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File: examples/newsqueryBox.lib
Role: Auxiliary data
Content type: text/plain
Description: Auxiliary data
Class: Box Model
Create Web applications based on boxes
Author: By
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Date: 2012-05-25 00:00
Size: 1,760 bytes
 

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<?php

// Gets the list of newss of the category
// entry: min, num
// exit: list
// params: category of newss

class newsqueryBox extends Box
{
  public function __construct()
  {
    parent::__construct();

    $this->addInput('CATEGORY', Box::STRING);
    $this->addInput('min', Box::INTEGER);
    $this->addInput('num', Box::INTEGER);

    $this->addOutput('list', Box::VECTORRECORD);
  }

  public function run()
  {
    // Simulates a connection to a database and gets back
    // 7 news
    $min = trim($this->getInputData('min'));
    $num = trim($this->getInputData('num'));

    // Here we should make a query like
    // select * from news where status = 'published' limit $num offset $min;

    $news = array(
      array('{key}' => 1, '{title}' => 'Site launch', '{date}' => '2012-01-08'),
      array('{key}' => 2, '{title}' => 'Release #1', '{date}' => '2012-01-20'),
      array('{key}' => 3, '{title}' => 'Release #2', '{date}' => '2012-02-12'),
      array('{key}' => 4, '{title}' => 'Documentation released', '{date}' => '2012-02-28'),
      array('{key}' => 5, '{title}' => 'Release #3', '{date}' => '2012-03-10'),
      array('{key}' => 6, '{title}' => 'Release #4', '{date}' => '2012-03-12'),
      array('{key}' => 7, '{title}' => 'Release #5', '{date}' => '2012-04-15')
    );

    foreach($news as $k => $n)
    {
      $news[$k]['{teaser}'] = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, ...';
    }

    krsort($news);

    // we filter num, min if needed, to simulate limit and offset
    $npr = array();
    $item = 0;
    foreach($news as $p)
    {
      if ($item++ < $min)
        continue;
      $npr[] = $p;
      if ($item >= $min + $num)
        break;
    }

    $this->setOutputData('list', $npr);
  }

}

?>