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+<?php
+/**
+ * Name: Archive File Handler
+ * Author: Shish <webmaster@shishnet.org>
+ * Description: Allow users to upload archives (zip, etc)
+ */
+
+class ArchiveFileHandler extends Extension {
+	public function receive_event($event) {
+		if(is_a($event, 'DataUploadEvent') && $this->supported_ext($event->type)) {
+			$tmpdir = "/tmp/shimmie-archive-{$event->hash}";
+			system("unzip -d $tmpdir {$event->tmpname}");
+			$this->add_dir($tmpdir);
+			unlink($tmpdir);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function supported_ext($ext) {
+		$exts = array("zip");
+		$ext = strtolower($ext);
+		foreach($exts as $supported) {
+			if($ext == $supported) return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// copied from bulk add extension
+	private function add_image($tmpname, $filename, $tags) {
+		if(file_exists($tmpname)) {
+			global $user;
+			$pathinfo = pathinfo($filename);
+			$metadata['filename'] = $pathinfo['basename'];
+			$metadata['extension'] = $pathinfo['extension'];
+			$metadata['tags'] = $tags;
+			$metadata['source'] = null;
+			$event = new DataUploadEvent($user, $tmpname, $metadata);
+			send_event($event);
+			if($event->vetoed) {
+				return $event->veto_reason;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// copied from bulk add extension
+	private function add_dir($base, $subdir="") {
+		global $page;
+		
+		$list = "";
+		
+		$dir = opendir("$base/$subdir");
+		while($filename = readdir($dir)) {
+			$fullpath = "$base/$subdir/$filename";
+		
+			if(is_dir($fullpath)) {
+				if($filename[0] != ".") {
+					$this->add_dir($base, "$subdir/$filename");
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				$tmpfile = $fullpath;
+				$list .= "<br>".html_escape("$subdir/$filename (".str_replace("/", ",", $subdir).")...");
+				$error = $this->add_image($tmpfile, $filename, str_replace("/", " ", $subdir));
+				if(is_null($error)) {
+					$list .= "ok\n";
+				}
+				else {
+					$list .= "failed: $error\n";
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		closedir($dir);
+
+		// $this->theme->add_status("Adding $subdir", $list);
+	}
+}
+add_event_listener(new ArchiveFileHandler());
+?>