[BlueOnyx:25643] Re: BlueOnyx 5211R development - progress report

[Dave Park]

Good work. We know this is a labor of love for you, and we appreciate the
time all this takes.

Thank you.

How can I buy you beer/coffee?

Dave

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 5:56 PM Michael Stauber <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Another progress report on the BlueOnyx 5211R development:
>
> The two most complicated GUI modules have just been ported entirely to
> the new GUI format:
>
> base-vsite
> base-user
>
> These two aren't the only finished modules so far, but they took the
> most time due to plenty of complications. Most of the GUI pages of these
> two modules use Extensions. Which are modular page snippets to insert
> into main GUI pages in a modular fashion to display and handle form data
> for individual elements.
>
> The whole extension management had to be ported first and then all
> extensions and next the individual GUI pages.
>
> That also brought up some fundamental issues like the fact that the PHP
> functions each() and strftime() are either deprecated or have been
> outright removed from PHP-8.1. We used each() in a few ancient libraries
> form the Cobalt days in a while <-> each fashion. Which was even slower
> than simply using for(...) instead. That was easy to fix.
>
> However, the deprecation of strftime() was a real bummer. I mean: COME
> ON! Converting date and times from one format to another like from Linux
> timestamp to a date formatted in German, Danish, Spanish or English
> (etc.) is already an endeavor in itself. But doing so in the new
> IntlDateFormatter() (the function that replaced it) is even more
> ridiculous. <sigh>
>
> I lost two days over that one alone, until I said "Fuck it!" and used
> the composer-package php81_bc/strftime that replicates the deprecated
> strftime() as closely as possible via a PHP Class.
>
> With that out of the way the whole Vsite and User management is now
> working in 5211R, including the more exotic stuff like ImapSync,
> vacation messages, autoresponders and reseller management.
>
> There are still plenty of pages left to convert, but these are mostly
> straight up wham/bam jobs with simple forms and simple submit
> transactions. So that should get finished fairly soon.
>
> So ... it's moving forward at a pretty good pace right now.
>
> --
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
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