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Re: Q's for Jason or Daniel
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 09:51:39PM -0800, Aaron Turner wrote:
> 1) How do I indicate/test for a local vs. remote external link? It looks
> like the info is stored in the "flags" field in "KBObjects" table. But
> what is the flag? A "1"? ObjectProperties doesn't make any sense to me.
OK... here's how Flags actually work, in PHP code. That 0|0 you see is
actually INT|INT (integer pipe integer). Now, when PHP examines the
flags, it splits those integeres into two seperate vars... I just do a
split on pipe. It then converts the decimals to BINARY strings. If the
string is less than 31 chars long, it fills the beginning in with 0's to
make it so. It THEN looks at the position in THAT binary string that
coresponds with what you see in ObjectProperties. So... Because you have
the local flag as position "1", that test occurs by testing the FIRST (1)
character in the bit string, starting from the right. If it's a one, the
flag is set, if it's 0 - it's not set.
BUT NEVER STORE IT IN BINARY FORM. :) It's always stored in decimal
form. Also - the first decimal-converted-into-binary string represents
global flags. Flags shared across all objects. This local flag is NOT
one of those. So you're interested in the second (after the pipe) decimal
value which you'll convert to a binary string.
Does this clear it up at all?
>
> 2) Does move_object() update the KBObject record or does it recreate it?
> More specifically, can I depend on ObjectID not changing overtime for a
> record? If I can't depend on it, how does one recommend I do record
> matching for articles between the DB and an external file? If the
> ObjectID changes, it will require manual intervention to fix.
It updates the KBObject Record. The ObjectID remains the same.
ObjectLocation changes. All child objects of that object are updated as
well. All of they're ObjectID's stay constant - but ALL of their
ObjectLocations are updated.
>
> 3) Does anyone know of a way to run PHP code outside of Apache like a
> regular program? If so, is there a way we can get some functions like
> move_object(), and the insertion routines in such a program?
I heard rumors of a cmd line php script engine... which would take PHP
code and execute it just like a perl script, with all the same interfaces
as Apache PHP and everything... I had forgotten all about it - but now
that you mention it... it MAY be for PHP4 though... I'm not sure. I'll
look into it. Dan - can you look into it too and see if you come up with
anything?
> 4) Failing that, can someone write a simple PHP script that
> allows me to use things like create_object(), fetch_object(),
> move_object(), via a CGI URL interface- ie not a form?. Kinda like:
> command.php?action=create_object&location=1.2.10&name=aturner&type=8 etc...
Good idea. Give us the list of functions you want to access.
> The idea is that I can utilize the PHP Object code via Perl by talking to
> Apache. The PHP should return intelligent error codes. I've decided that
> writing my own set of objects for Perl is too much right now to go live by
> Feb 1st and this should do nicely.
I think ever duplicating the objects in Perl would be sort of a waste of
time. I like your above idea much if we can't find a CLI PHP script
engine.
> Basically for #3 and #4 I'd need everything one would need to manage the
> KBObjects/ExternalLinks tables for documents (internal pages and things
> mirrored locally/remotely). I might give it a go myself, but I need to
> learn the PHP objects which I'm a bit rusty at and someone else would
> probably do it about 10x faster.
I'll give it some thought today... maybe play around... see if I can get
something for you to test... not promising anything BY today... as my new
CPU is arriving at noon... BUT... I'll try :).
--
Jason
http://vodka.linuxkb.org/~chardros