<?php

require_once (dirname(__FILE__) . "/fetch.php");

// Move file pointer to the corresponding closing bracket of the current
// element.
function move_to_closing_bracket($fp, &$char)
{
   if ($char == CLOSE_ELEMENT_CHAR) return;

   $ii = 1;
   while (($char = fgetc($fp)) != NULL && !feof($fp))
   {
      if ($char == OPEN_ELEMENT_CHAR) $ii++;
      else
      {
         if ($char == CLOSE_ELEMENT_CHAR) $ii--;
         if ($ii == 0) break;
      }
   }
}

// Store the file contents as a string, replace the specified string with a new
// string, and re-write the file.
function replace_string_in_file($file_name, $old, $new="")
{
   $file_contents = file_get_contents($file_name);
   $file_contents = str_replace($old, $new, $file_contents);

   $fp = fopen($file_name, 'w');
   
   fwrite($fp, $file_contents);
}

// Erase file contents between and including element's brackets.
function read_raw_element_string($fp, &$char)
{
   $element_open_position = ftell($fp)-1;
   move_to_closing_bracket($fp, $char);
   $element_close_position = ftell($fp);

   if (char_is_white_space($char = fgetc($fp)))
   {
      skip_white_space($fp, $char);
      $element_close_position = ftell($fp)-1;
   }

   $byte_range = $element_close_position - $element_open_position;
   fseek($fp, $element_open_position);
   $element = fread($fp, $byte_range);

   return $element;
}

// If the submitted element points to an object, convert the element to its
// raw string representation.  Otherwise, leave the string unchanged.
function convert_element_to_raw($element)
{
   if (is_object($element))
   {
      $element = $element->convert_to_raw_string();
   }

   return $element;
}

// Replace in a file the element identified by specified ID w/ a new element.
// The new element can be an object, element string, or empty.  If empty, the
// old element will be removed and replaced with nothing.
function replace_element_by_id($file_name, $id, $element="")
{
   if (file_exists($file_name))
   {
      $fp = fopen($file_name, 'r+');
      move_to_element_by_id($fp, $char, $id);
      if (feof($fp)) return;
      $old_raw_element = read_raw_element_string($fp, $char, $id);
      $new_raw_element = convert_element_to_raw($element);
      fclose($fp);

      if ($old_raw_element != NULL)
      {
         replace_string_in_file(
            $file_name, $old_raw_element, $new_raw_element);
      }
      return $old_raw_element;
   }
}

// Replace an element with a new element.  If the new element is unspecified,
// the old element will be deleted.
function run_replace($file_name, $id, $element)
{
   if (!file_exists($file_name)) return;

   replace_element_by_id($file_name, $id, $element);
   $message = "!! Removing element $id... !!\n\n";
   if ($element != NULL)
   {
      $message .= "Replacing with\n--------------\n";
      $message .= convert_element_to_raw($element);
      $message .= "\n\n";
   }
   $message .= "New file\n--------\n";
   $message .= run_parse($file_name);

   return $message;
}
<?php

require_once (dirname(__FILE__) . "/fetch.php");
require_once (dirname(__FILE__) . "/replace.php");

// Insert a string into the file, leaving the current data intact.
function insert_string_at_cursor($fp, $string)
{
   $position = ftell($fp);
   $file_meta_data = fstat($fp);
   $length = $file_meta_data["size"] - $position;

   $tail = fread($fp, $length);
   fseek($fp, $position);
   $new_content = $string . $tail;

   ftruncate($fp, $position);
   fwrite($fp, $new_content);
}

// Insert the element data at the end of the file.
function insert_element_into_file($fp, $element)
{
   fwrite($fp, $element);
}

// Insert an element into the element referenced by id.  This will create a new
// child for the referenced element.
function insert_element_into_element($fp, $element, $id)
{
   move_to_element_by_id($fp, $char, $id);
   move_to_closing_bracket($fp, $char);
   fseek($fp, ftell($fp)-1);
   insert_string_at_cursor($fp, $element);
}

// Move to the position either before or after the element currently under the
// cursor.
function move_cursor_based_on_insertion_method($fp, $char, $before)
{
   if ($before == False)
   {
      move_to_closing_bracket($fp, $char);
   }
   else
   {
      fseek($fp, ftell($fp)-1);
   }
}

// Insert an element before or after the element referenced by id.
function insert_element_at_id($fp, $element, $id, $before=False)
{
   move_to_element_by_id($fp, $char, $id);
   move_cursor_based_on_insertion_method($fp, $char, $before);
   insert_string_at_cursor($fp, $element);
}

// Open file for writing or appending based on where the new element will be
// inserted.
function open_file_based_on_method($file_name, $id)
{
   if ($id != NULL)
   {
      $fp = fopen($file_name, 'r+');
   }
   else
   {
      $fp = fopen($file_name, 'a');
   }

   return $fp;
}

// Choose one of three methods for insertion based on the existence and values
// of the id and child parameters.
function apply_insertion_method($fp, $raw_element, $id, $child, $before)
{
   if ($child == True)
   {
      insert_element_into_element($fp, $raw_element, $id);
   }
   elseif ($id != NULL)
   {
      insert_element_at_id($fp, $raw_element, $id, $before);
   }
   else
   {
      insert_element_into_file($fp, $raw_element);
   }
}   

// Insert an element into the specified file.  The before parameter indicates
// whether or not the incoming element should be placed before the referenced
// element.
function insert_element(
   $file_name, $element, $id=NULL, $child=False, $before=False)
{
   $fp = open_file_based_on_method($file_name, $id);
   $raw_element = convert_element_to_raw($element);
   apply_insertion_method($fp, $raw_element, $id, $child, $before);
}

// Insert an element into the specified file.  Return relevant messages for
// verbose output.
function run_insert($file_name, $element, $id=NULL, $child=False, $before=False)
{
   $message = "Inserting\n---------\n";
   $message .= convert_element_to_raw($element) . "\n\n";

   $child = ($child && $child != '0') ? True : False;
   $before = ($before && $before != '0') ? True : False;
   insert_element($file_name, $element, $id, $child, $before);

   $message .= "New File\n--------\n";
   $message .= run_parse($file_name);

   return $message;
}
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September 30, 2015


Edge of Life is a form I made with Babycastles and Mouth Arcade for an event in New York called Internet Yami-ichi, a flea market of internet-ish goods. We set up our table to look like a doctor's office and pharmacy and offered free examinations and medication prescriptions, a system described by one person as "a whole pharmacy and medical industrial complex".

Diagnoses were based on responses to the form and observations by our doctor during a short examination. The examination typically involved bizarre questions, toy torpedoes being thrown at people and a plastic bucket over the patient's head. The form combined ideas from Myers-Briggs Type Indicators, Codex Seraphinianus and chain-mail personality tests that tell you which TV show character you are. In our waiting room, we had Lake of Roaches installed in a stuffed bat (GIRP bat). It was really fun!

The icons for the food pyramid are from Maple Story and the gun icons are from the dingbat font Outgunned. I'm also using Outgunned to generate the items in Food Spring.