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+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * SQL Validator interface for phpMyAdmin
+ *
+ * Copyright 2002 Robin Johnson <robbat2@users.sourceforge.net>
+ * http://www.orbis-terrarum.net/?l=people.robbat2
+ *
+ * This function uses the Mimer SQL Validator service
+ * <http://developer.mimer.com/validator/index.htm> from phpMyAdmin
+ *
+ * Copyright for Server side validator systems:
+ * "All SQL statements are stored anonymously for statistical purposes.
+ * Mimer SQL Validator, Copyright 2002 Upright Database Technology.
+ * All rights reserved."
+ *
+ * All data is transported over HTTP-SOAP
+ * And uses the PEAR SOAP Module
+ *
+ * Install instructions for PEAR SOAP
+ * Make sure you have a really recent PHP with PEAR support
+ * run this: "pear install Mail_Mime Net_DIME SOAP"
+ *
+ * Enable the SQL Validator options in the configuration file
+ * $cfg['SQLQuery']['Validate'] = TRUE;
+ * $cfg['SQLValidator']['use']  = FALSE;
+ *
+ * Also set a username and password if you have a private one
+ *
+ * @version $Id: sqlvalidator.lib.php 11335 2008-06-21 14:01:54Z lem9 $
+ */
+if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+    exit;
+}
+
+/**
+ * We need the PEAR libraries, so do a minimum version check first
+ * I'm not sure if PEAR was available before this point
+ * For now we actually use a configuration flag
+ */
+if ($cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] == TRUE)  {
+    require_once './libraries/sqlvalidator.class.php';
+} // if ($cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] == TRUE)
+
+
+/**
+ * This function utilizes the Mimer SQL Validator service
+ * to validate an SQL query
+ *
+ * <http://developer.mimer.com/validator/index.htm>
+ *
+ * @param   string   SQL query to validate
+ *
+ * @return  string   Validator result string
+ *
+ * @global  array    The PMA configuration array
+ */
+function PMA_validateSQL($sql)
+{
+    global $cfg;
+
+    $str = '';
+
+    if ($cfg['SQLValidator']['use']) {
+        if (isset($GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_error'])
+            && $GLOBALS['sqlvalidator_error']) {
+            $str = sprintf($GLOBALS['strValidatorError'], '<a href="./Documentation.html#faqsqlvalidator" target="documentation">', '</a>');
+        } else {
+            // create new class instance
+            $srv = new PMA_SQLValidator();
+
+            // Checks for username settings
+            // The class defaults to anonymous with an empty password
+            // automatically
+            if ($cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] != '') {
+                $srv->setCredentials($cfg['SQLValidator']['username'], $cfg['SQLValidator']['password']);
+            }
+
+            // Identify ourselves to the server properly...
+            $srv->appendCallingProgram('phpMyAdmin', PMA_VERSION);
+
+            // ... and specify what database system we are using
+            $srv->setTargetDbms('MySQL', PMA_MYSQL_STR_VERSION);
+
+            // Log on to service
+            $srv->start();
+
+            // Do service validation
+            $str = $srv->validationString($sql);
+        }
+
+    } // end if
+
+    // Gives string back to caller
+    return $str;
+} // end of the "PMA_validateSQL()" function
+
+?>