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autocomplete_blank_fields()

Description

Fill in any blank fields for the resource.

IMPORTANT: Auto completing blank fields with inactive options should be allowed (possibly a system misconfiguration).
This function will NOT exclude inactive nodes because, for required fields, you might end up having no value
after processing the field.

For example:
- when creating a resource, autocomplete_blank_fields() should always be triggered regardless if user has data in its user template.
- when copying resource/ extracting embedded metadata, autocomplete_blank_fields() should not overwrite if there is data
for that field as at this point you probably have the expected data for your field.

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$resource integer Resource ID
$force_run boolean Allow code to force running this function and update the fields even if there is data.
$return_changes boolean false When true an array of fields changed by autocomplete is returned.
$field_ref integer 0 Optional parameter to specify which metadata field should be processed. Left blank, all fields will be processed (default behaviour).

Return

boolean|array Success/fail or array of changes made

Location

include/resource_functions.php lines 5617 to 5694

Definition

 
function autocomplete_blank_fields($resource, $force_run, $return_changes = false, int $field_ref = 0)
{
    global $FIXED_LIST_FIELD_TYPES, $lang;

    if ((string)(int)$resource != (string)$resource) {
        return false;
    }

    $resource_type = ps_value("SELECT resource_type AS `value` FROM resource WHERE ref = ?", ["i",$resource], 0);

    $sql_set_field = '';
    $sql_set_field_params = array();
    if ($field_ref > 0) {
        $sql_set_field = ' AND rtf.ref = ?';
        $sql_set_field_params = array('i', $field_ref);
    }

    $fields = ps_query(
        "SELECT rtf.ref, rtf.type, rtf.autocomplete_macro
            FROM resource_type_field rtf
            LEFT JOIN resource_type rt ON rt.ref = ?
            WHERE length(rtf.autocomplete_macro) > 0
                AND (((rtf.global=0 OR rtf.global IS NULL) 
                        AND rt.ref IN (
                            SELECT resource_type 
                                FROM resource_type_field_resource_type rtjoin 
                                WHERE rtjoin.resource_type_field=rtf.ref
                                ))
                    OR (rtf.global=1)
                    ) $sql_set_field",
        array_merge(array("i", $resource_type), $sql_set_field_params),
        "schema"
    );

    $fields_updated = array();

    foreach ($fields as $field) {
        $run_autocomplete_macro = $force_run || hook('run_autocomplete_macro');
        # The autocomplete macro will run if the existing value is blank, or if forced to always run
        if (count(get_resource_nodes($resource, $field['ref'], true)) == 0 || $run_autocomplete_macro) {
            # Autocomplete and update using the returned value
            $value = eval(eval_check_signed($field['autocomplete_macro']));
            if (in_array($field['type'], $FIXED_LIST_FIELD_TYPES)) {
                # Multiple values are comma separated
                $autovals = str_getcsv((string) $value);
                $autonodes = array();
                # Establish an array of nodes from the values
                foreach ($autovals as $autoval) {
                    $nodeid = get_node_id($autoval, $field['ref']);
                    if ($nodeid !== false) {
                        $autonodes[] = $nodeid;
                    }
                }
                # Add nodes if any were established
                if (count($autonodes) > 0) {
                    natsort($autonodes);
                    add_resource_nodes($resource, $autonodes, false, false);
                    log_node_changes($resource, $autonodes, array(), $lang["autocomplete_log_note"]);
                    $fields_updated[$field['ref']] = implode(",", $autonodes);

                    # If this is a 'joined' field we need to add it to the resource column
                    $joins = get_resource_table_joins();
                    if (in_array($field['ref'], $joins)) {
                        update_resource_field_column($resource, $field['ref'], $value);
                    }
                }
            } else {
                update_field($resource, $field['ref'], $value);
                $fields_updated[$field['ref']] = $value;
            }
        }
    }

    if ($return_changes) {
        return $fields_updated;
    }
    return true;
}

This article was last updated 22nd June 2025 18:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 5th June 2025 10:55 Europe/London time.