API:EPrints/Utils
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NAME
EPrints::Utils - Utility functions for EPrints.
SYNOPSIS
$boolean = EPrints::Utils::is_set( $object ) #returns true if an object/scalar/array has any data in it
$response = EPrints::Utils::wget( $handle, "http://www.eprints.org/index.php", "temp_dir/my_file" ) # copy the contents of the url to a file if($response->is_sucess()){ do something...}
$string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( given=>"Bob", family=>"Smith",honourific=>"Mr", 1 ) returns "Mr Bob Smith" $string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( given=>"Bob", family=>"Smith",honourific=>"Mr", 0 ) returns Mr Smith, Bob
$string = EPrints::Utils::url_escape( "http://www.eprints.org?var=1&var2=2" ); # returns http://www.eprints.org?var=1&var2=2
$esc_string = EPrints::Utils::escape_filename( $string );
$string = EPrints::Utils::unescape_filename( $esc_string );
$filesize_text = EPrints::Utils::human_filesize( 3300 ); # returns "3kb"
DESCRIPTION
This package contains functions which don't belong anywhere else.
$string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( $name, [$familylast] )
Return a string containing the name described in the hash reference $name.
The keys of the hash are one or more of given, family, honourific and lineage. The values are utf-8 strings.
Normally the result will be:
"family lineage, honourific given"
but if $familylast is true then it will be:
"honourific given family lineage"
$str = EPrints::Utils::wrap_text( $text, [$width], [$init_tab], [$sub_tab] )
Wrap $text to be at most $width (or 80 if undefined) characters per line. As a special case $width may be console, in which case the width used is the current console width (Term::ReadKey).
$init_tab and $sub_tab allow indenting on the first and subsequent lines respectively (see Text::Wrap for more information).
$boolean = EPrints::Utils::is_set( $r )
Recursive function.
Return false if $r is not set.
If $r is a scalar then returns true if it is not an empty string.
For arrays and hashes return true if at least one value of them is_set().
This is used to see if a complex data structure actually has any data in it.
$string = EPrints::Utils::tree_to_utf8( $tree, $width, [$pre], [$whitespace_before], [$ignore_a] )
Convert a XML DOM tree to a utf-8 encoded string.
If $width is set then word-wrap at that many characters.
XHTML elements are removed with the following exceptions:
<br /> is converted to a newline.
<p>...</p> will have a blank line above and below.
<img /> will be replaced with the content of the alt attribute.
<hr /> will, if a width was specified, insert a line of dashes.
<a href="foo">bar</a> will be converted into "bar <foo>" unless ignore_a is set.
$response = EPrints::Utils::wget( $handle, $source, $target )
Copy $source file or URL to $target file without alteration.
Will fail if $source is a "file:" and "enable_file_imports" is false or if $source is any other scheme and "enable_web_imports" is false.
Returns the HTTP response object: use $response->is_success to check whether the copy succeeded.
$string = EPrints::Utils::url_escape( $url )
Escape the given $url, so that it can appear safely in HTML.
$esc_string = EPrints::Utils::escape_filename( $string )
Take a value and escape it to be a legal filename to go in the /view/ section of the site.
$string = EPrints::Utils::unescape_filename( $esc_string )
Unescape a string previously escaped with escape_filename().
$filesize_text = EPrints::Utils::human_filesize( $size_in_bytes )
Return a human readable version of a filesize. If 0-4095b then show as bytes, if 4-4095Kb show as Kb otherwise show as Mb.
eg. Input of 5234 gives "5Kb", input of 3234 gives "3234b".
This is not internationalised, I don't think it needs to be. Let me know if this is a problem. support@eprints.org
