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 * @param string $access   Who is allowed to execute this action: public, logged_in, admin.
 *                         (default: logged_in)
 *
 * @see action()
 * @see http://docs.elgg.org/Actions
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function elgg_register_action($action, $filename = "", $access = 'logged_in') {
	global $CONFIG;
	// plugins are encouraged to call actions with a trailing / to prevent 301
	// redirects but we store the actions without it
	$action = rtrim($action, '/');
	if (!isset($CONFIG->actions)) {
		$CONFIG->actions = array();
	}
	if (empty($filename)) {
		$path = "";
		if (isset($CONFIG->path)) {
			$path = $CONFIG->path;
		}
		$filename = $path . "actions/" . $action . ".php";
	}
	$CONFIG->actions[$action] = array(
		'file' => $filename,
		'access' => $access,
	);
	return true;
}
/**
 * Unregisters an action
 *
 * @param string $action Action name
 * @return bool
 * @since 1.8.1
 */
function elgg_unregister_action($action) {
	global $CONFIG;
	if (isset($CONFIG->actions[$action])) {
		unset($CONFIG->actions[$action]);
		return true;
	} else {
		return false;
	}
}
/**
 * Validate an action token.
 *
 * Calls to actions will automatically validate tokens. If tokens are not
 * present or invalid, the action will be denied and the user will be redirected.
 *
 * Plugin authors should never have to manually validate action tokens.
 *
 * @param bool  $visibleerrors Emit {@link register_error()} errors on failure?
 * @param mixed $token         The token to test against. Default: $_REQUEST['__elgg_token']
 * @param mixed $ts            The time stamp to test against. Default: $_REQUEST['__elgg_ts']
 *
 * @return bool
 * @see generate_action_token()
 * @link http://docs.elgg.org/Actions/Tokens
 * @access private
 */
function validate_action_token($visibleerrors = TRUE, $token = NULL, $ts = NULL) {
	global $CONFIG;
	if (!$token) {
		$token = get_input('__elgg_token');
	}
	if (!$ts) {
		$ts = get_input('__elgg_ts');
	}
	if (!isset($CONFIG->action_token_timeout)) {
		// default to 2 hours
		$timeout = 2;
	} else {
		$timeout = $CONFIG->action_token_timeout;
	}
	$session_id = session_id();
	if (($token) && ($ts) && ($session_id)) {
		// generate token, check with input and forward if invalid
		$generated_token = generate_action_token($ts);
		// Validate token
		if ($token == $generated_token) {
			$hour = 60 * 60;
			$timeout = $timeout * $hour;
			$now = time();
			// Validate time to ensure its not crazy
			if ($timeout == 0 || ($ts > $now - $timeout) && ($ts < $now + $timeout)) {
				// We have already got this far, so unless anything
				// else says something to the contry we assume we're ok
				$returnval = true;
				$returnval = elgg_trigger_plugin_hook('action_gatekeeper:permissions:check', 'all', array(
					'token' => $token,
					'time' => $ts
				), $returnval);
				if ($returnval) {
					return true;
				} else if ($visibleerrors) {
					register_error(elgg_echo('actiongatekeeper:pluginprevents'));
				}
			} else if ($visibleerrors) {
				register_error(elgg_echo('actiongatekeeper:timeerror'));
			}
		} else if ($visibleerrors) {
			register_error(elgg_echo('actiongatekeeper:tokeninvalid'));
		}
	} else if ($visibleerrors) {
		register_error(elgg_echo('actiongatekeeper:missingfields'));
	}
	return FALSE;
}
/**
 * Validates the presence of action tokens.
 *
 * This function is called for all actions.  If action tokens are missing,
 * the user will be forwarded to the site front page and an error emitted.
 *
 * This function verifies form input for security features (like a generated token),
 * and forwards if they are invalid.
 *
 * @return mixed True if valid or redirects.
 * @access private
 */
function action_gatekeeper() {
	if (validate_action_token()) {
		return TRUE;
	}
	forward(REFERER, 'csrf');
}
/**
 * Generate an action token.
 *
 * Action tokens are based on timestamps as returned by {@link time()}.
 * They are valid for one hour.
 *
 * Action tokens should be passed to all actions name __elgg_ts and __elgg_token.
 *
 * @warning Action tokens are required for all actions.
 *
 * @param int $timestamp Unix timestamp
 *
 * @see @elgg_view input/securitytoken
 * @see @elgg_view input/form
 * @example actions/manual_tokens.php
 *
 * @return string|false
 * @access private
 */
function generate_action_token($timestamp) {
	$site_secret = get_site_secret();
	$session_id = session_id();
	// Session token
	$st = $_SESSION['__elgg_session'];
	if (($site_secret) && ($session_id)) {
		return md5($site_secret . $timestamp . $session_id . $st);
	}
	return FALSE;
}
/**
 * Initialise the site secret hash.
 *
 * Used during installation and saves as a datalist.
 *
 * @return mixed The site secret hash or false
 * @access private
 * @todo Move to better file.
 */
function init_site_secret() {
	$secret = md5(rand() . microtime());
	if (datalist_set('__site_secret__', $secret)) {
		return $secret;
	}
	return FALSE;
}
/**
 * Returns the site secret.
 *
 * Used to generate difficult to guess hashes for sessions and action tokens.
 *
 * @return string Site secret.
 * @access private
 * @todo Move to better file.
 */
function get_site_secret() {
	$secret = datalist_get('__site_secret__');
	if (!$secret) {
		$secret = init_site_secret();
	}
	return $secret;
}
/**
 * Check if an action is registered and its script exists.
 *
 * @param string $action Action name
 *
 * @return bool
 * @since 1.8.0
 */
function elgg_action_exists($action) {
	global $CONFIG;
	return (isset($CONFIG->actions[$action]) && file_exists($CONFIG->actions[$action]['file']));
}
/**
 * Checks whether the request was requested via ajax
 *
 * @return bool whether page was requested via ajax
 * @since 1.8.0
 */
function elgg_is_xhr() {
	return isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'])
		&& strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest' ||
		get_input('X-Requested-With') === 'XMLHttpRequest';
}
/**
 * Catch calls to forward() in ajax request and force an exit.
 *
 * Forces response is json of the following form:
 * 
 * {
 *     "current_url": "the.url.we/were/coming/from",
 *     "forward_url": "the.url.we/were/going/to",
 *     "system_messages": {
 *         "messages": ["msg1", "msg2", ...],
 *         "errors": ["err1", "err2", ...]
 *     },
 *     "status": -1 //or 0 for success if there are no error messages present
 * }
 * 
 * where "system_messages" is all message registers at the point of forwarding
 *
 * @param string $hook
 * @param string $type
 * @param string $reason
 * @param array $params
 * @return void
 * @access private
 */
function ajax_forward_hook($hook, $type, $reason, $params) {
	if (elgg_is_xhr()) {
		// always pass the full structure to avoid boilerplate JS code.
		$params = array(
			'output' => '',
			'status' => 0,
			'system_messages' => array(
				'error' => array(),
				'success' => array()
			)
		);
		//grab any data echo'd in the action
		$output = ob_get_clean();
		//Avoid double-encoding in case data is json
		$json = json_decode($output);
		if (isset($json)) {
			$params['output'] = $json;
		} else {
			$params['output'] = $output;
		}
		//Grab any system messages so we can inject them via ajax too
		$system_messages = system_messages(NULL, "");
		if (isset($system_messages['success'])) {
			$params['system_messages']['success'] = $system_messages['success'];
		}
		if (isset($system_messages['error'])) {
			$params['system_messages']['error'] = $system_messages['error'];
			$params['status'] = -1;
		}
		// Check the requester can accept JSON responses, if not fall back to
		// returning JSON in a plain-text response.  Some libraries request
		// JSON in an invisible iframe which they then read from the iframe,
		// however some browsers will not accept the JSON MIME type.
		if (stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT'], 'application/json') === FALSE) {
			header("Content-type: text/plain");
		}
		else {
			header("Content-type: application/json");
		}
		echo json_encode($params);
		exit;
	}
}
/**
 * Buffer all output echo'd directly in the action for inclusion in the returned JSON.
 * @return void
 * @access private
 */
function ajax_action_hook() {
	if (elgg_is_xhr()) {
		ob_start();
	}
}
/**
 * Initialize some ajaxy actions features
 * @access private
 */
function actions_init() {
	elgg_register_action('security/refreshtoken', '', 'public');
	elgg_register_simplecache_view('js/languages/en');
	elgg_register_plugin_hook_handler('action', 'all', 'ajax_action_hook');
	elgg_register_plugin_hook_handler('forward', 'all', 'ajax_forward_hook');
}
elgg_register_event_handler('init', 'system', 'actions_init');