Ad Exclude

ad_exclude.php

<?php

/**
 * Determine if a widget should be hidden from QA.
 * 
 * @param  string  $widget_id The ID for this widget instance.
 * @return boolean            Returns TRUE if the widget should be hidden from QA, else FALSE.
 */
static function is_widget_hidden_from_qa( $widget_id ) {

	$widget_type = self::get_widget_type( $widget_id );

	// Let's figure out if it's an ad widget.
	$widget_types_that_might_contain_ads = array(	

		// The widget type => the widget setting that'd contain an ad.
		'custom_html' => 'content',
		'text'        => 'text',

	);

	// Is this widget the type of widget that might contain an ad?
	if( array_key_exists( $widget_type, $widget_types_that_might_contain_ads ) ) {

		// What do ads tend to contain?
		$ad_blacklist = array(
			'adserve',
			'adbutler',
		);

		// Where we'd look in the settings for this widget.
		$key = $widget_types_that_might_contain_ads[ $widget_type ];

		// The value for that setting that might contain an ad.
		$val = self::get_setting_of_widget( $widget_id, $key );

		// Are any of the ad-like words in the widget setting?
		foreach( $ad_blacklist as $black ) {
			
			if( stristr( $val, $black ) ) {
				return TRUE;
			}


		}

	}

	$val = self::get_setting_of_widget( $widget_id, 'hide_from_qa' );

	if( empty( $val ) ) { return FALSE; }

	return TRUE;

}