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Extension: Developer Flush link


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JGC

Community Member, 25 Posts

5 December 2008 at 6:36am

Edited: 05/12/2008 3:00pm

It's sort of an extension, anyway :)

What it does
Adds a link to the main menu of the CMS to enable/disable flush-mode (?flush=1) for developing.
- Says "Start Flush" or "Stop Flush" depending on whether you're in flush-mode
- Doesn't destroy any other URL parameters you're using
- Doesn't modify other links on page, so flush will reset to OFF when you follow non-AJAX links

Why?
I've only been using SS for a couple of weeks, but I'm already sick of typing in ?flush=1 to refresh the page :P Just wrote this and I'm posting it in case anyone else thinks it's a small but handy tool.

How?
Just add these two pieces of code into your site:

cms/code/LeftAndMain.php, line 294 of an unchanged LeftAndMain.php, or the line after '$linkingmode = "";' in 'public function MainMenu()' for changed files

##	DEVELOPER'S FLUSH LINK 1.2 - 3 lines here, 44 in mysite/_config.php
$urlQ = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
if (isset($urlQ['query'])) { if (strstr($urlQ['query'], 'flush=1') && ($menuItem->title == 'Start Flush' || $menuItem->title == 'Stop Flush')) { $linkingmode = "current"; } }

At the bottom of mysite/config.php, before the PHP close tag (if not using /mysite then put in whichever folder is relevant)

###
##	DEVELOPER'S FLUSH LINK 1.2 - 44 lines here, 3 in cms/code/LeftAndMain.php
##	Adds a 'Flush' link to the main menu - handy for developing!
##	Lets developers go to the toilet without leaving the keyboard [first and last toilet joke]
###

$url = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$flushTitle = '';

# Is there a 'query' array element? If not, we can't be flushing
if (!isset($url['query']) || $url['query'] == '') { $url['query'] = '?flush=1'; $flushTitle = 'Start '; }
else
	{
	# Are we already flushing?
	if (strstr($url['query'], 'flush=1'))
		{
		# Update the Menu Title hint
		$flushTitle = 'Stop ';
		# Remove the flushes
		$url['query'] = str_replace('?flush=1', '', $url['query']);
		$url['query'] = str_replace('&flush=1', '', $url['query']);
		$url['query'] = str_replace('flush=1', '', $url['query']);
		# Check it doesn't now start with a &
		if (substr($url['query'], 0, 1) == '&') { $url['query'] = '?' . substr($url['query'], 1); }
		else if (substr($url['query'], 0, 1) != '?' && strlen($url['query']) > 0) { $url['query'] = '?' . $url['query']; }
		}
	else
		{
		# Not flushing
		if (strlen($url['query']) > 0)	{ $url['query'] = '?' . $url['query'] . '&flush=1'; }
		else							{ $url['query'] = '?flush=1'; }
		# Update the Menu Title hint
		$flushTitle = 'Start ';
		}
	}
$flushLink = implode($url);

# Add a divider, then the flush item
CMSMenu::add_link('X_FLUSH_DIVIDER', '|', '#', -1);
CMSMenu::add_link('LINK_FLUSH', $flushTitle . 'Flush', $flushLink, -2);

###
##	END OF DEVELOPER'S FLUSH LINK
###

Changelog
1.2 - Now highlights link on main menu if you're in flush-mode
1.1 - Whoops, posted the wrong version. Ah well, I guess it's an update, of sorts.
1.0 - Created