<?php
// Web Page Expiry Checker
// A script to automatically email web page content owners (at most
// once per day) to remind them when their web pages have reached/
// exceeded their expiry dates, and to email webmasters when pages
// have expired over a month ago (the latter limited to one email
// per month max).
// Author = Martin Bush, South Bank University [bushm@sbu.ac.uk]
// Date = 11 November 2002
// Filename = expirychecker.php3
// Version = 1.4
// Changes with respect to version 1.3 =
// The installation instructions (below) now recommend a
// better way of invoking the script, and they warn users
// about possible visible effects with older browsers.
// To install, put this script into the cgi-bin directory and edit
// the contents of the two email messages ($mail_message1 and
// $mail_message2) and the email address of the webmaster as
// appropriate. (See bottom of this script.) If you have created
// a new cgi-bin directory in which to put this script, remember to
// type the "wwwset" command to enable the script to be executed.
//
// Once installed, this script can be called from any web page by
// including the following (with "???" replaced by the appropriate
// userid) anywhere within the body of the web page:
//
// <!-- Please insert values below for "url", "expiry", -->
// <!-- "owner" & "message" to activate the Expiry Checker. -->
// <img width="1" height="1" border="0" alt=""
// src="http://www.sbu.ac.uk/php-cgiwrap/???/expirychecker.php3?
// url=http://www.etc.etc.
// &
// expiry=dd/mm/yy
// &
// owner=email@ddress
// &
// message=a line of free text - no quotation marks please!
// ">
//
// Note that this will insert a one pixel image into the web page.
// This seems to be imperceptible with modern browsers, but a small
// dot is displayed when using both Netscape 4 and IE 4 on a Mac
// (at least). Not only that, but depending on where it is placed it
// can also cause a blank line to appear, in which case it really
// does have quite a noticeable effect. For example it'll cause a
// blank line if it's placed inbetween two tables, although if it's
// inserted immediately before or after some text then it'll just
// cause a small dot to display.
//
// Note that if the value for the expiry date is left as the
// literal character string "dd/mm/yy" this shouldn't cause a
// problem, and no expiry reminder emails will be sent.
//
// The Expiry Checker creates/maintains the following two "expiry
// reminders sent" files within the cgi-bin directory:
// expiryrems_sent_today.txt
// expiryrems_sent_yesterday.txt
// The second file is for information only.
// parse query_string to get $url, $expiry, $owner and $message
parse_str($QUERY_STRING);
//get today's date in dd/mm/yy format
$today = date("d/m/y");
// convert to yymmdd format - e.g. 24/08/02 becomes 020824
// *** end-of-century bug - will fail in the year 2100! ***
$today_day = substr($today,-8,2);
$today_month = substr($today,-5,2);
$today_year = substr($today,-2,2);
$today_yymmdd = $today_year.$today_month.$today_day;
// convert expiry date to yymmdd format
$expiry_day = substr($expiry,-8,2);
$expiry_month = substr($expiry,-5,2);
$expiry_year = substr($expiry,-2,2);
$expiry_yymmdd = $expiry_year.$expiry_month.$expiry_day;
// if (web page content has expired) then
if ( $expiry_yymmdd <= $today_yymmdd ) {
// if (expiryrems_sent_today.txt doesn't exist) then
$reminders_file = "expiryrems_sent_today.txt";
if (!(file_exists($reminders_file))) {
// create new reminders file containing date plus first
// reminder entry, and make a note to send an email.
//
// create and open reminders file - "r+" for read/write
touch ($reminders_file);
$reminders_fp = fopen($reminders_file, "r+");
// lock reminders file - "2" for exclusive writing lock
$lock = flock($reminders_fp, 2);
// continue when lock is obtained
if ($lock) {
// write today's date
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$today\n");
// prepare new reminder entry
$new_reminder = "_url=".$url."&_exp=".$expiry.
"&_own=".$owner."&_mes=".$message;
// insert new reminder entry
fwrite($reminders_fp, ("$new_reminder\n"));
$email_needed = 1;
// unlock and close reminders file - "3" is for unlock
}
$lock = flock($reminders_fp, 3);
fclose($reminders_fp);
} else { // expiryrems_sent_today.txt already exists
// assume that an email won't be necessary
$email_needed = 0;
// open and lock reminders file
$reminders_fp = fopen($reminders_file, "r+");
$lock = flock($reminders_fp, 2);
// continue when lock is obtained
if ($lock) {
// read $date_of_file\n and convert to yymmdd format
$date_of_file = fgets($reminders_fp, 256);
$filedate_day = substr($date_of_file,-9,2);
$filedate_month = substr($date_of_file,-6,2);
$filedate_year = substr($date_of_file,-3,2);
$filedate_yymmdd = $filedate_year.$filedate_month.
$filedate_day;
// if (filedate is older than today's date) then
if ( $filedate_yymmdd < $today_yymmdd ) {
// rename reminders file to yesterday's reminders file
rename($reminders_file, "expiryrems_sent_yesterday.txt");
// create, open and lock a fresh reminders file
// ***Note - another process could potentially...
// ...intervene here, but as this isn't a...
// ...safety-critical system I'm ignoring it!***
touch ($reminders_file);
$reminders_fp = fopen($reminders_file, "r+");
$lock = flock($reminders_fp, 2);
if ($lock) {
// write today's date plus new reminder entry
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$today\n");
$new_reminder = "_url=".$url."&_exp=".$expiry
."&_own=".$owner."&_mes=".$message;
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$new_reminder\n");
// make a note to send an email
$email_needed = 1;
// (unlocking & closing reminders file happens later)
}
} else { // ($date_of_file = today's date)
// start accumulating file contents
$file_contents_so_far = $today."\n";
// parse first entry to get $_url, $_exp, $_own, $_mes
$next_entry = fgets($reminders_fp, 256);
parse_str($next_entry);
// if (first $_url is >= $url) then don't search
if ($_url >= $url) {
$need_next_entry = 0;
} else { // else search is needed
$need_next_entry = 1;
// accumulate file contents
$file_contents_so_far = $file_contents_so_far.
$next_entry;
} // endif
// while ($need_next_entry) search for url in file
while ($need_next_entry == 1) {
// get and parse next entry
$next_entry = fgets($reminders_fp, 256);
// if (next entry was blank) then stop searchng
if (strlen($next_entry)<2) {
$need_next_entry = 0;
} else {
parse_str($next_entry); // parse to get $_url
if ($_url >= $url) { // found or searched too far
$need_next_entry = 0;
} else { // accumulate and keep searching
$file_contents_so_far = $file_contents_so_far
.$next_entry;
} // endif
} // endif
} // endwhile
// if ($url not found in file) then insert into file
if ($_url != $url) {
// store contents of file after point of insertion
$file_contents_after = $next_entry.
fread($reminders_fp,filesize($reminders_file));
// rewind the file
rewind($reminders_fp);
// write accumulate entries up to point of insertion
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$file_contents_so_far");
// prepare new reminder entry
$new_reminder = "_url=".$url."&_exp=".$expiry.
"&_own=".$owner."&_mes=".$message;
// insert new reminder entry
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$new_reminder\n");
// write remaining contents
fwrite($reminders_fp, "$file_contents_after");
// make a note to send an email
$email_needed = 1;
} // endif ($url not found in file)
} // endif (filedate is older than today's date)
} // unlock and close reminders file
$lock = flock($reminders_fp, 3);
fclose($reminders_fp);
} // endif (reminders file doesn't exist)
// email url and message to owner if necessary
if ($email_needed == 1) {
$mail_message1 = "This is to remind you that this web page...
\n$url
\n...now needs your attention. Here is the reminder message (if any):
\n*** $message ***
\nYou will receive a reminder each day that the page is hit. Please
update the page as necessary, and remember to specify a new expiry date.";
mail($owner, "Expiry Checker: $url", $mail_message1);
}
// email webmaster if page has expired over a month ago, but limit
// these emails to one a month max. If the expiry date is the nth
// day of a certain month, then an email will be sent on the nth
// day of every subsequent month (assuming page hits on those days).
if ($email_needed == 1) {
if ((($today_month - $expiry_month) > 0) ||
(($today_year - $expiry_year) > 0)) {
if ($expiry_day == $today_day) {
$mail_message2 = "According to the Expiry Checker, this web page...
\n$url
\n...has exceeded its expiry date by over a month. The expiry date is:
$expiry. The email address of the owner is: $owner.";
mail("webmaster@wherever", "Expiry Checker - outdated page alert - $url",
$mail_message2);
}
}
}
} // endif (web page content has expired)
?>
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