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log_diff()

Description

Check changes made to a metadata field and create a nice user friendly summary

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$fromvalue string - if nodes then values will be separated by NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR
$tovalue string - if nodes then values will be separated by NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR

Return

string

Location

include/resource_functions.php lines 5902 to 5961

Definition

 
function log_diff($fromvalue, $tovalue)
    {
    $return = '';
    debug_function_call("log_diff",func_get_args());

    // Trim values as it can cause out of memory errors with class.Diff.php e.g. when saving extracted text or creating previews for large PDF files
    if(strlen((string) $fromvalue)>10000)
        {
        $fromvalue = mb_substr($fromvalue,10000);
        }
    if(strlen((string) $tovalue)>10000)
        {
        $tovalue = mb_substr($tovalue,10000);
        }

    // Remove any database escaping
    $fromvalue = str_replace("\\", '', $fromvalue);
    $tovalue   = str_replace("\\", '', $tovalue);

    // Work a different way for fixed lists
    if(strpos($fromvalue, NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR) !== false || strpos($tovalue, NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR) !== false)
        {
        $fromvalue = array_filter(explode(NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR, $fromvalue));
        $tovalue   = array_filter(explode(NODE_NAME_STRING_SEPARATOR, $tovalue));

        // Empty arrays if either side is blank.
        if (count($fromvalue)==0) {$fromvalue=array();}
        if (count($tovalue)==0)   {$tovalue=array();}

        // Get diffs
        $inserts = array_diff($tovalue, $fromvalue);
        $deletes = array_diff($fromvalue, $tovalue);

        // Process array diffs into meaningful strings
        if(0 < count($deletes))
            {
            $return .= '- ' . join("\n- " , $deletes);
            }

        if(0 < count($inserts))
            {
            if('' != $return)
                {
                $return .= "\n";
                }

            $return .= '+ ' . join("\n+ ", $inserts);
            }

        return $return;
        }

    // Simple return when either side is blank (the user is adding or removing all the text)
    if ($fromvalue=="") {return "+ " . $tovalue;}
    if ($tovalue=="") {return "- " . $fromvalue;}

    // For standard strings, use Diff library
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../lib/Diff/class.Diff.php';
    return Diff::toString(Diff::compare($fromvalue, $tovalue));
    }

This article was last updated 11th December 2024 11:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 11th December 2024 10:05 Europe/London time.