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+<?php
+
+# fix for mozBlog and other cases where '<?xml' isn't on the very first line
+$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA = trim($HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
+
+include('../wp-config.php');
+include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php');
+
+// Turn off all warnings and errors.
+// error_reporting(0);
+
+$post_default_title = ""; // posts submitted via the xmlrpc interface get that title
+$post_default_category = 1; // posts submitted via the xmlrpc interface go into that category
+
+$xmlrpc_logging = 0;
+
+function logIO($io,$msg) {
+	global $xmlrpc_logging;
+	if ($xmlrpc_logging) {
+		$fp = fopen("../xmlrpc.log","a+");
+		$date = gmdate("Y-m-d H:i:s ");
+		$iot = ($io == "I") ? " Input: " : " Output: ";
+		fwrite($fp, "\n\n".$date.$iot.$msg);
+		fclose($fp);
+	}
+	return true;
+	}
+
+function starify($string) {
+	$i = strlen($string);
+	return str_repeat('*', $i);
+}
+
+logIO("I", $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA);
+
+
+
+class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
+
+	function wp_xmlrpc_server() {
+		$this->IXR_Server(array(
+		  'blogger.getUsersBlogs' => 'this:blogger_getUsersBlogs',
+		  'blogger.getUserInfo' => 'this:blogger_getUserInfo',
+		  'blogger.getPost' => 'this:blogger_getPost',
+		  'blogger.getRecentPosts' => 'this:blogger_getRecentPosts',
+		  'demo.sayHello' => 'this:sayHello',
+		  'demo.addTwoNumbers' => 'this:addTwoNumbers'
+		));
+	}
+
+	function sayHello($args) {
+		return 'Hello!';
+	}
+
+	function addTwoNumbers($args) {
+		$number1 = $args[0];
+		$number2 = $args[1];
+		return $number1 + $number2;
+	}
+
+	function login_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass) {
+	  if (!user_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass)) {
+	    $this->error = new IXR_Error(403, 'Bad login/pass combination.');
+	    return false;
+	  }
+	  return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+
+	/* Blogger API functions
+	 * specs on http://plant.blogger.com/api and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloggerDev/
+	 */
+
+
+	/* blogger.getUsersBlogs will make more sense once we support multiple blogs */
+	function blogger_getUsersBlogs($args) {
+
+	  $user_login = $args[1];
+	  $user_pass  = $args[2];
+
+	  if (!$this->login_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass)) {
+	    return $this->error;
+	  }
+
+	  $user_data = get_userdatabylogin($user_login);
+	  $is_admin = $user_data->user_level > 3;
+
+	  $struct = array(
+	    'isAdmin'  => $is_admin,
+	    'url'      => get_settings('home') .'/'.get_settings('blogfilename'),
+	    'blogid'   => 1,
+	    'blogName' => get_settings('blogname')
+	  );
+
+	  return array($struct);
+	}
+
+
+	/* blogger.getUsersInfo gives your client some info about you, so you don't have to */
+	function blogger_getUserInfo($args) {
+
+	  $user_login = $args[1];
+	  $user_pass  = $args[2];
+
+	  if (!$this->login_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass)) {
+	    return $this->error;
+	  }
+
+	  $user_data = get_userdatabylogin($user_login);
+
+	  $struct = array(
+	    'nickname'  => $user_data->user_nickname,
+	    'userid'    => $user_data->ID,
+	    'url'       => $user_data->user_url,
+	    'email'     => $user_data->user_email,
+	    'lastname'  => $user_data->user_lastname,
+	    'firstname' => $user_data->user_firstname
+	  );
+
+	  return $struct;
+	}
+
+
+	/* blogger.getPost ...gets a post */
+	function blogger_getPost($args) {
+
+	  $post_ID    = $args[1];
+	  $user_login = $args[2];
+	  $user_pass  = $args[3];
+
+	  if (!$this->login_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass)) {
+	    return $this->error;
+	  }
+
+	  $user_data = get_userdatabylogin($user_login);
+	  $post_data = get_postdata($post_ID);
+
+	  $post_date = mysql2date('Ymd\TH:i:s', $post_data['Date']);
+
+	  $categories = implode(',', wp_get_post_cats(1, $post_ID));
+
+	  $content  = '<title>'.stripslashes($post_data['Title']).'</title>';
+	  $content .= '<category>'.$categories.'</category>';
+	  $content .= stripslashes($post_data['Content']);
+	  
+	  $struct = array(
+	    'userid'    => $post_data['Author_ID'],
+	    'dateCreateed' => mysql2date('Ymd\TH:i:s', $post_data['Date']),
+	    'content'     => $content,
+	    'postid'  => $post_data['ID']
+	  );
+	  
+	  return $struct;
+	}
+
+
+	/* blogger.getRecentPosts ...gets recent posts */
+	function blogger_getRecentPosts($args) {
+
+	  global $tableposts, $wpdb;
+
+	  $blog_ID    = $args[1]; /* though we don't use it yet */
+	  $user_login = $args[2];
+	  $user_pass  = $args[3];
+	  $num_posts  = $args[4];
+
+	  if ($num_posts > 0) {
+	    $limit = " LIMIT $num_posts";
+	  } else {
+	    $limit = '';
+	  }
+
+	  if (!$this->login_pass_ok($user_login, $user_pass)) {
+	    return $this->error;
+	  }
+
+	  $sql = "SELECT * FROM $tableposts ORDER BY post_date DESC".$limit;
+	  $result = $wpdb->get_results($sql);
+
+	  if (!$result) {
+	    $this->error = new IXR_Error(500, 'Either there are no posts, or something went wrong.');
+	    return $this->error;
+	  }
+
+	  $i = 0;
+	  foreach ($result as $row) {
+	    $post_data = array(
+	      'ID' => $row->ID,
+	      'Author_ID' => $row->post_author,
+	      'Date' => $row->post_date,
+	      'Content' => $row->post_content,
+	      'Title' => $row->post_title,
+	      'Category' => $row->post_category
+	    );
+
+	    $categories = implode(',', wp_get_post_cats(1, $post_data['ID']));
+	    $post_date = mysql2date("Ymd\TH:i:s", $post_data['Date']);
+
+	    $content  = '<title>'.stripslashes($post_data['Title']).'</title>';
+	    $content .= '<category>'.$categories.'</category>';
+	    $content .= stripslashes($post_data['Content']);
+
+	    $author_data = get_userdata($post_data['Author_ID']);
+
+	    switch($author_data['user_idmode']) {
+	    case 'nickname':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_nickname'];
+	    case 'login':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_login'];
+	      break;
+	    case 'firstname':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_firstname'];
+	      break;
+	    case 'lastname':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_lastname'];
+	      break;
+	    case 'namefl':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_firstname']." ".$author_data['user_lastname'];
+	      break;
+	    case 'namelf':
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_lastname']." ".$author_data['user_firstname'];
+	      break;
+	    default:
+	      $author_name = $author_data['user_nickname'];
+	      break;
+	    }
+
+	    $struct[$i] = array(
+	      'authorName' => $author_name,
+	      'userid' => $post_data['Author_ID'],
+	      'dateCreated' => $post_date,
+	      'content' => $content,
+	      'postid' => $post_data['ID'],
+	      'category' => $categories
+	    );
+
+	    $i++;
+	  }
+
+	  $recent_posts = array();
+	  for ($j=0; $j<count($struct); $j++) {
+	    array_push($recent_posts, $struct[$j]);
+	  }
+
+	  return $recent_posts;
+	}
+}
+
+$wp_xmlrpc_server = new wp_xmlrpc_server();
+
+
+
+/* functions that we ought to relocate
+ * and/or roll into a WP class as extension of wpdb
+ */
+
+function wp_get_post_cats($blogid = '1', $post_ID = 0) {
+	global $wpdb, $tablepost2cat;
+	
+	$sql = "SELECT category_id 
+		FROM $tablepost2cat 
+		WHERE post_id = $post_ID 
+		ORDER BY category_id";
+
+	$result = $wpdb->get_col($sql);
+
+	return array_unique($result);
+}
+
+
+
+?>
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