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Edit File: search.php

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
// -----------------------------------------------------------------
// search.php  (CLI helper for ▒search▒ action)
// -----------------------------------------------------------------

// always emit JSON
header('Content-Type: application/json');
ini_set('display_errors', 0);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// pull POST in CLI mode
if (php_sapi_name() === 'cli') {
    if (empty($_POST)) {
        $stdin = file_get_contents('php://stdin');
        parse_str($stdin, $_POST);
    }
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// 1) Config & helper
// -------------------------------------------------------------
define('CPTOOLS_BINARY',  '/usr/local/cptools/cptools');
define('ACTIVATE_SCRIPT', '/usr/local/cptools/activate');

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// 2) License check (scan *all* output, then one-shot activate)
// -------------------------------------------------------------
$licRaw = runCommand(CPTOOLS_BINARY, $licLines, $licRc);
if (strpos($licRaw, 'License Is Valid') === false) {
    // try activation once
    @shell_exec(ACTIVATE_SCRIPT . ' 2>&1');
    $licRaw = runCommand(CPTOOLS_BINARY, $licLines, $licRc);
    if (strpos($licRaw, 'License Is Valid') === false) {
        http_response_code(403);
        echo json_encode([
            'error'   => 'License inactive. Contact the root owner to activate.',
            'details' => $licRaw,
        ]);
        exit;
    }
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// 3) Validate & sanitize inputs
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// search-string
if (isset($_POST['search-string']) && trim($_POST['search-string']) !== '') {
    $searchText = $_POST['search-string'];
} else {
    echo json_encode(['error'=>'Missing search-string']);
    exit;
}

// paging
if (isset($_POST['page_number'])) {
    $pageNumber = (int) $_POST['page_number'];
} else {
    $pageNumber = 1;
}
if ($pageNumber < 1) {
    $pageNumber = 1;
}

if (isset($_POST['page_size'])) {
    $pageSize = (int) $_POST['page_size'];
} else {
    $pageSize = 30;
}
if ($pageSize < 1) {
    $pageSize = 30;
}

// homedir + dirname
if (isset($_POST['homedir'])) {
    $homeDir = rtrim($_POST['homedir'], '/');
} else {
    $homeDir = '';
}
if (isset($_POST['dirname'])) {
    $dirName = ltrim($_POST['dirname'], '/');
} else {
    $dirName = '';
}
$fullDir = $homeDir . '/' . $dirName;
if (! is_dir($fullDir)) {
    echo json_encode(['error'=>"Directory not found: {$fullDir}"]);
    exit;
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// 4) Build & run the `cptools search` command
// -------------------------------------------------------------
$cmd = escapeshellarg(CPTOOLS_BINARY)
     . ' search '
     . escapeshellarg($fullDir)
     . ' ' . escapeshellarg($searchText)
     . ' ' . $pageNumber
     . ' ' . $pageSize;

$output = runCommand($cmd, $outLines, $retVal);
if ($retVal !== 0) {
    http_response_code(500);
    echo json_encode([
        'error'   => 'Search command failed',
        'details' => $output,
    ]);
    exit;
}

// strip anything before the first `{`
if (false !== ($pos = strpos($output, '{'))) {
    $output = substr($output, $pos);
}

// -------------------------------------------------------------
// 5) Decode & emit
// -------------------------------------------------------------
$data = json_decode($output, true);
if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
    http_response_code(500);
    echo json_encode([
        'error'   => 'Invalid JSON from cptools',
        'details' => json_last_error_msg(),
    ]);
    exit;
}
$fullDirPath = rtrim($homeDir, '/') . '/' . ltrim($dirName, '/');
$logDir  = getenv('HOME') . '/.cptools/';
$logFile = $logDir . 'activity_log';
$logEntry = date('d-m-Y h:i A') . " IST  Search Keyword >> $fullDirPath {$_POST['search-string']}" . PHP_EOL;
log_to_file($logDir, $logFile, $logEntry);

echo json_encode($data);
exit;
?>