc;
     }
     if ($trans_doc instanceof DOMDocument) {
         $temp_file = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'MDN_UPLOAD');
         if (!file_put_contents($temp_file, $trans_out)) {
             $this->userMessage("Could not save transformed files");
             return false;
         }
     } else {
         $temp_file = $trans_doc;
     }
     $template = new I2CE_MagicDataTemplate();
     $template->setVerboseErrors(true);
     if (!$template->loadRootFile($temp_file)) {
         I2CE::raiseError("Unable to load transformed file as Magic Data");
         $this->userMessage("Unable to load transformed file as Magic Data");
         return false;
     }
     if (!$template->validate()) {
         I2CE::raiseError("Unable to validate transformed file as Magic Data");
         $this->userMessage("Unable to validate transformed file as Magic Data");
         return false;
     }
     $store = new I2CE_MagicDataStorageMem();
     $mem_config = I2CE_MagicData::instance("mdn_load");
     $mem_config->addStorage($store);
     $nodeList = $template->query("/configurationGroup");
     if (!$nodeList instanceof DOMNodeList || $nodeList->length == 0) {
         $nodeList = $template->query("/I2CEConfiguration/configurationGroup");
         //perhaps we really need to do something more if this is a module
     }
     foreach ($nodeList as $configNode) {
         $locale = false;
         $status = $template->getDefaultStatus();
         if ($configNode->hasAttribute('locale')) {
             $locale = $configNode->getAttribute('locale');
         }
         $vers = '0';
         if ($template->setConfigValues($configNode, $mem_config, $status, $vers) === false) {
             I2CE::raiseError("Could not load configuration values");
             $this->userMessage("Could not load configuration values");
             return false;
         }
     }
     //I2CE::raiseError(print_r($mem_config->getAsArray(),true));
     if ($erase) {
         $this->config->eraseChildren();
     }
     $merges = $template->getMerges();
     foreach ($merges as $path => $merge) {
         if ($this->config->is_scalar($path)) {
             I2CE::raiseError("Trying to merge arrays into {$path} where target is scalar valued. Skipping");
             continue;
         }
         if ($mem_config->is_scalar($path)) {
             I2CE::raiseError("Trying to merge arrays into {$path} where source is scalar valued. Skipping");
             continue;
         }
         $old_arr = $this->config->getAsArray($path);
         $new_arr = $mem_config->getAsArray($path);
         $mem_config->__unset($path);
         if (!is_array($old_arr)) {
             //in case the target did not exist
             $old_arr = array();
         }
         if (!is_array($new_arr)) {
             //in case no values were set for the source
             $new_arr = array();
         }
         switch ($merge) {
             case 'uniquemerge':
                 $new_arr = I2CE_Util::array_unique(array_merge($old_arr, $new_arr));
                 break;
             case 'merge':
                 $new_arr = array_merge($old_arr, $new_arr);
                 break;
             case 'mergerecursive':
                 I2CE_Util::merge_recursive($old_arr, $new_arr);
                 $new_arr = $old_arr;
                 break;
         }
         $this->config->__unset($path);
         $this->config->{$path} = $new_arr;
     }
     //we took care of all array merges.  anything that is left is an overwrite.
     foreach ($mem_config as $k => $v) {
         if (is_scalar($v) && $mem_config->is_translatable($k) && !$this->config->is_parent($k)) {
             $this->config->setTranslatable($k);
             $translations = $mem_config->traverse($k, true, false)->getTranslations();
             foreach ($translations as $locale => $trans) {
                 if (strlen($trans) == 0) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 $this->config->setTranslation($locale, $trans, $k);
             }
         } else {
             $this->config->{$k}->setValue($v, null, false);
         }
         if ($this->config->{$k} instanceof I2CE_MagicDataNode) {
             //free up some memory.
             $this->config->{$k}->unpopulate(true);
         }
     }
     return true;
 }
 /**
  * Load a config file with various extensions.
  *
  * @param   string  $file            Path to the config file
  * @param   boolean $verbose_errors  (true)
  *
  * @returns booolean true on success
  */
 protected function loadConfigFile($file, $verbose_errors = true)
 {
     $template = new I2CE_MagicDataTemplate();
     $template->setVerboseErrors($verbose_errors);
     if ($template->loadRootFile($file)) {
         $this->template = $template;
     } else {
         if ($verbose_errors) {
             I2CE::raiseError("Unable to load config file {$file}");
         }
         return false;
     }
     return true;
 }