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Description

Method to parse through a files element of the installation manifest and take appropriate action.

Syntax

parseFiles($element, $cid=0)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$element		$element The xml node to process
$cid	0	$cid Application ID of application to install to

Returns

boolean True on success

Defined in

libraries/joomla/installer/installer.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.installer.installer' );

Source Body

function parseFiles($element, $cid=0)
{
        // Initialize variables
        $copyfiles = array ();

        // Get the client info
        jimport('joomla.application.helper');
        $client =& JApplicationHelper::getClientInfo($cid);

        if (!is_a($element, 'JSimpleXMLElement') || !count($element->children())) {
                // Either the tag does not exist or has no children therefore we return zero files processed.
                return 0;
        }

        // Get the array of file nodes to process
        $files = $element->children();
        if (count($files) == 0) {
                // No files to process
                return 0;
        }

        /*
         * Here we set the folder we are going to remove the files from.
         */
        if ($client) {
                $pathname = 'extension_'.$client->name;
                $destination = $this->getPath($pathname);
        } else {
                $pathname = 'extension_root';
                $destination = $this->getPath($pathname);
        }

        /*
         * Here we set the folder we are going to copy the files from.
         *
         * Does the element have a folder attribute?
         *
         * If so this indicates that the files are in a subdirectory of the source
         * folder and we should append the folder attribute to the source path when
         * copying files.
         */
        if ($folder = $element->attributes('folder')) {
                $source = $this->getPath('source').DS.$folder;
        } else {
                $source = $this->getPath('source');
        }

        // Process each file in the $files array (children of $tagName).
        foreach ($files as $file)
        {
                $path['src']    = $source.DS.$file->data();
                $path['dest']   = $destination.DS.$file->data();

                // Is this path a file or folder?
                $path['type']   = ( $file->name() == 'folder') ? 'folder' : 'file';

                /*
                 * Before we can add a file to the copyfiles array we need to ensure
                 * that the folder we are copying our file to exits and if it doesn't,
                 * we need to create it.
                 */
                if (basename($path['dest']) != $path['dest']) {
                        $newdir = dirname($path['dest']);

                        if (!JFolder::create($newdir)) {
                                JError::raiseWarning(1, 'JInstaller::install: '.JText::_('Failed to create directory').' "'.$newdir.'"');
                                return false;
                        }
                }

                // Add the file to the copyfiles array
                $copyfiles[] = $path;
        }

        return $this->copyFiles($copyfiles);
}

Examples

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