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Who
in package
implements ActionInterface Uses BackwardCompatibility

Who's online, and what are they doing? This class prepares the who's online data for the Who template.

It requires the who_view permission. It is enabled with the who_enabled setting. It is accessed via ?action=who.

Uses Who template, main sub-template Uses Who language file.

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Interfaces

ActionInterface
Interface for all action classes.

Properties

$allowedActions  : array<string|int, mixed>
$obj  : object
$backcompat  : array<string|int, mixed>

Methods

call()  : void
Convenience method to load() and execute() an instance of this class.
determineActions()  : array<string|int, mixed>
This method determines the actions of the members passed in URLs.
execute()  : void
Dispatcher to whichever sub-action method is necessary.
exportStatic()  : void
Provides a way to export a class's public static properties and methods to global namespace.
load()  : object
Static wrapper for constructor.
__construct()  : mixed
Constructor. Protected to force instantiation via self::load().

Properties

$allowedActions

public static array<string|int, mixed> $allowedActions = ['admin' => ['moderate_forum', 'manage_membergroups', 'manage_bans', 'admin_forum', 'manage_permissions', 'send_mail', 'manage_attachments', 'manage_smileys', 'manage_boards', 'edit_news'], 'ban' => ['manage_bans'], 'boardrecount' => ['admin_forum'], 'calendar' => ['calendar_view'], 'corefeatures' => ['admin_forum'], 'editnews' => ['edit_news'], 'featuresettings' => ['admin_forum'], 'languages' => ['admin_forum'], 'logs' => ['admin_forum'], 'mailing' => ['send_mail'], 'mailqueue' => ['admin_forum'], 'maintain' => ['admin_forum'], 'manageattachments' => ['manage_attachments'], 'manageboards' => ['manage_boards'], 'managecalendar' => ['admin_forum'], 'managesearch' => ['admin_forum'], 'managesmileys' => ['manage_smileys'], 'membergroups' => ['manage_membergroups'], 'mlist' => ['view_mlist'], 'moderate' => ['access_mod_center', 'moderate_forum', 'manage_membergroups'], 'modsettings' => ['admin_forum'], 'news' => ['edit_news', 'send_mail', 'admin_forum'], 'optimizetables' => ['admin_forum'], 'packages' => ['admin_forum'], 'paidsubscribe' => ['admin_forum'], 'permissions' => ['manage_permissions'], 'postsettings' => ['admin_forum'], 'regcenter' => ['admin_forum', 'moderate_forum'], 'repairboards' => ['admin_forum'], 'reports' => ['admin_forum'], 'scheduledtasks' => ['admin_forum'], 'search' => ['search_posts'], 'search2' => ['search_posts'], 'securitysettings' => ['admin_forum'], 'sengines' => ['admin_forum'], 'serversettings' => ['admin_forum'], 'setcensor' => ['moderate_forum'], 'setreserve' => ['moderate_forum'], 'stats' => ['view_stats'], 'theme' => ['admin_forum'], 'viewerrorlog' => ['admin_forum'], 'viewmembers' => ['moderate_forum']]

Actions that require a specific permission level.

$obj

protected static object $obj

An instance of this class. This is used by the load() method to prevent mulitple instantiations.

$backcompat

private static array<string|int, mixed> $backcompat = ['func_names' => ['call' => 'Who', 'determineActions' => 'determineActions']]

BackwardCompatibility settings for this class.

Methods

call()

Convenience method to load() and execute() an instance of this class.

public static call() : void

determineActions()

This method determines the actions of the members passed in URLs.

public static determineActions(mixed $urls[, string|bool $preferred_prefix = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

Adding actions to the Who's Online list: Adding actions to this list is actually relatively easy...

  • for actions anyone should be able to see, just add a string named whoall_ACTION. (where ACTION is the action used in index.php.)
  • for actions that have a subaction which should be represented differently, use whoall_ACTION_SUBACTION.
  • for actions that include a topic, and should be restricted, use whotopic_ACTION.
  • for actions that use a message, by msg or quote, use whopost_ACTION.
  • for administrator-only actions, use whoadmin_ACTION.
  • for actions that should be viewable only with certain permissions, use whoallow_ACTION and add a list of possible permissions to the self::$allowedActions array, using ACTION as the key.
Parameters
$urls : mixed

a single url (string) or an array of arrays, each inner array being (JSON-encoded request data, id_member)

$preferred_prefix : string|bool = false

= false

Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

an array of descriptions if you passed an array, otherwise the string describing their current location.

execute()

Dispatcher to whichever sub-action method is necessary.

public execute() : void

exportStatic()

Provides a way to export a class's public static properties and methods to global namespace.

public static exportStatic() : void

To do so:

  1. Use this trait in the class.
  2. At the END of the class's file, call its exportStatic() method.

Although it might not seem that way at first glance, this approach conforms to section 2.3 of PSR 1, since executing this method is simply a dynamic means of declaring functions when the file is included; it has no other side effects.

Regarding the $backcompat items:

A class's static properties are not exported to global variables unless explicitly included in $backcompat['prop_names']. Likewise, a class's static methods are not exported as global functions unless explicitly included in $backcompat['func_names'].

$backcompat['prop_names'] is a simple array where the keys are the names of one or more of a class's static properties, and the values are the names of global variables. In each case, the global variable will be set to a reference to the static property. Static properties that are not named in this array will not be exported.

$backcompat['func_names'] is a simple array where the keys are the names of one or more of a class's static methods, and the values are the names that should be used for global functions that will encapsulate those methods. Methods that are not named in this array will not be exported.

Adding non-static properties or methods to the $backcompat arrays will produce runtime errors. It is the responsibility of the developer to make sure not to do this.

load()

Static wrapper for constructor.

public static load() : object
Return values
object

An instance of this class.

__construct()

Constructor. Protected to force instantiation via self::load().

protected __construct() : mixed

        
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