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25 use vars qw($VERSION $AUTOLOAD),
29 $VERSION = do { my @v = '$Revision$' =~ /\d+/g;
30 shift(@v) . "." . join("_", map {sprintf "%03d", $_ } @v); };
34 C4::Context - Maintain and manipulate the context of a Koha script
40 use C4::Context("/path/to/koha.conf");
42 $config_value = C4::Context->config("config_variable");
43 $db_handle = C4::Context->dbh;
44 $stopwordhash = C4::Context->stopwords;
48 When a Koha script runs, it makes use of a certain number of things:
49 configuration settings in F</etc/koha.conf>, a connection to the Koha
50 database, and so forth. These things make up the I<context> in which
53 This module takes care of setting up the context for a script:
54 figuring out which configuration file to load, and loading it, opening
55 a connection to the right database, and so forth.
57 Most scripts will only use one context. They can simply have
63 Other scripts may need to use several contexts. For instance, if a
64 library has two databases, one for a certain collection, and the other
65 for everything else, it might be necessary for a script to use two
66 different contexts to search both databases. Such scripts should use
67 the C<&set_context> and C<&restore_context> functions, below.
69 By default, C4::Context reads the configuration from
70 F</etc/koha.conf>. This may be overridden by setting the C<$KOHA_CONF>
71 environment variable to the pathname of a configuration file to use.
79 # In addition to what is said in the POD above, a Context object is a
80 # reference-to-hash with the following fields:
83 # A reference-to-hash whose keys and values are the
84 # configuration variables and values specified in the config
85 # file (/etc/koha.conf).
87 # A handle to the appropriate database for this context.
89 # Used by &set_dbh and &restore_dbh to hold other database
90 # handles for this context.
92 use constant CONFIG_FNAME => "/etc/koha.conf";
93 # Default config file, if none is specified
95 $context = undef; # Initially, no context is set
96 @context_stack = (); # Initially, no saved contexts
99 # Reads the specified Koha config file. Returns a reference-to-hash
100 # whose keys are the configuration variables, and whose values are the
101 # configuration values (duh).
102 # Returns undef in case of error.
105 my $fname = shift; # Config file to read
106 my $retval = {}; # Return value: ref-to-hash holding the
109 open (CONF, $fname) or return undef;
113 my $var; # Variable name
114 my $value; # Variable value
117 s/#.*//; # Strip comments
118 next if /^\s*$/; # Ignore blank lines
120 # Look for a line of the form
122 if (!/^\s*(\w+)\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$/)
124 # FIXME - Complain about bogus line
128 # Found a variable assignment
129 # FIXME - Ought to complain is this line sets a
130 # variable that was already set.
133 $retval->{$var} = $value;
143 my $conf_fname = shift; # Config file name
146 # Create a new context from the given config file name, if
147 # any, then set it as the current context.
148 $context = new C4::Context($conf_fname);
149 return undef if !defined($context);
150 $context->set_context;
155 $context = new C4::Context;
156 $context = new C4::Context("/path/to/koha.conf");
158 Allocates a new context. Initializes the context from the specified
159 file, which defaults to either the file given by the C<$KOHA_CONF>
160 environment variable, or F</etc/koha.conf>.
162 C<&new> does not set this context as the new default context; for
163 that, use C<&set_context>.
170 my $conf_fname = shift; # Config file to load
173 # check that the specified config file exists
174 undef $conf_fname unless (defined $conf_fname && -e $conf_fname);
175 # Figure out a good config file to load if none was specified.
176 if (!defined($conf_fname))
178 # If the $KOHA_CONF environment variable is set, use
179 # that. Otherwise, use the built-in default.
180 $conf_fname = $ENV{"KOHA_CONF"} ||
183 $self->{"config_file"} = $conf_fname;
185 # Load the desired config file.
186 $self->{"config"} = &read_config_file($conf_fname);
187 return undef if !defined($self->{"config"});
189 $self->{"dbh"} = undef; # Database handle
190 $self->{"stopwords"} = undef; # stopwords list
198 $context = new C4::Context;
199 $context->set_context();
201 set_context C4::Context $context;
204 restore_context C4::Context;
206 In some cases, it might be necessary for a script to use multiple
207 contexts. C<&set_context> saves the current context on a stack, then
208 sets the context to C<$context>, which will be used in future
209 operations. To restore the previous context, use C<&restore_context>.
216 my $new_context; # The context to set
218 # Figure out whether this is a class or instance method call.
220 # We're going to make the assumption that control got here
221 # through valid means, i.e., that the caller used an instance
222 # or class method call, and that control got here through the
223 # usual inheritance mechanisms. The caller can, of course,
224 # break this assumption by playing silly buggers, but that's
225 # harder to do than doing it properly, and harder to check
227 if (ref($self) eq "")
229 # Class method. The new context is the next argument.
230 $new_context = shift;
232 # Instance method. The new context is $self.
233 $new_context = $self;
236 # Save the old context, if any, on the stack
237 push @context_stack, $context if defined($context);
239 # Set the new context
240 $context = $new_context;
243 =item restore_context
247 Restores the context set by C<&set_context>.
255 if ($#context_stack < 0)
258 die "Context stack underflow";
261 # Pop the old context and set it.
262 $context = pop @context_stack;
264 # FIXME - Should this return something, like maybe the context
265 # that was current when this was called?
270 $value = C4::Context->config("config_variable");
272 $value = C4::Context->config_variable;
274 Returns the value of a variable specified in the configuration file
275 from which the current context was created.
277 The second form is more compact, but of course may conflict with
278 method names. If there is a configuration variable called "new", then
279 C<C4::Config-E<gt>new> will not return it.
286 my $var = shift; # The config variable to return
288 return undef if !defined($context->{"config"});
289 # Presumably $self->{config} might be
290 # undefined if the config file given to &new
291 # didn't exist, and the caller didn't bother
292 # to check the return value.
294 # Return the value of the requested config variable
295 return $context->{"config"}{$var};
300 $sys_preference = C4::Context->preference("some_variable");
302 Looks up the value of the given system preference in the
303 systempreferences table of the Koha database, and returns it. If the
304 variable is not set, or in case of error, returns the undefined value.
308 # FIXME - The preferences aren't likely to change over the lifetime of
309 # the script (and things might break if they did change), so perhaps
310 # this function should cache the results it finds.
314 my $var = shift; # The system preference to return
315 my $retval; # Return value
316 my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh; # Database handle
317 my $sth; # Database query handle
319 # Look up systempreferences.variable==$var
320 $retval = $dbh->selectrow_array(<<EOT);
322 FROM systempreferences
323 WHERE variable='$var'
329 sub boolean_preference ($) {
331 my $var = shift; # The system preference to return
332 my $it = preference($self, $var);
333 return defined($it)? C4::Boolean::true_p($it): undef;
337 # This implements C4::Config->foo, and simply returns
338 # C4::Context->config("foo"), as described in the documentation for
341 # FIXME - Perhaps this should be extended to check &config first, and
342 # then &preference if that fails. OTOH, AUTOLOAD could lead to crappy
343 # code, so it'd probably be best to delete it altogether so as not to
344 # encourage people to use it.
349 $AUTOLOAD =~ s/.*:://; # Chop off the package name,
350 # leaving only the function name.
351 return $self->config($AUTOLOAD);
355 # Internal helper function (not a method!). This creates a new
356 # database connection from the data given in the current context, and
360 my $db_driver = $context->{"config"}{"db_scheme"} || "mysql";
361 # FIXME - It should be possible to use "MySQL" instead
362 # of "mysql", "PostgreSQL" instead of "Pg", and so
364 my $db_name = $context->{"config"}{"database"};
365 my $db_host = $context->{"config"}{"hostname"};
366 my $db_user = $context->{"config"}{"user"};
367 my $db_passwd = $context->{"config"}{"pass"};
368 return DBI->connect("DBI:$db_driver:$db_name:$db_host",
369 $db_user, $db_passwd);
374 $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
376 Returns a database handle connected to the Koha database for the
377 current context. If no connection has yet been made, this method
378 creates one, and connects to the database.
380 This database handle is cached for future use: if you call
381 C<C4::Context-E<gt>dbh> twice, you will get the same handle both
382 times. If you need a second database handle, use C<&new_dbh> and
383 possibly C<&set_dbh>.
391 # If there's already a database handle, return it.
392 return $context->{"dbh"} if defined($context->{"dbh"});
394 # No database handle yet. Create one.
395 $context->{"dbh"} = &_new_dbh();
397 return $context->{"dbh"};
402 $dbh = C4::Context->new_dbh;
404 Creates a new connection to the Koha database for the current context,
405 and returns the database handle (a C<DBI::db> object).
407 The handle is not saved anywhere: this method is strictly a
408 convenience function; the point is that it knows which database to
409 connect to so that the caller doesn't have to know.
422 $my_dbh = C4::Connect->new_dbh;
423 C4::Connect->set_dbh($my_dbh);
425 C4::Connect->restore_dbh;
427 C<&set_dbh> and C<&restore_dbh> work in a manner analogous to
428 C<&set_context> and C<&restore_context>.
430 C<&set_dbh> saves the current database handle on a stack, then sets
431 the current database handle to C<$my_dbh>.
433 C<$my_dbh> is assumed to be a good database handle.
442 # Save the current database handle on the handle stack.
443 # We assume that $new_dbh is all good: if the caller wants to
444 # screw himself by passing an invalid handle, that's fine by
446 push @{$context->{"dbh_stack"}}, $context->{"dbh"};
447 $context->{"dbh"} = $new_dbh;
452 C4::Context->restore_dbh;
454 Restores the database handle saved by an earlier call to
455 C<C4::Context-E<gt>set_dbh>.
463 if ($#{$context->{"dbh_stack"}} < 0)
466 die "DBH stack underflow";
469 # Pop the old database handle and set it.
470 $context->{"dbh"} = pop @{$context->{"dbh_stack"}};
472 # FIXME - If it is determined that restore_context should
473 # return something, then this function should, too.
478 $dbh = C4::Context->stopwords;
480 Returns a hash with stopwords.
482 This hash is cached for future use: if you call
483 C<C4::Context-E<gt>stopwords> twice, you will get the same hash without real DB access
491 # If the hash already exists, return it.
492 return $context->{"stopwords"} if defined($context->{"stopwords"});
494 # No hash. Create one.
495 $context->{"stopwords"} = &_new_stopwords();
497 return $context->{"stopwords"};
501 # Internal helper function (not a method!). This creates a new
502 # hash with stopwords
505 my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
507 my $sth = $dbh->prepare("select word from stopwords");
509 while (my $stopword = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
511 $stopwordlist->{$stopword} = uc($stopword);
513 return $stopwordlist;
527 Specifies the configuration file to read.
537 Andrew Arensburger <arensb at ooblick dot com>