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<?php


/**
 * Return an array of the modules to be enabled when this profile is installed.
 *
 * @return
 *   An array of modules to enable.
 */
function example_profile_modules() {
    // This example profile enables the same optional modules as default.profile,
    // plus the 'locale' module. But however, any available modules may be added
    // to the list, including contributed modules, which will be then reqired by
    // the installer. Configuration of these modules may be handled later by tasks.
    return array(
        'color',
        'comment',
        'help',
        'menu',
        'taxonomy',
        'dblog',
        'locale',
    );
}

/**
 * Return a description of the profile for the initial installation screen.
 *
 * @return
 *   An array with keys 'name' and 'description' describing this profile,
 *   and optional 'language' to override the language selection for
 *   language-specific profiles.
 */
function example_profile_details() {
    return array(
        // These two strings will be displayed on the initial profile-selecion
        // page, as a radio-button label, and description below. Because the
        // page is shown before language selection, there's no point to attempt
        // translation in any way; it's always shown in English. But however,
        // if the profile is focused to install Drupal in some other language,
        // these strings may be provided in that language, assuming that the
        // maintainer of the installed new Drupal site understands that better.
        // To skip the untranslatable profile-selection page entirely, ensure
        // that there's just one profile available, by deleting the default
        // profile.
'name' => 'Example installation profile',
        'description' => 'This is an example installation profile for Drupal 6.x, demonstrating some of the principles to developers.',
        // This example profile is supposed to be language-focused, so we
        // inject the language selection here, hiding the language selection
        // screen from the user, and so saving one unnecessary, untranslatable
        // step. Any profile focused to features rather than language, or
        // expecting more languages to choose from, should omit the line below.
        // We're using Czech as an example here; it only works if a valid file
        // cs.po (with installer translations) is provided in the
        // profiles/example/translations directory, otherwise default English
        // will be used instead.
'language' => 'cs',
    );
}

/**
 * Return a list of tasks that this profile supports.
 *
 * @return
 *   A keyed array of tasks the profile will perform during
 *   the final stage. The keys of the array will be used internally,
 *   while the values will be displayed to the user in the installer
 *   task list.
 */
function example_profile_task_list() {
    return array(
        // Here we define names of the custom tasks we're about to perform,
        // so that these will be shown in the tasks list on the
        // installer UI. The keys may be anything (internal use only),
        // excepting the reserved tasks (as listed in install_reserved_tasks()
        // inside install.php). The strings may be translated with the st()
        // wrapper (translations provided in the install profile's .po file),
        // but sometimes there's no point in doing that, if the profile is
        // only focused to a single language. We only need to list tasks,
        // for which a page will be displayed; internally, unlisted keys
        // may be well used too. It's also possible to return dynamic data
        // here, adding/removing tasks on-the-fly depending on previous
        // steps.
'task1' => st('Example question'),
        'task2' => st('Example summary'),
    );
}

/**
 * Perform any final installation tasks for this profile.
 *
 * The installer goes through the profile-select -> locale-select
 * -> requirements -> database -> locale-initial-batch -> configure
 * -> locale-remaining-batch -> finished -> done tasks in this order,
 * if you don't implement this function in your profile.
 *
 * If this function is implemented, you can have any number of
 * custom tasks to perform after 'configure', implementing a state
 * machine here to walk the user through those tasks. First time,
 * this function gets called with $task set to 'profile', and you
 * can advance to further tasks by setting $task to your tasks'
 * identifiers, used as array keys in the hook_profile_task_list()
 * above. You must avoid the reserved tasks listed in
 * install_reserved_tasks(). If you implement your custom tasks,
 * this function will get called in every HTTP request (for form
 * processing, printing your information screens and so on) until
 * you advance to the 'profile-finished' task, with which you
 * hand control back to the installer. Each custom page you
 * return needs to provide a way to continue, such as a form
 * submission or a link. You should also set custom page titles.
 *
 * You should define the list of custom tasks you implement by
 * returning an array of them in hook_profile_task_list(), as these
 * show up in the list of tasks on the installer user interface.
 *
 * Remember that the user will be able to reload the pages multiple
 * times, so you might want to use variable_set() and variable_get()
 * to remember your data and control further processing, if $task
 * is insufficient. Should a profile want to display a form here,
 * it can; the form should set '#redirect' to FALSE, and rely on
 * an action in the submit handler, such as variable_set(), to
 * detect submission and proceed to further tasks. See the configuration
 * form handling code in install_tasks() for an example.
 *
 * Important: Any temporary variables should be removed using
 * variable_del() before advancing to the 'profile-finished' phase.
 *
 * @param $task
 *   The current $task of the install system. When hook_profile_tasks()
 *   is first called, this is 'profile'.
 * @param $url
 *   Complete URL to be used for a link or form action on a custom page,
 *   if providing any, to allow the user to proceed with the installation.
 *
 * @return
 *   An optional HTML string to display to the user. Only used if you
 *   modify the $task, otherwise discarded.
 */
function example_profile_tasks(&$task, $url) {
    // First time, this function will be called with the 'profile' task.
    // In this case, we advance the pointer to our first custom task, to
    // indicate that this profile needs more runs to complete, and we
    // also perform some initial settings.
    if ($task == 'profile') {
        $task = 'task1';
        // The following part is a verbatim from default.profile, doing some
        // basic settings, that may be easily customized here. For a simple
        // profile, with no need for custom UI screens, this will be the
        // only code inside hook_profile_tasks(); in that case there's
        // no need to modify $task, as demonstrated in default.profile:
        // If $task is not changed, this function gets only called once.
        // Insert default user-defined node types into the database. For a complete
        // list of available node type attributes, refer to the node type API
        // documentation at: http://api.drupal.org/api/HEAD/function/hook_node_info.
        $types = array(
            array(
                'type' => 'page',
                'name' => st('Page'),
                'module' => 'node',
                'description' => st("A <em>page</em>, similar in form to a <em>story</em>, is a simple method for creating and displaying information that rarely changes, such as an \"About us\" section of a website. By default, a <em>page</em> entry does not allow visitor comments and is not featured on the site's initial home page."),
                'custom' => TRUE,
                'modified' => TRUE,
                'locked' => FALSE,
                'help' => '',
                'min_word_count' => '',
            ),
            array(
                'type' => 'story',
                'name' => st('Story'),
                'module' => 'node',
                'description' => st("A <em>story</em>, similar in form to a <em>page</em>, is ideal for creating and displaying content that informs or engages website visitors. Press releases, site announcements, and informal blog-like entries may all be created with a <em>story</em> entry. By default, a <em>story</em> entry is automatically featured on the site's initial home page, and provides the ability to post comments."),
                'custom' => TRUE,
                'modified' => TRUE,
                'locked' => FALSE,
                'help' => '',
                'min_word_count' => '',
            ),
        );
        foreach ($types as $type) {
            $type = (object) _node_type_set_defaults($type);
            node_type_save($type);
        }
        // Default page to not be promoted and have comments disabled.
        variable_set('node_options_page', array(
            'status',
        ));
        variable_set('comment_page', COMMENT_NODE_DISABLED);
        // Don't display date and author information for page nodes by default.
        $theme_settings = variable_get('theme_settings', array());
        $theme_settings['toggle_node_info_page'] = FALSE;
        variable_set('theme_settings', $theme_settings);
        // Update the menu router information.
        menu_rebuild();
    }
    // (End of verbatim from default.profile)
    // Our custom tasks now follow. Just like install.php, we use a construct
    // of if() statements here, to allow passing from one task to another in
    // the same request, after the $task pointer got modified, and ensure
    // that correct code gets executed on page reloads.
    // Our first custom task displays a form.
    if ($task == 'task1') {
        // FAPI takes care of most of the operations, as page reloads go.
        // We pass the $url to the form definition, to be used for form action.
        $output = drupal_get_form('example_form', $url);
        // The forms inside installer profiles may not use redirection, because
        // that will break the installer workflow. So we need an other way to
        // detect whether the form was successfully submitted, meaning that
        // the submit handler already performed it's job. This depends on the
        // exact use case; in this example profile, we check whether some
        // user-submitted text was already stored into our variable.
        if (!variable_get('example_submitted_text', FALSE)) {
            // The variable is still empty, meaning that the drupal_get_form()
            // call above haven't finished the form yet. We set a page-title
            // here, and return the rendered form to the installer, to be
            // shown to the user. Since $task is still set to 'task1', this
            // code will be re-run on next page request, proceeding further
            // if possible.
            drupal_set_title(st('Example question'));
            return $output;
        }
        else {
            // The form was submitted, so now we advance to the next task.
            $task = 'task2';
        }
    }
    // Our second custom task shows a simple page, summarizing the previous
    // step.
    if ($task == 'task2') {
        // To display a simple HTML page through the installer, we just set
        // title, and return the content. But since this code is now run on
        // every page request (until we change the $task), we need to detect
        // whether the user already decided to finish this task by clicking
        // to the provided link (as opposed to showing the page first time,
        // or a reload). This is done through an extra GET string added to
        // the link.
        if (empty($_GET['example_finished'])) {
            // The GET string is not present, meaning that this page request
            // is not coming from the link being clicked, and so we need to
            // render the page.
            $output = '<p>' . st('This page is a demonstration of custom page shown by a custom task of installer profile.') . '</p>';
            $output .= '<p>' . st('On the previous page, the following text was entered: %text.', array(
                '%text' => variable_get('example_submitted_text', ''),
            )) . '</p>';
            // We build the link from $url provided by the installer, adding
            // the extra GET string mentioned above.
            $output .= '<p><a href="' . $url . '&example_finished=yes">' . st('Click here to continue') . '</a></p>';
            drupal_set_title(st('Example summary'));
            return $output;
        }
        else {
            // The GET string is present, meaning that the user already
            // reviewed the page and clicked the link. We can advance to
            // further tasks now, but since we haven't any left, we just
            // finish our business here:
            // The variable 'example_submitted_text' was just a temporary
            // storage for our testing. Variables may be used for such
            // purposes here, but we should remove them before passing
            // control back to installer, to avoid leaving useless temporary
            // data in the variables table of the newly installed Drupal
            // site.
            variable_del('example_submitted_text');
            // By advancing to the 'profile-finished' task, we hand control
            // back to the installer, when we are done.
            $task = 'profile-finished';
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Form API array definition for the example form.
 */
function example_form(&$form_state, $url) {
    // This is just a very simple form with one textfield, and a
    // submit button.
    $form['example_text'] = array(
        '#type' => 'textfield',
        '#title' => st('Testing text'),
        '#default_value' => '',
        '#size' => 45,
        '#maxlength' => 45,
        '#required' => TRUE,
        '#description' => st('This is an example form demonstrating forms usage in the installer profiles tasks. Enter any text to see what happens.'),
    );
    $form['continue'] = array(
        '#type' => 'submit',
        '#value' => st('Continue'),
    );
    // Note that #action is set to the url passed through from
    // installer, ensuring that it points to the same page, and
    // #redirect is FALSE to avoid broken installer workflow.
    $form['errors'] = array();
    $form['#action'] = $url;
    $form['#redirect'] = FALSE;
    return $form;
}

/**
 * Form API submit for the example form.
 */
function example_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
    // This code is executed, while the form is submitted. There's
    // a wide range of possible operations to execute here, such as
    // process and store settings, enable extra modules, or save
    // contents to the new site (unless the operations are too
    // expensive: the Batch API is a good choice for such operations,
    // but it needs to be coded inside hook_profile_tasks(), not
    // here).
    // In this example profile, we just store the submitted text to
    // a temporary variable, to be used in further tasks.
    variable_set('example_submitted_text', $form_state['values']['example_text']);
}

/**
 * Implementation of hook_form_alter().
 *
 * Allows the profile to alter the site-configuration form. This is
 * called through custom invocation, so $form_state is not populated.
 */
function example_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
    if ($form_id == 'install_configure') {
        // Here we can play with the site configuration form provided
        // by the installer, by changing the prepopulated $form array.
        // See install_configure_form() inside install.php for its
        // default content.
        // Set default for site name field.
        $form['site_information']['site_name']['#default_value'] = 'Drupal example';
        // Set default for administrator account name.
        $form['admin_account']['account']['name']['#default_value'] = 'admin';
        // Remove the timezone setting, as this profile is supposed to be
        // focused on Czech language as an example, where the timezone is
        // obvious.
        unset($form['server_settings']['date_default_timezone']);
        // Define the timezone as fixed value instead, so that the submit
        // handler of the site configuration form may still process it.
        $form['date_default_timezone'] = array(
            '#type' => 'value',
            '#value' => '3600',
        );
    }
}

Functions

Title Deprecated Summary
example_form Form API array definition for the example form.
example_form_alter Implementation of hook_form_alter().
example_form_submit Form API submit for the example form.
example_profile_details Return a description of the profile for the initial installation screen.
example_profile_modules Return an array of the modules to be enabled when this profile is installed.
example_profile_tasks Perform any final installation tasks for this profile.
example_profile_task_list Return a list of tasks that this profile supports.

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