function quant_process in Quant 6

Process quants and convert them to charts with data plotted

Parameters

&$quant: A quant object

$period: A timestamp representing a date in which data should reach back to, can also be an accepted format for strtotime(), or an array with the first value being a timestamp representing the 'from' date and the second value being a timestamp representing the 'to' date. If an array of two values is given, accept formats for strtotime() can be used in place of timestamps.

Return value

A complete chart ready for display

1 call to quant_process()

quant_page in includes/pages.inc

The analytics page callback

File

./quant.module, line 165

Code

function quant_process(&$quant, $period) {
  quant_include('chart');
  $chart = '';

  // Check if period is in string form
  if (is_string($period)) {

    // Convert to a timestamp
    $period = strtotime($period);

    // Make sure the format was correct
    if (!is_numeric($period)) {
      return FALSE;
    }
  }
  else {
    if (is_numeric($period)) {

      // Determine the amount of days in period
      $days = ceil((time() - $period) / 86400);
    }
    else {
      if (is_array($period)) {

        // Check if the values are strings
        foreach ($period as $i => $date) {
          if (is_string($date)) {

            // If they are, try to convert to timestamps
            $date = strtotime($date);
            if (!is_numeric($date)) {

              // Invalid format, end here
              return FALSE;
            }
            else {
              $period[$i] = $date;
            }
          }
        }

        // Determine the amount of days in period
        $days = ceil(($period[1] - $period[0]) / 86400);
      }
    }
  }

  // Add the information we need to the quant
  $quant->period = $period;
  $quant->days = $days;

  // Generate and execute a database query
  quant_execute_query($quant);

  // Build the data for the chart
  quant_build_data($quant);

  // Generate the chart
  quant_generate_chart($quant);
  return $quant->render ? $quant->render : FALSE;
}