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+<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+
+/**
+ * Message:: a class for writing feedback message information to the session
+ *
+ * Copyright 2006 Vijay Mahrra & Sheikh Ahmed <webmaster@designbyfail.com>
+ *
+ * See the enclosed file COPYING for license information (LGPL).  If you
+ * did not receive this file, see http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/lgpl.html.
+ *
+ * @author  Vijay Mahrra & Sheikh Ahmed <webmaster@designbyfail.com>
+ * @url http://www.designbyfail.com/
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+
+class Messages
+{
+    var $_ci;
+    var $_types = array('success', 'error', 'notice');
+
+    function Messages($params = array())
+    {
+        $this->_ci =& get_instance();
+        $this->_ci->load->library('session');
+        // check if theres already messages, if not, initialise the messages array in the session
+        $messages = $this->_ci->session->userdata('messages');
+        if (empty($messages)) {
+            $this->clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // clear all messages
+    function clear()
+    {
+        $messages = array();
+        foreach ($this->_types as $type) {
+            $messages[$type] = array();
+        }
+        $this->_ci->session->set_userdata('messages', $messages);
+    }
+
+    // add a message, default type is message
+    function add($message, $type = 'message')
+    {
+        $messages = $this->_ci->session->userdata('messages');
+        // handle PEAR errors gracefully
+        if (is_a($message, 'PEAR_Error')) {
+            $message = $message->getMessage();
+            $type = 'error';
+        } else if (!in_array($type, $this->_types)) {
+            // set the type to message if the user specified a type that's unknown
+            $type = 'message';
+        }
+        // don't repeat messages!
+        if (!in_array($message, $messages[$type]) && is_string($message)) {
+            $messages[$type][] = $message;
+        }
+        $messages = $this->_ci->session->set_userdata('messages', $messages);
+    }
+
+    // return messages of given type or all types, return false if none
+    function sum($type = null)
+    {
+        $messages = $this->_ci->session->userdata('messages');
+        if (!empty($type)) {
+            $i = count($messages[$type]);
+            return $i;
+        }
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach ($this->_types as $type) {
+            $i += count($messages[$type]);
+        }
+        return $i;
+    }
+
+    // return messages of given type or all types, return false if none, clearing stack
+    function get($type = null)
+    {
+        $messages = $this->_ci->session->userdata('messages');
+        if (!empty($type)) {
+            if (count($messages[$type]) == 0) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return $messages[$type];
+        }
+        // return false if there actually are no messages in the session
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach ($this->_types as $type) {
+            $i += count($messages[$type]);
+        }
+        if ($i == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // order return by order of type array above
+        // i.e. success, error, warning and then informational messages last
+        foreach ($this->_types as $type) {
+            $return[$type] = $messages[$type];
+        }
+        $this->clear();
+        return $return;
+    }
+}
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