Website/News/includes/class/Flash.php

<?php
    /**
     * Class: Flash
     * Stores messages (notice, warning, message) to display to the user after a redirect.
     */
    class Flash {
        # Array: $notices
        # Manages notices.
        private $notices = array();

        # Array: $warnings
        # Manages warnings.
        private $warnings = array();

        # Array: $messages
        # Manages messages.
        private $messages = array();

        # Array: $all
        # Manages all Flashes.
        private $all = array();

        # Boolean: $exists
        # Do any Flashes exist?
        static $exists = array("message" => false,
                               "notice" => false,
                               "warning" => false,
                               null => false);

        /**
         * Function: __construct
         * Removes empty notification variables from the session.
         */
        private function __construct() {
            foreach (array("messages", "notices", "warnings") as $type)
                if (isset($_SESSION[$type]) and empty($_SESSION[$type]))
                    unset($_SESSION[$type]);
        }

        /**
         * Function: prepare
         * Prepare the structure of the "flash" session value.
         */
        static function prepare($type) {
            if (!isset($_SESSION))
                $_SESSION = array();

            if (!isset($_SESSION[$type]))
                $_SESSION[$type] = array();
        }

        /**
         * Function: message
         * Add a message (neutral) to the session.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *     $message - Message to display.
         *     $redirect_to - URL to redirect to after the message is stored.
         */
        static function message($message, $redirect_to = null) {
            self::prepare("messages");

            $_SESSION['messages'][] = Trigger::current()->filter($message, "flash_message", $redirect_to);

            if (isset($redirect_to))
                redirect($redirect_to);
        }

        /**
         * Function: notice
         * Add a notice (positive) message to the session.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *     $message - Message to display.
         *     $redirect_to - URL to redirect to after the message is stored.
         */
        static function notice($message, $redirect_to = null) {
            self::prepare("notices");

            $_SESSION['notices'][] = Trigger::current()->filter($message, "flash_notice_message", $redirect_to);

            if (TESTER)
                exit("SUCCESS: ".$message);

            if (isset($redirect_to))
                redirect($redirect_to);
        }

        /**
         * Function: warning
         * Add a warning (negative) message to the session.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *     $message - Message to display.
         *     $redirect_to - URL to redirect to after the message is stored.
         */
        static function warning($message, $redirect_to = null) {
            self::prepare("warnings");

            $_SESSION['warnings'][] = Trigger::current()->filter($message, "flash_warning_message", $redirect_to);

            if (TESTER)
                exit("ERROR: ".$message);

            if (isset($redirect_to))
                redirect($redirect_to);
        }

        /**
         * Function: messages
         * Calls <Flash.serve> "messages".
         */
        public function messages() {
            return $this->serve("messages");
        }

        /**
         * Function: notices
         * Calls <Flash.serve> "notices".
         */
        public function notices() {
            return $this->serve("notices");
        }

        /**
         * Function: warnings
         * Calls <Flash.serve> "warnings".
         */
        public function warnings() {
            return $this->serve("warnings");
        }

        /**
         * Function: all
         * Returns an associative array of all messages and destroys their session values.
         *
         * Returns:
         *     An array of every message available, in the form of [type => [messages]].
         */
        public function all() {
            return array("messages" => $this->messages(),
                         "notices" => $this->notices(),
                         "warnings" => $this->warnings());
        }

        /**
         * Function: serve
         * Serves a message of type $type and destroys it from the session.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *     $type - Type of messages to serve.
         *
         * Returns:
         *     An array of messages of the requested type.
         */
        public function serve($type) {
            if (!empty($_SESSION[$type]))
                self::$exists[depluralize($type)] = self::$exists[null] = true;

            if (isset($_SESSION[$type])) {
                $this->$type = $_SESSION[$type];
                $_SESSION[$type] = array();
            }

            return $this->$type;
        }

        /**
         * Function: exists
         * Checks for flash messages.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *     $type - The type of message to check for.
         */
        static function exists($type = null) {
            if (self::$exists[$type])
                return self::$exists[$type];

            if (isset($type))
                return self::$exists[$type] = !empty($_SESSION[pluralize($type)]);
            else
                foreach (array("messages", "notices", "warnings") as $type)
                    if (!empty($_SESSION[$type]))
                        return self::$exists[depluralize($type)] = self::$exists[null] = true;

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Function: current
         * Returns a singleton reference to the current class.
         */
        public static function & current() {
            static $instance = null;
            return $instance = (empty($instance)) ? new self() : $instance ;
        }
    }