functions.php

<?php

function strip_zeros_from_date($marked_string = "")
{
    // first remove the marked zeros
    $no_zeros       = str_replace('*0', '', $marked_string);
    // then remove any remaining marks
    $cleaned_string = str_replace('*', '', $no_zeros);
    return $cleaned_string;
}

function redirect_to($location = NULL)
{
    if ($location != NULL) {
        header("Location: {$location}");
        exit;
    }
}

function output_message($message = "")
{
    if (!empty($message)) {
        return "<p class=\"message\">{$message}</p>";
    } else {
        return "";
    }
}

function __autoload($class_name)
{
    //$class_name = strtolower($class_name);
    $path = "{$class_name}.php";
    if (require_once($path)) {
    } else {
        die("The file {$class_name}.php could not be found.");
    }
}

function include_layout_template($template = "")
{
    $b = SITE_ROOT;
    include(SITE_ROOT . DS . 'public' . DS . 'layouts' . DS . $template);
}

function log_action($action, $message = "")
{
    $logfile = SITE_ROOT . DS . 'logs' . DS . 'log.txt';
    $new     = file_exists($logfile) ? false : true;
    if ($handle = fopen($logfile, 'a')) { // append
        $timestamp = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time());
        $content   = "{$timestamp} | {$action}: {$message}\n";
        fwrite($handle, $content);
        fclose($handle);
        if ($new) {
            chmod($logfile, 0755);
        }
    } else {
        echo "Could not open log file for writing.";
    }
}

function datetime_to_text($datetime = "")
{
    $unixdatetime = strtotime($datetime);
    return strftime("%B %d, %Y at %I:%M %p", $unixdatetime);
}

function disable_magic_quotes()
{
    $magicStatus = get_magic_quotes_gpc();
    if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
        $process = array(
            &$_GET,
            &$_POST,
            &$_COOKIE,
            &$_REQUEST
        );
        while (list($key, $val) = each($process)) {
            foreach ($val as $k => $v) {
                unset($process[$key][$k]);
                if (is_array($v)) {
                    $process[$key][stripslashes($k)] = $v;
                    $process[] =& $process[$key][stripslashes($k)];
                } else {
                    $process[$key][stripslashes($k)] = stripslashes($v);
                }
            }
        }
        unset($process);
    }
}

?>