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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <title>Benjamin Wells Blog</title>
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+error_reporting( E_ALL );
+ini_set( "display_errors", 1 );
+
+include_once "views/admin/admin-navigation.php";
+
+//my myphp credentials that i use to connet to the database
+$dbInfo = "mysql:host=igor.gold.ac.uk;dbname=ma301bw_myblog";
+$dbUser = "ma301bw";
+$dbPassword = "workdal1";
+
+
+try{
+//connecting to database using pdo
+$db = new PDO( $dbInfo, $dbUser, $dbPassword );
+$db->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION );
+ echo "<h1>Successfully Connected!</h1>";
+
+}catch ( Exception $e ) {
+//"connection failed!" is printed if you do not successfully connect to the database
+ echo "<h1>Connection failed!</h1><p>$e</p>";
+}
+
+$title = "PHP/MySQL blog demo";
+$css="css/blog.css";
+$embeddedStyle = "";
+
+include_once "views/header.php";
+include_once "views/admin/admin-navigation.php";
+
+$navigation = isset( $_GET['page'] );
+if ( $navigation ) {
+ //prepare to load corresponding controller
+ $contrl = $_GET['page'];
+} else {
+ //or prepare to load default controller
+ $contrl = "Entries";
+}
+//load the controller
+include_once "controllers/admin/$contrl.php";
+
+include_once "views/footer.php";
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/controllers/admin/editor.php b/blog/controllers/admin/editor.php
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+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+include_once "blog/models/Blog_Entry_Table.class.php";
+$entryTable = new Blog_Entry_Table( $db );
+
+//was editor form submitted?
+$editorSubmitted = isset( $_POST['action'] );
+if ( $editorSubmitted ) {
+ $buttonClicked = $_POST['action'];
+ //was "save" button clicked
+ $insertNewEntry = ( $buttonClicked === 'save' );
+
+ if ( $insertNewEntry ) {
+ $title = $_POST['title'];
+ $entry = $_POST['entry'];
+ //save the new entry
+ $entryTable->saveEntry( $title, $entry );
+ }
+}
+
+include_once "blog/views/admin/editor-html.php";
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/controllers/admin/entries.php b/blog/controllers/admin/entries.php
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+//In entries.php, i include my Blog_Entry_Table class
+include_once "models/Blog_Entry_Table.class.php";
+//i then instigate a Blog_Entry_Table Object and then the object assign it to a variable
+//using the getAllEntries method
+$entryTable = new Blog_Entry_Table( $db );
+$allEntries = $entryTable->getAllEntries();
+
+include_once "views/admin/entries-html.php";
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/controllers/blog.php b/blog/controllers/blog.php
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+<?
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+
+//This selects all the database entries and displays them on the home page of the blog
+include_once "models/Blog_Entry_Table.class.php";
+$entryTable = new Blog_Entry_Table( $db );
+
+$entryClicked = isset( $_GET['id'] );
+if ($entryClicked ) {
+ $entryId = $_GET['id'];
+ $entryData = $entryTable->getEntry( $entryId );
+// print_r($entryData);
+ include_once "views/entry-html.php";
+} else {
+
+ $entries = $entryTable->getallentries();
+ include_once "views/list-entries-html.php";
+
+?>
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+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS blog_entry;
+//this creates the neccesary table for you to add blog posts
+CREATE TABLE blog_entry (
+entry_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+title VARCHAR(140),
+entry_text TEXT,
+date_created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+PRIMARY KEY (entry_id),
+);
diff --git a/blog/css/.Rhistory b/blog/css/.Rhistory
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diff --git a/blog/css/blog.css b/blog/css/blog.css
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+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+form#editor{
+ width: 300px;
+ margin:0px;
+ padding:0px;
+}
+
+form#editor label, form#editor input[type='text']{
+ display:block;
+}
+
+form#editor #editor-buttons{
+ border:none;
+ text-align:right;
+}
+
+form#editor textarea, form#editor input[type='text']{
+ width:90%;
+ margin-bottom:2em;
+}
+
+form#editor textarea{
+ height:10em;
+}
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diff --git a/blog/index.php b/blog/index.php
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+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+error_reporting( E_ALL );
+ini_set( "display_errors", 1 );
+
+include_once "../../../coursework_blog_config.php";
+$db = new PDO( $dbInfo, $dbUser, $dbPassword );
+$db->setAttribute( PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION );
+
+$title = "PHP/MySQL blog demo";
+$css="css/blog.css";
+$embeddedStyle = "";
+include_once "views/header.php";
+
+include_once "controllers/blog.php";
+
+include_once "views/footer.php";
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/list-entries-html.php b/blog/list-entries-html.php
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+$entriesFound = isset( $entries );
+if ( $entriesFound === false ) {
+ trigger_error( 'views/list-entries-html.php needs $entries' );
+}
+
+$entriesHTML = "<ul id='blog-entries'>";
+
+//this while loop will loop over every blog entry and will print/echo the intro and title
+//for each blog post
+
+//the read more link will tell the controller to show that specific blog entry only
+while ( $entry = $entries->fetchObject() ) {
+ $href = "index.php?page=blog&id=$entry->entry_id";
+ //create an <li> for each of the entries
+ $entriesHTML .= "<li>
+ <h2>$entry->title</h2>
+ <div>$entry->intro
+ <p><a href='$href'>Read more</a></p>
+ </div>
+ </li>";
+}
+$entriesHTML .= "</ul>";
+
+echo $entriesHTML;
+
+?>
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+class Blog_Entry_Table {
+ private $db;
+
+
+ public function __construct ( $db ) {
+ $this->db = $db;
+ }
+
+ public function saveEntry ( $title, $entry ) {
+ $entrySQL = "INSERT INTO blog_entry ( title, entry_text )
+ VALUES ( ?, ?)";
+ $entryStatement = $this->db->prepare( $entrySQL );
+ $formData = array( $title, $entry );
+ try{
+ $entryStatement->execute( $formData );
+ } catch (Exception $e){
+ $msg = "<p>You tried to run this sql: $entrySQL<p>
+ <p>Exception: $e</p>";
+ trigger_error($msg);
+ }
+ }
+
+ public function getAllEntries () {
+ $entrySQL = "SELECT entry_id, title, SUBSTRING(entry_text, 1, 140) AS intro FROM blog_entry";
+ $statement = $this->db->prepare( $entrySQL );
+ try{
+ $statement->execute();
+ } catch (Exception $e){
+ $msg = "<p>You tried to run this sql: $entrySQL<p>
+ <p>Exception: $e</p>";
+ trigger_error($msg);
+ }
+ return $statement;
+ }
+
+
+}
+?>
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+$out = "
+<nav id='admin-navigation'>
+ <a href='admin.php?page=entries'>All entries</a>
+ <a href='admin.php?page=editor'>Editor</a>
+</nav>";
+
+echo $out;
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/views/admin/editor-html.php b/blog/views/admin/editor-html.php
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans lab examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+//loads the blog entry in to the form, enabling you to edit and delete it
+$out = "
+<form method='post' action='admin.php?page=editor' id='editor'>
+ <input type='hidden' name='id' value='$entryData->entry_id' />
+ <fieldset>
+ <legend>New Entry Submission</legend>
+ <label>Title</label>
+ <input type='text' name='title' maxlength='150' value='$entryData->title' required />
+
+ <label>Entry</label>
+ <textarea name='entry'>$entryData->entry_text</textarea>
+
+ <fieldset id='editor-buttons'>
+ <input type='submit' name='action' value='save' />
+ </fieldset>
+ </fieldset>
+</form>
+";
+
+echo $out;
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/views/admin/entries-html.php b/blog/views/admin/entries-html.php
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+
+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+if ( isset( $allEntries ) === false ) {
+trigger_error('views/admin/entries-html.php needs $allEntries');
+}
+$entriesAsHTML = "<ul>";
+// this while loop gets the blog entries and displays them in a list.
+while ( $entry = $allEntries->fetchObject() ) {
+ $href = "admin.php?page=editor&id=$entry->entry_id";
+ $entriesAsHTML .= "<li><a href='$href'>$entry->title</a></li>";
+}
+
+$entriesAsHTML .= "</ul>";
+
+//this echo then outputs the entries to the screen.
+echo $entriesAsHTML;
+
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/views/entry-html.php b/blog/views/entry-html.php
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+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+//the entry-html.php file essentially echos the date title and entry that have been
+// created
+//check if required data is available
+$entryDataFound = isset( $entryData );
+if ( $entryDataFound === false ) {
+ trigger_error('views/entry-html.php needs an $entryData object');
+}
+//properties available in $entry: entry_id, title, entry_text, date_created
+
+echo "<article>
+ <h1>$entryData->title</h1>
+ <div class='date'>$entryData->date_created</div>
+ $entryData->entry_text
+</article>";
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+$out = "
+</body>
+</html>
+";
+
+echo $out;
+?>
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+$out = "<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+ <head>
+ <title>$title</title>
+ <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html;charset=utf-8' />
+ <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='$css'>
+ <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='$embeddedStyle'>
+ </head>";
+
+echo $out;
+?>
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diff --git a/blog/views/list-entries-html.php b/blog/views/list-entries-html.php
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+
+<?php
+//code excerpts taken from dans examples on gitlab and sources on the VLE
+
+$entriesFound = isset( $entries );
+if ( $entriesFound === false ) {
+ trigger_error( 'views/list-entries-html.php needs $entries' );
+}
+
+$entriesHTML = "<ul id='blog-entries'>";
+
+while ( $entry = $entries->fetchObject() ) {
+ $href = "index.php?page=blog&id=$entry->entry_id";
+ //create an <li> for each of the entries
+ $entriesHTML .= "<li>
+ <h2>$entry->title</h2>
+ <div>$entry->intro
+ <p><a href='$href'>Read more</a></p>
+ </div>
+ </li>";
+}
+$entriesHTML .= "</ul>";
+
+echo $entriesHTML;
+
+?>
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