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<?php
/**
 * imageplusvalue is a Snippet/Output Modifier to parse 
 * the ImagePlus stored JSON and return values or thumbs.
 * 
 * @author YJ Tso <yj@modx.com>
 * 
 * Example usage:
 * <img src="[[*image:imageplusvalue=`croppedImg:w=840&zc=1`]]" alt="[[*image:imageplusvalue=`altTag`]]">
 * 
 */
// Input
$input = $modx->getOption('input', $scriptProperties, '');
$input = $modx->fromJSON($input);
if (empty($input) || !is_array($input)) return $input;

// Options
$options = array_map('trim', explode('.', $modx->getOption('options', $scriptProperties, '')));
if (empty($options) || !is_array($options)) return $input;

// More properties
$toPlaceholder = $modx->getOption('toPlaceholder', $scriptProperties, '');
$debug = $modx->getOption('debug', $scriptProperties, false, true);
if ($debug) return print_r($input, true);

// Process $input
foreach ($options as $key) {
    
    // If requirements are met, call pThumb
    if ((strpos($key, 'croppedImg') !== false) && isset($input['sourceImg']['src']) && $modx->getCount('modSnippet', array('name' => 'pthumb'))) {
        
        // Prepare arguments for pthumb snippet call
        $cropParams = array(
            'sx' => $input['crop']['x'],
            'sy' => $input['crop']['y'],
            'sw' => $input['crop']['width'],
            'sh' => $input['crop']['height'],
        );
        
        // Merge in additional params from ImagePlus
        $params = array();
        if ($input['targetWidth']) {
            $params = array_merge($params, array(
                'w' => $input['targetWidth']
            ));
        }
        if ($input['targetHeight']) {
            $params = array_merge($params, array(
                'h' => $input['targetHeight']
            ));
        }

        // Fetch runtime params
        $fetchedParamsArray = array();
        // Use ':' to separate 'croppedImg' flag from params
        if (strpos($key, ':')) {
            $fetchedParams = explode(':', $key)[1];
            parse_str($fetchedParams, $fetchedParamsArray);
        }
        if (!empty($fetchedParamsArray) && is_array($fetchedParamsArray)) $params = array_merge($params, $fetchedParamsArray);
        
        // This could be optional. It's taken from the ImagePlus class
        if ($params['w'] && $params['h']) {
            $params = array_merge($params, array(
                'far' => true
            ));
        }
        
        // Merge all params
        $params = array_merge($cropParams, $params);
        $params = http_build_query($params);
        
        // Call pThumb
        $thumb = $modx->runSnippet('pthumb', array(
            'input' => $input['sourceImg']['src'],
            'options' => $params,
            ));
        $input = $thumb;
        
        // In this case we're done
        break;
    }
    // Otherwise recursively get the value from $input array
    $input = $input[$key];
}

// Output
if (empty($toPlaceholder)) return $input;
$modx->setPlaceholder($toPlaceholder, $input);