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<?php

include 'header.php';
include_once 'connect.php';

echo '<section><h2>Create a new topic</h2>';

if (!isset($_SESSION['signed_in'])) {
	echo 'You must be <a href="signin.php">signed in</a> to create a topic.';
} else {
	if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST') {
		$sql = "SELECT cat_id, cat_name, cat_description FROM categories";
		$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);

		if (!$result) {
			echo 'Error while selecting from database. Please try again later.';
		} else {
			if (mysqli_num_rows($result) == 0) {
				echo 'There are currently no categories to post to.';
			} else {
				echo '
				<form action="" method="post">
					<label for="topic_subject">Subject: </label><br>
					<input type="text" name="topic_subject"><br>
					<label for="topic_cat">Category: </label><br>
					<select name="topic_cat">';

				while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
					echo '<option value="' . $row['cat_id'] . '">' . $row['cat_name'] . '</option>';
				}

				echo '
					</select><br>
					<label for="post_content">Write your post: </label><br>
					<textarea name="post_content"></textarea><br>
					<input type="submit" name="submit">
				</form>
				';
			}
		}
	} else {
		$sql = "BEGIN WORK;";
		$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);

		if (!$result) {
			echo 'An error occurred creating your topic. Try again later';
		} else {
			$sql = "INSERT INTO topics(topic_subject, topic_date, topic_cat, topic_author) VALUES(
			'" . mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, $_POST['topic_subject']) . "', 
			NOW(), 
			" . mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, $_POST['topic_cat']) . ", 
			" . $_SESSION['user_id'] .")";

			$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);

			if (!$result) {
				echo 'An error occured while creating your post. Please try again later.' . mysql_error();
				$sql = "ROLLBACK;";
				mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);
			} else {
				$topic_id = mysqli_insert_id($dbc);

				$sql = "INSERT INTO posts(post_content, post_date, post_topic, post_author) VALUES(
				'" . mysqli_real_escape_string($dbc, $_POST['post_content']) . "',
				NOW(),
				" . $topic_id . ",
				" . $_SESSION['user_id'] . ")";

				$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);

				if (!$result) {
					echo 'An error occured while creating your post. Please try again later.' . mysqli_error($dbc);
					$sql = "ROLLBACK;";
					mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);
				} else {
					$sql = "COMMIT;";
					$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $sql);

					echo 'You have successfully created <a href="topic.php?id='. $topic_id . '">your new topic</a>.';
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

echo '</section>';

include 'footer.php';

?>