public static function BiblioContributorUtility::generateBiblioContributorMd5 in Bibliography Module 7.3

Generates an md5 string based on a biblio contributor object. The md5 is later used to determine whether or not two Biblio Contributor objects are the same and prevent duplications.

Parameters

$biblio_contributor: Biblio Contributor object.

Return value

MD5 string that represents the given biblio contributor.

2 calls to BiblioContributorUtility::generateBiblioContributorMd5()

BiblioContributor::save in includes/biblio.contributor.controller.inc

Overrides Entity::save().

BiblioContributorUtility::getBiblioContributor in includes/BiblioContributorUtility.inc

Returns saved biblio contributor object; Returns an existing contributor if the given contributor was found, otherwise creates it first.

File

includes/BiblioContributorUtility.inc, line 222

Helper class for handling Biblio Contributors.

Class

BiblioContributorUtility

@file Helper class for handling Biblio Contributors.

Code

public static function generateBiblioContributorMd5(BiblioContributor $biblio_contributor) {

  // The property 'name' must be set in every contributor, since it is used as
  // the title of the entity. We set it now, right before generating the MD5,
  // so it will be included in the MD5 calculation.
  $biblio_contributor->name = $biblio_contributor->lastname ? $biblio_contributor->firstname . ' ' . $biblio_contributor->lastname : $biblio_contributor->firstname;
  $clone = clone $biblio_contributor;
  unset($clone->cid);
  unset($clone->revision_id);
  unset($clone->changed);
  unset($clone->created);
  unset($clone->is_new);
  unset($clone->md5);
  return md5(serialize($clone));
}