From 1d9b40eee1d7009b9d88d92b5937cf135f9cfa60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FredericoAndrade <faandrade@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:48:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update all serialized license urls to strings. closes #245

---
 readme.md                                     | 10 +++--
 .../includes/unserialize_license_link.php     | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../themes/blankslate-child/single-videos.php |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/includes/unserialize_license_link.php

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5c3f71b2..71d4934d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -148,9 +148,7 @@ Database access through Beekeeper Studio is only possible while the SSH tunnel i
 - **Database User Not Allowed**: Use the MariaDB console to grant appropriate privileges (`GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES` commands) as described in Step 2.
 
 ## Database Sync
-Work is underway to syncronize databases across environments
-Utilizing WP-CLI
-Local database syncs are accomplished with the `tool-sync-db-from-prod.sh` script.
+Work is underway to syncronize databases across environments. To sync your local database up with Prod, run `bash tool-sync-db-from-prod.sh` from your local terminal.
 
 
 # CSS and Compiling Stylus
@@ -191,6 +189,12 @@ Some of our advanced features are maintained as custom plugins. At present, we h
    /includes/templates/*
    ```
 
+# Errors
+
+Localhost db view error: `The user specified as a definer ('wikitong_master'@'localhost') does not exist`
+1. `DROP VIEW IF EXISTS languages_view;`
+1. Recreate the View
+
 # To-Do
 
 ## Code structure and styles
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/includes/unserialize_license_link.php b/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/includes/unserialize_license_link.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecff3dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/includes/unserialize_license_link.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+// Load WordPress environment.
+require_once('wp-load.php');
+
+global $wpdb;
+
+// Fetch all serialized license_link entries.
+$serialized_entries = $wpdb->get_results("
+    SELECT meta_id, meta_value
+    FROM {$wpdb->postmeta}
+    WHERE meta_key = 'license_link'
+    AND (meta_value LIKE 'a:%' OR meta_value LIKE 's:%')
+");
+
+foreach ($serialized_entries as $entry) {
+    $meta_id = $entry->meta_id;
+    $serialized_value = maybe_unserialize($entry->meta_value);
+
+    // Check if it's an array (from serialized data), get the first item; otherwise, use the value as-is.
+    $plain_text_value = is_array($serialized_value) ? $serialized_value[0] : $serialized_value;
+
+    // Update the meta_value with the plain text URL.
+    $updated = $wpdb->update(
+        $wpdb->postmeta,
+        ['meta_value' => $plain_text_value],
+        ['meta_id' => $meta_id],
+        ['%s'],
+        ['%d']
+    );
+
+    if ($updated) {
+        echo "Updated meta_id {$meta_id} to: {$plain_text_value}\n";
+    } else {
+        echo "No update was made for meta_id {$meta_id}. It may already be plain text or an error occurred.\n";
+    }
+}
+
+echo "All serialized entries for 'license_link' have been processed.\n";
diff --git a/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/single-videos.php b/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/single-videos.php
index c36f6a62..ee10d26f 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/single-videos.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/blankslate-child/single-videos.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   $reversed_license_link = array_reverse($license_link);
   $video_license_url = array_pop($reversed_license_link);
 } else {
-  $video_license_url = '';
+  $video_license_url = $license_link;
 }
 $featured_languages = get_field('featured_languages');