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+<?
+class preferences {
+	var $name;
+	var $sections = array();
+	var $base_dn;
+	var $host;
+	var $attribute_names = array();
+
+	cfunction getSection($s) {
+	////	echo "getSection(".$s.")<br>";
+		$sect = array();
+		for ($i=0; $i<count($this->sections); $i++) {
+			$sect = $this->sections[$i];
+	//		echo $sect[0]."<br>";
+			if ($sect[0] == $s) {
+	//			echo "Found ".$sect[0]."<br>";
+				return $sect[1];
+			}	
+		}
+	//	echo "Didn't find ".$s."<br>";
+	}
+	cfunction get($s) {
+		$class = explode(".", $s);
+		$sect = $this->getSection($class[0]);
+		$values = array();
+		$values = $sect[1];
+		for ($i=0; $i<count($sect); $i++) {
+			$values = $sect[$i];
+	//		echo $values[0]."<br>";
+			if ($values[0] == $class[1]) {
+	//			echo "Found ".$values[0]."<br>";
+				return $values[1];
+			}
+		}
+	//	echo "Didn't find ".$class[1]."<br>";
+	}
+	cfunction getName($s) {
+		$n = trim(strtok($s, "{"));
+		return $n;
+	}
+	cfunction getBody($s) {
+		$i = strpos($s, "{") + 1;
+		$j = strpos($s, "}") - 1;
+		$tok = substr($s, $i, $j-$i);
+		return $tok;
+	}
+	cfunction getValues($b) {
+		$t = '" ","\" ","\n"';
+		$av_pairs = array();
+		$pairs = array();
+		$av_pair = array();
+		$pairs = explode(";", $b);
+		for ($i=0; $i<count($pairs)-1; $i++) {
+			$av_pair = explode(":", $pairs[$i]);
+			$av_pair[0] = trim($av_pair[0]);
+			$av_pair[1] = trim($this->stripString($av_pair[1], $t));
+	//		echo "<li>".$av_pair[0].":".$av_pair[1];
+			$av_pairs[$i] = $av_pair;
+		}
+		return $av_pairs;
+	}
+	cfunction getStatements($s) {
+		$i = 0;
+		$end = strpos($s, "}");
+		while($end != FALSE) {
+			$tok = substr($s, 0, $end+1);
+			$s = substr($s, $end+1, strlen($s));
+	//		echo "<ul>";
+			$this->sections[$i] = $this->getStatement($tok);
+	//		echo "</ul>\n";
+			$end = strpos($s, "}");
+			$i++;
+		}
+	//	echo count($this->sections)." sections<br>";
+	}
+	cfunction getStatement($s) {
+		$values[0] = $this->getName($s);
+//		echo "<li>Name ".$values[0];
+		$body = $this->getBody($s);
+//		echo "<li>Values<ul>";
+		$values[1] = $this->getValues($body);
+//		echo "</ul></li>";
+		return $values;
+	}
+	cfunction loadPreferences() {
+		if (count($preferences) != 0) {
+			echo "I have got ".count($this->sections)." preferences here<br>\n";
+		}
+		else {
+			$fp = fopen("php3tool.conf", "r");
+			$i = 0;
+			$string = "";
+			while (!feof($fp)) {
+				$string .= fgets($fp, 80);
+			}
+			fclose($fp);
+			$this->getStatements($string);
+		}
+		$this->loadAttributeNames($this->get("PATH.attributes"));
+	}
+
+	cfunction loadAttributeNames($s = "at.conf") {
+	//	global $attribute_names;
+		if (count($this->attribute_names) != 0) {
+			//This is bullshit here..how do we make php3
+			//preserve an array in memory between re-loads?
+			//And no, I'm not going to send it every time
+			//I make a subsequent request..
+			//If we don't fix these things it won't run
+			//on anything smaller than a StarFire 10000
+			//EVEN THOUGH this stuff is suprisingly fast.
+			echo "I have got attribute_names here<br>\n";
+		}
+		else {
+			//echo "I dont have attribute_names here<br>\n";
+			$fp = fopen($s, "r");
+			$i = 0;
+			while (!feof($fp)) {
+				$string = "";
+				$foo = "";
+				$string = fgets($fp, 80);
+				$foo = strtok($string, ",");
+				$this->attribute_names[$i][0] = $foo;
+				$foo = strtok(",");
+				$this->attribute_names[$i][1] = $foo;
+				$foo = strtok("\n");
+				$this->attribute_names[$i][2] = $foo;
+				$i++;
+			}
+		}
+	//	echo "Hello world:<b>".count($this->attribute_names)."</b>\n";
+	//	for ($i=0; $i<count($this->attribute_names)-1; $i++) {
+	//		echo $this->attribute_names[$i][0]." - <strong>".$this->attribute_names[$i][1]."</strong> - ".$this->attribute_names[$i][2]."<br>\n";
+	//	}	
+		return $this->attribute_names;
+	}
+
+	cfunction stripString($string, $tokens) {
+		$s = $string;
+		for ($i=0; $i<count($tokens); $i++) {
+			$result = "";
+			$tok = strtok($s, $tokens[$i]);
+			while($tok) {
+				$result .= $tok;
+			//	echo "result = ".$result."\n";
+				$tok = strtok($tokens[$i]);
+			}
+			$s = $result;
+		//	echo "s = ".$s."\n";
+		}
+	//	echo "result = ".$result."\n";
+		return $result;
+	}
+}
+?>