a polltracker api in a movable type template

gistfile1.php

<?php
//pollxmlgen - a brute force poll api generator...
//@author al shaw
//sept 2009

//---global stuff--
error_reporting(0);

//---deal with query strings
$challenger1 = $_GET['challenger1'];
$challenger2 = $_GET['challenger2'];
$challenger3 = $_GET['challenger3'];

//---biz logic--

class Poll {
	
	protected $poll;

  	function __construct($individualpoll) {
  
  		$this->poll = $individualpoll;
  
 	 }
  
	
	function parse() {
	
		
		//regex it yadayadaydad
		preg_match_all('/\w+/', $this->poll,$pollbits);
		
		foreach ($pollbits as $bit) {
			
			$keynum = ( max(array_keys($bit)) + 1 );
			
		}
			//echo $this->poll . ' ';
			
		if ($keynum == 6) { //name, party, score x2
		
			return '2_challenger_w_party';
		}
		
		else 
		
		if ($keynum == 9) { //name,party,score x3
		
			return '3_challenger_w_party';
			
		}
		
		else 
		
		if ($keynum == 4) { //name,score x2
		
			return '2_challenger_simple'; //or approve/disapprove	
		
		}
	
	}


}

class PollNodes extends Poll {
	
	function __construct($polltype,$poll,$permalink,$contest,$date,$sample_size,$pollster,$pollsterurl) {
		
		$this->poll = $poll;
		$this->polltype = $polltype;
		
		$this->permalink = $permalink;
		$this->contest = $contest;
		$this->date = $date;
		$this->sample_size = $sample_size;
		$this->pollster = $pollster;
		$this->pollsterurl = $pollsterurl;
	
	}
	
	
	function paramFilter($challenger_a_name,$challenger_b_name,$challenger_c_name) {
	
		global $challenger1;
		global $challenger2;
		global $challenger3;
	
	     if ( (!empty($challenger1)) && (!empty($challenger2)) && (empty($challenger3)) ) { //2 challenger w/ or w/o party

                        
			 if ( (($challenger_a_name == "$challenger1") || ($challenger_b_name == "$challenger1")) && (($challenger_a_name == "$challenger2") || ($challenger_b_name == "$challenger2")) ) { 
                      
				return 'true';
				
			}
			
	
		}
		
		else if (!empty($challenger3)) { //3 challenger
		
			 if ( (($challenger_a_name == "$challenger1") || ($challenger_b_name == "$challenger1") || ($challenger_c_name == "$challenger1") ) && ( ($challenger_a_name == "$challenger2") || ($challenger_b_name == "$challenger2") || ($challenger_c_name == "$challenger2")) && ( ($challenger_a_name == "$challenger3") || ($challenger_b_name == "$challenger3") || ($challenger_c_name == "$challenger3")) ) { 
			
				return 'threechallenger';
			
			}
		
		}
		
	    else {
		
				return 'all';
				
			}
		
	}
	
	
	
	function pollTopWrapper() {
	
		echo '<poll>';
		
		echo '<contest>' . $this->contest .  '</contest>';
		
		echo '<polltype>' . $this->polltype . '</polltype>'; //sanity check
		
		$datestr = strtotime($this->date);
		$m = date('m', $datestr);
		$d = date('d', $datestr);
		$y = date('y', $datestr);

	
		echo '<date m="' . $m . '" d="' . $d . '" y="' . $y .'" />';
		
		echo '<url>' . $this->permalink .'</url>';
		
		echo '<sample_size>' . $this->sample_size . '</sample_size>';
		
		echo '<challengers>';
	
	}
	
	function pollBottomWrapper() {
	
		echo '</poll>';
	}
	
	function pollsterData() {
	
		echo '</challengers>'; //end challengers nodeset
		echo '<pollster>';
		echo '<pollstername>' . $this->pollster . '</pollstername>';
		echo '<pollsterlink>' . $this->pollsterurl . '</pollsterlink>';
		echo '</pollster>';
	
	}
	
	function echoPoll() {
			

		//need to break down poll into parts
		
		preg_match_all('/\w+/',$this->poll,$pollbits);
		
			foreach ($pollbits as $bit) {
		
				if ($this->polltype == '2_challenger_w_party') {
		
						$challenger_a_name = $bit[0];
						$challenger_a_party = $bit[1];
						$challenger_a_score = $bit[2];

						$challenger_b_name = $bit[3];
						$challenger_b_party = $bit[4];
						$challenger_b_score = $bit[5];
						
						$challengermatch = $this->paramFilter($challenger_a_name,$challenger_b_name,'');
						
						if ($challengermatch == 'true' || $challengermatch == 'all') {
						
						$this->pollTopWrapper();
						
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_a_name . '</name>';
						echo '<party>' . $challenger_a_party . '</party>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_a_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
				
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_b_name . '</name>';
						echo '<party>' . $challenger_b_party . '</party>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_b_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
						
						$this->pollsterData();
						
						$this->pollBottomWrapper();
						
						}
								
				}
				
				
				else 
				
				if ($this->polltype == '3_challenger_w_party') {
				
						
						$challenger_a_name = $bit[0];
						$challenger_a_party = $bit[1];
						$challenger_a_score = $bit[2];

						$challenger_b_name = $bit[3];
						$challenger_b_party = $bit[4];
						$challenger_b_score = $bit[5];
						
						$challenger_c_name = $bit[6];
						$challenger_c_party = $bit[7];
						$challenger_c_score = $bit[8];
						
						$challengermatch = $this->paramFilter($challenger_a_name,$challenger_b_name,$challenger_c_name);
						
						if ($challengermatch == 'threechallenger' || $challengermatch == 'all') {
						
						$this->pollTopWrapper();
						
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_a_name . '</name>';
						echo '<party>' . $challenger_a_party . '</party>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_a_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
				
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_b_name . '</name>';
						echo '<party>' . $challenger_b_party . '</party>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_b_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
						
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_c_name . '</name>';
						echo '<party>' . $challenger_c_party . '</party>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_c_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
						
						$this->pollsterData();
						
						$this->pollBottomWrapper();
						
						}
										
					
				}
				
				
				else
				
				if ($this->polltype == '2_challenger_simple') {
				
				
						$challenger_a_name = $bit[0];
						$challenger_a_score = $bit[1];

						$challenger_b_name = $bit[2];
						$challenger_b_score = $bit[3];
						
						$challengermatch = $this->paramFilter($challenger_a_name,$challenger_b_name,'');
						
						if ($challengermatch == 'true' || $challengermatch == 'all') {
						
						$this->pollTopWrapper();
						
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_a_name . '</name>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_a_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
				
						echo '<challenger>';
					
						echo '<name>' . $challenger_b_name . '</name>';
						echo '<score>' . $challenger_b_score . '</score>';
				
						echo '</challenger>';
						
						$this->pollsterData();
						
						$this->pollBottomWrapper();
						
						}
		
				}
			
			
				
				
		
			}
	
	
	

	
	
	}


}



//---data

header('Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8');
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>";

echo "<data>";

  //poll data from mt
  <MTEntries lastn="500">
  $poll = "<$MTEntryTitle encode_xml="1"$>"; //data as string
  $permalink = "<$MTEntryLink type="Category" encode_xml="1"$>";
  
  $contest = "<$MTEntryCategory encode_xml="1"$>"; //category i.e. MN-SEN
  $date = "<$MTEntryDate format="%m/%d/%Y"$>"; //from MT, not necessarily poll taken date
  $sample_size = "<$MTentrydatapoll_sample_size$>"; //poll sample size for trend lines
  $pollster = "<$MTEntryMore convert_breaks="0" encode_xml="1"$>"; //pollster string
  $pollsterurl = "<$MTEntryKeywords encode_xml="1"$>"; //pollster link
   							
 
   $newpoll = new Poll("$poll"); //instantiate poll
   $polltype = $newpoll->parse(); //parse poll out for type
   //echo $polltype;
   //echo '<br>';
   
   $pollXML = new PollNodes("$polltype","$poll","$permalink","$contest","$date","$sample_size","$pollster","$pollsterurl"); //pass poll type to returnPollNodes
   $polldata = $pollXML->echoPoll();
    

</MTEntries>

echo "</data>"
?>