I am not a PHP developer although I understand PHP sufficiently well in order to make it do what I need to do, so if anyone more technically inclined can tell me if this is an efficient way to proceed with this, I would be glad to hear if there are other ways to do this!
1. Uploading Image to server
I used php's mktime to generate a unique number for each photo's filename. Each photo was encoded using JPGEncoder in flash, and then using urlLoader I sent it to my php file, which saved it onto my server with a filename derived from the mktime number.
After that, the posts were pushed to wordpress with the help of Incutio XML-RPC Library for PHP. You can post to wordpress with a php script with the help of xml-rpc. The following examples are my own mashup of bits and pieces found online, the most instructive guide being this entry: WordPress XMLRPC – Posting Content From Outside WordPress Admin Panel
<?php
if(isset($GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"])){
$jpg = $GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"];
$img = $_GET["img"];
$filename = "images/booth_" . mktime(). ".jpg";
file_put_contents($filename, $jpg);
require_once("IXR_Library.php.inc");
$client->debug = true; //Set it to false in Production Environment
$title='Pocket No. '.mktime(); // $title variable will insert your blog title
$body='<img src="http://yourdomain.org/'.$filename.'">'; // $body will insert your blog content (article content)
$category="pocket"; // Comma seperated pre existing categories. Ensure that these categories exists in your blog.
$keywords="keyword1, keyword2, keyword3"; // Comma Seperated keywords
$customfields=array('key'=>'Author-bio', 'value'=>'Author Bio Here'); // Insert your custom values like this in Key, Value format
$title = htmlentities($title,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$keywords = htmlentities($keywords,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$content = array(
'title'=>$title,
'description'=>$body,
'mt_allow_comments'=>0, // 1 to allow comments
'mt_allow_pings'=>0, // 1 to allow trackbacks
'post_type'=>'post',
'mt_keywords'=>$keywords,
'categories'=>array($category),
'custom_fields' => array($customfields)
);
// Create the client object
$client = new IXR_Client('http://yourdomain.org/xmlrpc.php');
$username = "admin";
$password = "password";
$params = array(0,$username,$password,$content,true); // Last parameter 'true' means post immediately, to save as draft set it as 'false'
// Run a query for PHP
if (!$client->query('metaWeblog.newPost', $params)) {
die('Something went wrong - '.$client->getErrorCode().' : '.$client->getErrorMessage());
}
else
echo "Article Posted Successfully";
} else{
echo "Encoded JPEG information not received.";
}
?>
2. Retrieving images to put into gallery
This php script will retrieve the last 10 entries in your wordpress and help format them into an xml sheet that you can use in flash to display wordpress entries and images in a flash gallery.
<?php
set_time_limit(0);
require_once("IXR_Library.php.inc");
// Echo the header (XML)
header("Content-Type: application/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1");
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>' . "\r\n";
echo "<GALLERY>\r\n";
// Prepare the XML file
$client->debug = true; // Set it to false in Production Environment
// Create the client object
$client = new IXR_Client('http://artsciencepocketbooth.org/xmlrpc.php');
$username = "admin";
$password = "password";
$params = array(0,$username,$password,10); // Last Parameter tells how many posts to fetch
// Run a query To Read Posts From Wordpress
if (!$client->query('metaWeblog.getRecentPosts', $params)) {
die('Something went wrong - '.$client->getErrorCode().' : '.$client->getErrorMessage());
}
$myresponse = $client->getResponse();
$i=0; ?>
<?php
//foreach ($myresponse as $key => $value)
foreach ($myresponse as $res)
{
if($res['post_status']!="draft"){
//$times = new IXR_Date(); ?>
<image id ='<?php echo $i+1; ?>' postid='<?php echo $res['postid']; ?>' title='<?php echo $res['title']; ?>' keywords='<?php echo $res['mt_keywords']; ?>'/>
<?php $i++; } } ?>
<?php echo "</GALLERY>"; ?>
The resulting XML file will look like this:
3. Tagging images in gallery
PHP: Creating automatic XML Sheet from ALL images within a folder
If you need to create an XML sheet from all the photos within one folder, this is a script you can use to create one! It will include any image with a image-related file extension. This is my script which I have customised for my own needs based on notes and tutorials found online.<?php
// Set which extensions should be approved in the XML file
$extensions = array
(
'jpg', 'JPG',
'png', 'PNG',
'gif', 'GIF',
'bmp', 'BMP'
);
// Echo the header (XML)
header("Content-Type: application/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1");
// Prepare the XML file
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>' . "\r\n";
echo "<GALLERY>\r\n";
// Get the files from the current directory
if (file_exists ("./"))
{
if (is_dir ("./"))
{
$dh = opendir ("./") or die (" Directory Open failed !");
// Prepare the images array
$imgs = array();
while ($file = readdir ($dh))
{
// Only get the files ending with the correct extension
if ( in_array( substr($file, -3), $extensions ) )
{
array_push($imgs, $file);
}
}
Closedir ($dh);
}
// Sort the array
sort($imgs);
foreach ($imgs as $img)
{
// Return all images in XML format
echo (' <image FULL="/images/' . $img . '" THUMB="/images/' . $img . '" />');
echo "\r\n";
}
}
echo "</GALLERY>";
?>
OOP & PHP?
there is an interesting article here that argues for OOP in PHP. i admit even in flash sometimes when doing something quick dirty for example i would use global code instead instead of encapsulation. but i guess i find the analogies arguing in favour of OOP rather interesting.
