public static function create($aspect_type = '', $aspect_data = '')
{
$output_object = null;
if (is_numeric($aspect_type)) {
// a number got passed in, so we'll try to go from aspect_type_id
// aha, it looks like we'll need to look up what the name should be
// if we get passed an ID only.
$db = Database::get_instance();
$sql = "SELECT id, aspect_name FROM aspect_types WHERE id = :id";
$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindParam(':id', $aspect_type, PDO::PARAM_STR);
if ($stmt->execute()) {
$row = $stmt->fetchObject();
$cleaned_class_name = code_safe_name($row->aspect_name);
$class_name = $cleaned_class_name . 'Aspect';
if (class_exists($class_name)) {
// a custom class DOES exist, so create one.
$new_aspect = new $class_name();
$new_aspect->aspect_type = $aspect_type;
} else {
$new_aspect = new Aspect();
$new_aspect->aspect_type = $aspect_type;
}
} else {
return false;
}
} else {
// we got a string, so we'll try to create a custom aspect of that type,
// if such a class is defined.
$db = Database::get_instance();
$sql = "SELECT id, aspect_name FROM aspect_types WHERE aspect_name = :name";
$stmt = $db->prepare($sql);
$stmt->bindParam(':name', $aspect_type, PDO::PARAM_STR);
if ($stmt->execute()) {
$row = $stmt->fetchObject();
$cleaned_class_name = code_safe_name($row->aspect_name);
$class_name = $cleaned_class_name . 'Aspect';
if (class_exists($class_name)) {
// a custom class DOES exist, so create one.
$new_aspect = new $class_name();
$new_aspect->aspect_type = $row->id;
} else {
$new_aspect = new Aspect();
$new_aspect->aspect_type = $row->id;
}
} else {
return false;
}
}
if ($aspect_data != '') {
$new_aspect->aspect_data = $aspect_data;
}
return $new_aspect;
}
public function create_custom_aspect_class()
{
echo "entered Custom Class" . PHP_EOL;
$app = App::get_instance();
$new_classname = code_safe_name($this->aspect_name);
$new_classname = $new_classname . 'Aspect';
$output = "// default custom class created automatically." . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
$output .= 'class ' . $new_classname . ' extends Aspect{' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= "\t" . 'public function display_aspect(){' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= "\t" . "\t" . '$output = parent::display_aspect();' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= "\t" . "\t" . 'return $output;' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= '}' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= "\t" . 'public function parse(){}' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= '}' . PHP_EOL;
$output .= PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
$output .= '// end file';
$path_to_custom_aspects = $app['model_path'] . '/CustomAspects_class.php';
$file_contents = file_get_contents($path_to_custom_aspects);
$file_contents = str_replace('// end file', $output, $file_contents);
if (file_put_contents($path_to_custom_aspects, $file_contents)) {
return "Put properly.";
} else {
return "did not put properly.";
}
}
