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TagCloud Maker
by: Cal Evans
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February 21, 2006
Version: 1.0
Type: Class
Category: HTML
License: GNU General Public License
Description: PHP5 class to take an array and create a TagCloud.
<?php
/**
* creates a tag cloud from an array of terms
*
* Given a single dimensional array of terms, this class will output a piece of
* HTML with each term wrapped in a span tag with an ID that you can define in
* your CSS. It can be called either as an object or as a static class.
*
* Project page is :
* http://www.calevans.com/view.php/page/tagcloud
*
* @author Cal Evans <cal@calevans.com>
* @version 1.0
* @copyright (c) 2006 Evans Internet Construction Company
* @license GPL 2.0
* @access public
*
*/
class TagCloud {
/**
* Initial array handed into the consturctor
* @var array
*/
public $input_array;
/**
* Final array built with weighted terms and sorted. This is what the
* final output string is built from.
* @var array
*/
public $output_array;
/**
* The final output string.
* @var string
*/
public $output_cloud;
/**
* The CSS tag name prefix. i.e. tag_cloud_ would get you tag_cloud_1
* @var string
*/
protected $css_prefix;
/**
* URL to wrap around each phrase. a sing %s will be substutited for
* the urlencoded phrase.
* @var string
*/
protected $link;
/**
* the number of buckets. Usually 10. Make sure you have the proper number
* of CSS tags defined. (ie.e if you say 12 buckets make sure you have
* tag_cloud_1 - tag_cloud_12 defined)
* @var integer
*/
protected $buckets;
/**
* Sort to apply to the array. valid values are alpha and weight.
* @var string
*/
protected $sort;
/**
* If >1 then only terms >= this number will be included in the final
* output. The weighting will be adjusted before style sheets are applied.
* This allows you to filter out low scoring terms.
* @var integer
*/
protected $min_count;
/**
* The highest weight
* @var integer
*/
protected $ceiling;
/**
* the lowest weight
* @var integer
*/
protected $floor;
/**
* Intermediary array. This is in the form of word=>weight.
* @var array
*/
protected $colsolidated_array;
/**
* character(s) to place between span tags.
* @var array
*/
protected $spacer;
/**
* constructor
*/
public function __construct($input_array=array(), $spacer=' ', $css_prefix='tagcloud_', $link='', $buckets=10, $sort='alpha', $min_count=1) {
$this->consolidated_array = array();
$this->input_array = $input_array;
$this->set_css_prefix($css_prefix);
$this->set_link($link);
$this->set_buckets($buckets);
$this->set_sort($sort);
$this->set_min_count($min_count);
$this->set_spacer($spacer);
} // public function __construct($input_array=array(), $css_prefix='tagcloud_',$link='', $buckets=10, $sort='alpha',$min_count=1)
/**
* set the css_prefix
*
* @public
* @param string $value the new value
*/
public function set_css_prefix($value) {
if($value) $this->css_prefix = $value;
} // public function set_css_prefix($value)
/**
* get the css_prefix
*
* @public
* @return string the value stored in $this->css_prefix
*/
public function get_css_prefix() {
return $this->css_prefix;
} // public function get_css_prefix()
/**
* set the link value
*
* @public
* @param string $value the new value
*/
public function set_link($value) {
if($value) $this->link = $value;
} // public function set_link($value)
/**
* get the link value
*
* @public
* @return string the value stored in $this->link
*/
public function get_link() {
return $this->link;
} // public function get_link()
/**
* set the buckets value
*
* @public
* @param integer $value the new value
*/
public function set_buckets($value) {
if($value) $this->buckets = intval($value);
} // public function set_buckets($value)
/**
* get the buckets value
*
* @public
* @return integer value stored in $this->buckets
*
*/
public function get_buckets() {
return intval($this->buckets);
} // public function get_buckets()
/**
* set the sort order
*
* @public
* @param string $value the new value
*/
public function set_sort($value) {
if($value) $this->sort = $value;
} // public function set_sort($value)
/**
* get the sort order
*
* @public
* @string the sort order to use.
*/
public function get_sort() {
return $this->sort;
} // public function get_sort()
/**
* set the min_coun
*
* @public
* @param integer $value the new value
*/
public function set_min_count($value) {
if($value) $this->min_count = intval($value);
} // public function set_min_count($value)
/**
* set the min_count
*
* @public
* @preturn integer the value stored in $this->min_count
*/
public function get_min_count() {
return intval($this->min_count);
} // public function get_min_count()
/**
* set the spacer
*
* @public
* @param string $value the new value
*/
public function set_spacer($value) {
if($value) $this->spacer = $value;
} // public function set_spacer($value)
/**
* get the spacer
*
* @public
* @return string the value stored in $this->spacer.
*/
public function get_spacer() {
return $this->spacer;
} // public function get_spacer()
/**
* builds the tag cloud.
*
* Use this method if you have instantiated the object. This is mainly calls
* to the other methods. All the work is encapsulated in th emethods so that
* any single piece can be overridden without haivng to overrise everything.
* @public
* @return bool true...always true
*/
public function get_cloud() {
$ceiling = 1;
$floor = 99999999;
$this->consolidated_array = $this->consolidate_array($this->input_array);
$this->consolidated_array = $this->filter_min_count($this->consolidated_array,$this->min_count);
$this->compute_limits($this->consolidated_array,$this->ceiling,$this->floor);
$this->sort_array($this->consolidated_array,$this->sort);
$this->output_cloud = $this->compute_weight($this->consolidated_array,$this->spacer,$this->css_prefix,$this->link,$this->buckets,$this->ceiling,$this->floor);
return true;
} // public function get_cloud()
/**
* build the consolidated array.
*
* This takes the input array and builds the consolidated array.
* @protected
* @param array $input_array the initial array to work from.
*/
protected function consolidate_array($input_array) {
$consolidated_array = array();
for($lcvA=0;$lcvA<count($input_array);$lcvA++) {
if (isset($consolidated_array[$input_array[$lcvA]])) {
$consolidated_array[$input_array[$lcvA]]++;
} else {
$consolidated_array[$input_array[$lcvA]]=1;
} // if (isset($consolidated_array[$inputArray[$lcvA]]))
} // for($lcvA=0;$lcvA<count($input_array);$lcvA++)
return $consolidated_array;
} // protected function consolidate_array($input_array)
/**
* filters out low scores
*
* If min_count is >1 then this function will filter out the entries from a
* consolidated array whose score is lower than $min_count.
* @protected
* @param array $input_array the consolidated array to work from.
* @param integer $min_count the minimum score to allow in the output
* @return array the filtered array.
*/
protected function filter_min_count($input_array,$min_count) {
if ($min_count>1) {
$input_array;
$output_array = array();
foreach($input_array as $word=>$count) {
if ($count>=$min_count) $output_array[$word]=$count;
} // foreach($holding_array as $word=>$weight)
} else {
$output_array=$input_array;
} //if ($min_count>1)
return $output_array;
} // protected function filter_min_count()
/**
* computer the high and low score from the consolidated array.
*
* @protected
* @param array $input_array the consolidated array to work from.
* @param integer $ceiling the variable to store the ceiling in.
* @param integer $floor the variable to store the floor in.
* @return bool true...always true.
*/
protected function compute_limits($input_array,&$ceiling,&$floor) {
foreach($input_array as $word=>$weight) {
$ceiling = max($weight,$ceiling);
$floor = min($weight,$floor);
} // foreach($work_array as $word=>$weight)
return true;
} // protected function compute_limits()
/**
* sort the array by the requested sort order.
*
* @protected
* @param array $input_array the consolidated array to work from.
* @return bool true...always true.
*/
protected function sort_array(&$input_array,$sort) {
if ($sort=='weight') {
arsort($input_array);
} else if ($sort=='alpha') {
ksort($input_array);
} // if ($sort=='alpha')
return true;
} // protected function sort_array()
/**
* compute the weights and build the output
*
* converts scores into weights and the build the output string
* @protected
* @param array $input_array the consolidated array to work from. Also, the array with the converted weights will be returned in this variable.
* @param string $spacer the spacer to place between SPAN tags.
* @param string $css_prefix The CSS_previx to add to the span tag ID.
* @param string $link the value to put in the HREF of the anchor tags.
* @param integer $buckets The number of buckets to use.
* @param integer $ceiling the variable to store the ceiling in.
* @param integer $floor the variable to store the floor in.
* @return string the tag cloud
*/
protected function compute_weight(&$input_array, $spacer, $css_prefix, $link, $buckets, $ceiling, $floor) {
$difference = ($ceiling-$floor);
$increment = $difference/($buckets-1);
$output_array = array();
foreach($input_array as $word=>$weight) {
$output_array[$word] = intval(($weight-$floor)/$increment)+1;
if (!empty($link)) $output .= '<a href="'.sprintf($link,urlencode($word)).'">';
$output .= '<span id="'.$css_prefix.$output_array[$word].'" >'.$word.'</span>';
if (!empty($link)) $output .= '</a>';
$output .= $spacer;
} // foreach($work_array as $word=>$weight)
if ($this) $this->output_array=$output_array;
return $output;
} // protected function compute_weight()
/**
* fetch the entire cloud.
*
* Use this method if you are calling the class statically.
*
* @public
* @static
* @param array $input_array the consolidated array to work from. Also, the array with the converted weights will be returned in this variable.
* @param string $spacer the spacer to place between SPAN tags.
* @param string $css_prefix The CSS_previx to add to the span tag ID.
* @param string $link the value to put in the HREF of the anchor tags.
* @param integer $buckets the number of weighting buckets to use.
* @param stirng $sort the sort to apply to the array
* @param integer $min_count the minimum score to allow into the array.
* @return string the tag cloud.
*/
public static function fetch_cloud($input_array=array(), $spacer=' ', $css_prefix='tagcloud_',$link='', $buckets=10, $sort='alpha', $min_count=1) {
/*
* Start with boundries outside of reasonable norms.
*/
$ceiling = 1;
$floor = 99999999;
$consolidated_array = array();
$consolidated_array = TagCloud::consolidate_array($input_array);
$consolidated_array = TagCloud::filter_min_count($consolidated_array,$min_count);
TagCloud::compute_limits($consolidated_array,$ceiling,$floor);
TagCloud::sort_array($consolidated_array,$sort);
$output = TagCloud::compute_weight($consolidated_array,$spacer,$css_prefix,$link,$buckets,$ceiling,$floor);
return $output;
} // public static function fetch_cloud($input_array=array(), $spacer=' ', $css_prefix='tagcloud_',$link='', $buckets=10, $sort='alpha', $min_count=1)
} // class TagCloud
?>
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