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+<?php
+/**
+ * The SSAkismet class provides spam detection for comments using http://akismet.com/. 
+ * In order to use it, you must get an API key, which you can get free for non-commercial use by signing 
+ * up for a http://www.wordpress.com account. Commercial keys can be bought at http://akismet.com/commercial/.
+ * 
+ * To enable spam detection, set your API key in _config.php.  
+ * The following lines should be added to **mysite/_config.php** 
+ * (or to the _config.php in another folder if you're not using mysite). 
+ * 
+ * <code>
+ * SSAkismet::setAPIKey('<your-key>');
+ * </code>
+ * 
+ * You can then view spam for a page by appending <i>?showspam=1</i> to the url, or use the {@link CommentAdmin} in the CMS.
+ * 
+ * @see http://demo.silverstripe.com/blog Demo of SSAkismet in action
+ * 
+ * @package cms
+ * @subpackage comments
+ */
+class SSAkismet extends Akismet {
+	private static $apiKey;
+	private static $saveSpam = true;
+	
+	static function setAPIKey($key) {
+		self::$apiKey = $key;
+	}
+	
+	static function isEnabled() {
+		return (self::$apiKey != null) ? true : false;
+	}
+	
+	static function setSaveSpam($save = true) {
+		SSAkismet::$saveSpam = $save;
+	}
+	
+	static function getSaveSpam() {
+		return SSAkismet::$saveSpam;
+	}
+	
+	public function __construct() {
+		parent::__construct(Director::absoluteBaseURL(), self::$apiKey);
+	}
+}
+?>
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Akismet anti-comment spam service
+ *
+ * The class in this package allows use of the {@link http://akismet.com Akismet} anti-comment spam service in any PHP5 application.
+ *
+ * This service performs a number of checks on submitted data and returns whether or not the data is likely to be spam.
+ *
+ * Please note that in order to use this class, you must have a vaild {@link http://wordpress.com/api-keys/ WordPress API key}.  They are free for non/small-profit types and getting one will only take a couple of minutes.  
+ *
+ * For commercial use, please {@link http://akismet.com/commercial/ visit the Akismet commercial licensing page}.
+ *
+ * Please be aware that this class is PHP5 only.  Attempts to run it under PHP4 will most likely fail.
+ *
+ * See the Akismet class documentation page linked to below for usage information.
+ *
+ * @package cms
+ * @subpackage comments
+ * @author Alex Potsides, {@link http://www.achingbrain.net http://www.achingbrain.net}
+ * @version 0.1
+ * @copyright Alex Potsides, {@link http://www.achingbrain.net http://www.achingbrain.net}
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GNU General Public License
+ */
+
+/**
+ *	The Akismet PHP5 Class
+ *
+ *  This class takes the functionality from the Akismet WordPress plugin written by {@link http://photomatt.net/ Matt Mullenweg} and allows it to be integrated into any PHP5 application or website.
+ *
+ *  The original plugin is {@link http://akismet.com/download/ available on the Akismet website}.
+ *
+ *  <b>Usage:</b>
+ *  <code>
+ *    $akismet = new Akismet('http://www.example.com/blog/', 'aoeu1aoue');
+ *    $akismet->setCommentAuthor($name);
+ *    $akismet->setCommentAuthorEmail($email);
+ *    $akismet->setCommentAuthorURL($url);
+ *    $akismet->setCommentContent($comment);
+ *    $akismet->setPermalink('http://www.example.com/blog/alex/someurl/');
+ *    if($akismet->isCommentSpam())
+ *      // store the comment but mark it as spam (in case of a mis-diagnosis)
+ *    else
+ *      // store the comment normally
+ *  </code>
+ *
+ *	@version	0.2
+ *  @author		Alex Potsides
+ *  @link		http://www.achingbrain.net/
+ * @package cms
+ * @subpackage comments
+ */
+class Akismet
+	{
+	private $version = '0.2';
+	private $wordPressAPIKey;
+	private $blogURL;
+	private $comment;
+	private $apiPort;
+	private $akismetServer;
+	private $akismetVersion;
+	
+	// This prevents some potentially sensitive information from being sent accross the wire.
+	private $ignore = array('HTTP_COOKIE', 
+							'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR', 
+							'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST', 
+							'HTTP_MAX_FORWARDS', 
+							'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_SERVER', 
+							'REDIRECT_STATUS', 
+							'SERVER_PORT', 
+							'PATH',
+							'DOCUMENT_ROOT',
+							'SERVER_ADMIN',
+							'QUERY_STRING',
+							'PHP_SELF' );
+		
+	
+	/**
+	 *	@throws	Exception	An exception is thrown if your API key is invalid.
+	 *	@param	string	Your WordPress API key.
+	 *	@param	string	$blogURL			The URL of your blog.
+	 */
+	public function __construct($blogURL, $wordPressAPIKey)
+		{
+		$this->blogURL = $blogURL;
+		$this->wordPressAPIKey = $wordPressAPIKey;
+		
+		// Set some default values
+		$this->apiPort = 80;
+		$this->akismetServer = 'rest.akismet.com';
+		$this->akismetVersion = '1.1';
+		
+		// Start to populate the comment data
+		$this->comment['blog'] = $blogURL;
+		$this->comment['user_agent'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
+		$this->comment['referrer'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
+		
+		// This is necessary if the server PHP5 is running on has been set up to run PHP4 and
+		// PHP5 concurently and is actually running through a separate proxy al a these instructions:
+		// http://www.schlitt.info/applications/blog/archives/83_How_to_run_PHP4_and_PHP_5_parallel.html
+		// and http://wiki.coggeshall.org/37.html
+		// Otherwise the user_ip appears as the IP address of the PHP4 server passing the requests to the 
+		// PHP5 one...
+		$this->comment['user_ip'] = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != getenv('SERVER_ADDR') ? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : getenv('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR');
+		
+		// Check to see if the key is valid
+		$response = $this->http_post('key=' . $this->wordPressAPIKey . '&blog=' . $this->blogURL, $this->akismetServer, '/' . $this->akismetVersion . '/verify-key');
+
+		if($response[1] != 'valid')
+			{
+			// Whoops, no it's not.  Throw an exception as we can't proceed without a valid API key.
+			throw new Exception('Invalid API key.  Please obtain one from http://wordpress.com/api-keys/');
+			}
+		}
+	
+	private function http_post($request, $host, $path)
+		{
+		$http_request  = "POST " . $path . " HTTP/1.1\r\n";
+		$http_request .= "Host: " . $host . "\r\n";
+		$http_request .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8\r\n";
+		$http_request .= "Content-Length: " . strlen($request) . "\r\n";
+		$http_request .= "User-Agent: Akismet PHP5 Class " . $this->version . " | Akismet/1.11\r\n";
+		$http_request .= "\r\n";
+		$http_request .= $request;
+		
+		$socketWriteRead = new SocketWriteRead($host, $this->apiPort, $http_request);
+		$socketWriteRead->send();
+		
+		return explode("\r\n\r\n", $socketWriteRead->getResponse(), 2);
+		}
+	
+	// Formats the data for transmission	echo $sql;
+	private function getQueryString()
+		{
+		foreach($_SERVER as $key => $value)
+			{
+			if(!in_array($key, $this->ignore))
+				{
+				if($key == 'REMOTE_ADDR')
+					{
+					$this->comment[$key] = $this->comment['user_ip'];
+					}
+				else
+					{
+					$this->comment[$key] = $value;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		$query_string = '';
+		
+		foreach($this->comment as $key => $data)
+			{
+			@$query_string .= $key . '=' . urlencode(stripslashes($data)) . '&';
+			}
+		
+		return $query_string;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Tests for spam.
+	 *
+	 *	Uses the web service provided by {@link http://www.akismet.com Akismet} to see whether or not the submitted comment is spam.  Returns a boolean value.
+	 *
+	 *	@return		bool	True if the comment is spam, false if not
+	 */
+	public function isCommentSpam()
+		{
+		$response = $this->http_post($this->getQueryString(), $this->wordPressAPIKey . '.rest.akismet.com', '/' . $this->akismetVersion . '/comment-check');
+		
+		return ($response[1] == 'true');
+		}
+
+	/**
+	 *	Submit spam that is incorrectly tagged as ham.
+	 *
+	 *	Using this function will make you a good citizen as it helps Akismet to learn from its mistakes.  This will improve the service for everybody.
+	 */
+	public function submitSpam()
+		{
+		$this->http_post($this->getQueryString(), $this->wordPressAPIKey . '.' . $this->akismetServer, '/' . $this->akismetVersion . '/submit-spam');
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Submit ham that is incorrectly tagged as spam.
+	 *
+	 *	Using this function will make you a good citizen as it helps Akismet to learn from its mistakes.  This will improve the service for everybody.
+	 */
+	public function submitHam()
+		{
+		$this->http_post($this->getQueryString(), $this->wordPressAPIKey . '.' . $this->akismetServer, '/' . $this->akismetVersion . '/submit-ham');
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	To override the user IP address when submitting spam/ham later on
+	 *
+	 *	@param string $userip	An IP address.  Optional.
+	 */
+	public function setUserIP($userip)
+		{
+		$this->comment['user_ip'] = $userip;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	To override the referring page when submitting spam/ham later on
+	 *
+	 *	@param string $referrer	The referring page.  Optional.
+	 */
+	public function setReferrer($referrer)
+		{
+		$this->comment['referrer'] = $referrer;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	A permanent URL referencing the blog post the comment was submitted to.
+	 *
+	 *	@param string $permalink	The URL.  Optional.
+	 */
+	public function setPermalink($permalink)
+		{
+		$this->comment['permalink'] = $permalink;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	The type of comment being submitted.  
+	 *
+	 *	May be blank, comment, trackback, pingback, or a made up value like "registration" or "wiki".
+	 */
+	public function setCommentType($commentType)
+		{
+		$this->comment['comment_type'] = $commentType;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	The name that the author submitted with the comment.
+	 */
+	public function setCommentAuthor($commentAuthor)
+		{
+		$this->comment['comment_author'] = $commentAuthor;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	The email address that the author submitted with the comment.
+	 *
+	 *	The address is assumed to be valid.
+	 */
+	public function setCommentAuthorEmail($authorEmail)
+		{
+		$this->comment['comment_author_email'] = $authorEmail;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	The URL that the author submitted with the comment.
+	 */	
+	public function setCommentAuthorURL($authorURL)
+		{
+		$this->comment['comment_author_url'] = $authorURL;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	The comment's body text.
+	 */
+	public function setCommentContent($commentBody)
+		{
+		$this->comment['comment_content'] = $commentBody;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Defaults to 80
+	 */
+	public function setAPIPort($apiPort)
+		{
+		$this->apiPort = $apiPort;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Defaults to rest.akismet.com
+	 */
+	public function setAkismetServer($akismetServer)
+		{
+		$this->akismetServer = $akismetServer;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Defaults to '1.1'
+	 */
+	public function setAkismetVersion($akismetVersion)
+		{
+		$this->akismetVersion = $akismetVersion;
+		}
+	}
+
+/**
+ *	Utility class used by Akismet
+ *
+ *  This class is used by Akismet to do the actual sending and receiving of data.  It opens a connection to a remote host, sends some data and the reads the response and makes it available to the calling program.
+ *
+ *  The code that makes up this class originates in the Akismet WordPress plugin, which is {@link http://akismet.com/download/ available on the Akismet website}.
+ *
+ *	N.B. It is not necessary to call this class directly to use the Akismet class.  This is included here mainly out of a sense of completeness.
+ *
+ *	@name		SocketWriteRead
+ *	@version	0.1
+ *  @author		Alex Potsides
+ *  @link		http://www.achingbrain.net/
+ * @package cms
+ * @subpackage comments
+ */
+class SocketWriteRead
+	{
+	private $host;
+	private $port;
+	private $request;
+	private $response;
+	private $responseLength;
+	private $errorNumber;
+	private $errorString;
+	
+	/**
+	 *	@param	string	$host			The host to send/receive data.
+	 *	@param	int		$port			The port on the remote host.
+	 *	@param	string	$request		The data to send.
+	 *	@param	int		$responseLength	The amount of data to read.  Defaults to 1160 bytes.
+	 */
+	public function __construct($host, $port, $request, $responseLength = 1160)
+		{
+		$this->host = $host;
+		$this->port = $port;
+		$this->request = $request;
+		$this->responseLength = $responseLength;
+		$this->errorNumber = 0;
+		$this->errorString = '';
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *  Sends the data to the remote host.
+	 *
+	 * @throws	An exception is thrown if a connection cannot be made to the remote host.
+	 */
+	public function send()
+		{
+		$this->response = '';
+		
+		$fs = fsockopen($this->host, $this->port, $this->errorNumber, $this->errorString, 3);
+		
+		if($this->errorNumber != 0)
+			{
+			throw new Exception('Error connecting to host: ' . $this->host . ' Error number: ' . $this->errorNumber . ' Error message: ' . $this->errorString);
+			}
+		
+		if($fs !== false)
+			{
+			@fwrite($fs, $this->request);
+			
+			while(!feof($fs))
+				{
+				$this->response .= fgets($fs, $this->responseLength);
+				}
+			
+			fclose($fs);
+			}
+		
+		}
+
+	/**
+	 *  Returns the server response text
+	 *
+	 *  @return	string
+	 */
+	public function getResponse()
+		{
+		return $this->response;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Returns the error number
+	 *
+	 *	If there was no error, 0 will be returned.
+	 *
+	 *	@return int
+	 */
+	public function getErrorNumner()
+		{
+		return $this->errorNumber;
+		}
+	
+	/**
+	 *	Returns the error string
+	 *
+	 *	If there was no error, an empty string will be returned.
+	 *
+	 *	@return string
+	 */
+	public function getErrorString()
+		{
+		return $this->errorString;
+		}
+	}
+?>
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