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<?php

/* For licensing terms, see /license.txt */

use Chamilo\CoreBundle\DataFixtures\LanguageFixtures;
use Chamilo\CoreBundle\Framework\Container;
use ChamiloSession as Session;
use Westsworld\TimeAgo;

/**
 * File: internationalization.lib.php
 * Internationalization library for Chamilo 1.x LMS
 * A library implementing internationalization related functions.
 * License: GNU General Public License Version 3 (Free Software Foundation)ww.
 *
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov, <ivantcholakov@gmail.com>, 2009, 2010
 * @author More authors, mentioned in the correpsonding fragments of this source.
 */
// Predefined date formats in Chamilo provided by the language sub-system.
// To be used as a parameter for the function api_format_date()
define('TIME_NO_SEC_FORMAT', 0); // 15:23
define('DATE_FORMAT_SHORT', 1); // Aug 25, 09
define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG', 2); // Monday August 25, 09
define('DATE_FORMAT_LONG_NO_DAY', 10); // August 25, 2009
define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG', 3); // Monday August 25, 2009 at 03:28 PM

define('DATE_FORMAT_NUMBER', 4); // 25.08.09
define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG_24H', 5); // August 25, 2009 at 15:28
define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT_SHORT', 6); // Aug 25, 2009 at 03:28 PM
define('DATE_TIME_FORMAT_SHORT_TIME_FIRST', 7); // 03:28 PM, Aug 25 2009
define('DATE_FORMAT_NUMBER_NO_YEAR', 8); // 25.08 dd-mm
define('DATE_FORMAT_ONLY_DAYNAME', 9); // Monday, Sunday, etc

// Formatting person's name.
// Formatting a person's name using the pattern as it has been
// configured in the internationalization database for every language.
// This (default) option would be the most used.
define('PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION', 0);
// The following options may be used in limited number of places for overriding the common convention:

// Formatting a person's name in Western order: first_name last_name
define('PERSON_NAME_WESTERN_ORDER', 1);
// Formatting a person's name in Eastern order: last_name first_name
define('PERSON_NAME_EASTERN_ORDER', 2);
// Contextual: formatting person's name in library order: last_name, first_name
define('PERSON_NAME_LIBRARY_ORDER', 3);
// Contextual: formatting a person's name assotiated with an email-address.
// Ivan: I am not sure how seems email servers an clients would interpret name order, so I assign the Western order.
define('PERSON_NAME_EMAIL_ADDRESS', PERSON_NAME_WESTERN_ORDER);
// Contextual: formatting a person's name for data-exporting operations.
// For backward compatibility this format has been set to Eastern order.
define('PERSON_NAME_DATA_EXPORT', PERSON_NAME_EASTERN_ORDER);

/**
 * Returns a translated (localized) string.
 */
function get_lang(string $variable, ?string $locale = null): string
{
    $translator = Container::$translator ?: Container::$container->get('translator');

    if (!$translator) {
        return $variable;
    }

    // Using symfony
    $defaultDomain = 'messages';

    // Check for locale fallbacks (in case no translation is available).
    static $fallbacks = null;
    $englishInQueue = (!empty($locale) && $locale === 'en_US');
    if ($fallbacks === null) {
        if (!empty($locale)) {
            while (!empty($parent = SubLanguageManager::getParentLocale($locale))) {
                $fallbacks[] = $parent;
                if ($parent === 'en_US') {
                    $englishInQueue = true;
                }
            }
        }
        // If there were no parent language, still consider en_US as global fallback
        if (!$englishInQueue) {
            $fallbacks[] = 'en_US';
        }
    }
    // Test a basic translation to the current language.
    $translation = $translator->trans(
        $variable,
        [],
        $defaultDomain,
        $locale
    );
    // If no translation was found, $translation is empty.
    // Check fallbacks for a valid translation.
    $i = 0;
    while (empty($translation) && !empty($fallbacks[$i])) {
        $fallback = $fallbacks[$i];
        $translation = $translator->trans(
            $variable,
            [],
            $defaultDomain,
            $fallback
        );
        $i++;
    }

    return $translation;
}

/**
 * Gets language iso code.
 */
function api_get_language_isocode()
{
    $request = Container::getRequest();

    if ($request) {
        return $request->getLocale();
    }

    return 'en_US';
}

/**
 * Gets language iso code column from the language table.
 *
 * @return array An array with the current isocodes
 *
 * */
function api_get_platform_isocodes()
{
    $list = [];
    $sql = "SELECT isocode
            FROM ".Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_LANGUAGE)."
            ORDER BY isocode ";
    $result = Database::query($sql);
    if (Database::num_rows($result)) {
        while ($row = Database::fetch_array($result)) {
            $list[] = trim($row['isocode']);
        }
    }

    return $list;
}

/**
 * Gets text direction according to the given language.
 *
 * @param string $iso Iso code example en_US, fr_FR, If $language is omitted, interface language is assumed then.
 *
 * @return string the correspondent to the language text direction ('ltr' or 'rtl')
 */
function api_get_text_direction($iso = '')
{
    $languages = LanguageFixtures::getLanguages();
    $rightDirection = array_column($languages, 'direction', 'isocode');

    if (empty($iso)) {
        $iso = api_get_language_isocode();
    }

    if (isset($rightDirection[$iso])) {
        return 'rtl';
    }

    return 'ltr';
}

/**
 * Returns an alphabetized list of timezones in an associative array
 * that can be used to populate a select.
 *
 * @return array List of timezone identifiers
 *
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 */
function api_get_timezones()
{
    $timezone_identifiers = DateTimeZone::listIdentifiers();
    sort($timezone_identifiers);
    $out = [];
    foreach ($timezone_identifiers as $tz) {
        $out[$tz] = $tz;
    }
    $null_option = ['' => ''];

    return array_merge($null_option, $out);
}

/**
 * Returns the timezone to be converted to/from, based on user or admin preferences.
 *
 * @return string The timezone chosen
 */
function api_get_timezone()
{
    $timezone = Session::read('system_timezone');
    if (empty($timezone)) {
        // First, get the default timezone of the server
        $timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
        // Second, see if a timezone has been chosen for the platform
        $timezoneFromSettings = api_get_setting('platform.timezone', false, 'timezones');

        if (null != $timezoneFromSettings) {
            $timezone = $timezoneFromSettings;
        }

        // If allowed by the administrator
        $allowUserTimezones = api_get_setting('profile.use_users_timezone', false, 'timezones');
        $userId = api_get_user_id();

        if ('true' === $allowUserTimezones && !empty($userId)) {
            // Get the timezone based on user preference, if it exists
            $newExtraField = new ExtraFieldValue('user');
            $data = $newExtraField->get_values_by_handler_and_field_variable($userId, 'timezone');
            if (!empty($data) && isset($data['timezone']) && !empty($data['timezone'])) {
                $timezone = $data['timezone'];
            }
        }
        Session::write('system_timezone', $timezone);
    }

    return $timezone;
}

/**
 * Returns the given date as a DATETIME in UTC timezone.
 * This function should be used before entering any date in the DB.
 *
 * @param mixed $time                    Date to be converted (can be a string supported by date() or a timestamp)
 * @param bool  $returnNullIfInvalidDate If the date is not correct return null instead of the current date
 * @param bool  $returnObj               Returns a DateTime object
 *
 * @return string|DateTime The DATETIME in UTC to be inserted in the DB,
 *                         or null if the format of the argument is not supported
 *
 * @author Julio Montoya - Adding the 2nd parameter
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 */
function api_get_utc_datetime($time = null, $returnNullIfInvalidDate = false, $returnObj = false)
{
    if (is_null($time) || empty($time) || '0000-00-00 00:00:00' === $time) {
        if ($returnNullIfInvalidDate) {
            return null;
        }
        if ($returnObj) {
            return new DateTime(gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'), new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
        }

        return gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }

    // If time is a timestamp, return directly in utc
    if (is_numeric($time)) {
        $time = (int) $time;
        $time = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', $time);
        if ($returnObj) {
            return new DateTime($time, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
        }

        return $time;
    }
    try {
        $fromTimezone = api_get_timezone();
        $date = new DateTime($time, new DateTimezone($fromTimezone));
        $date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
        if ($returnObj) {
            return $date;
        } else {
            return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        }
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        return null;
    }
}

/**
 * Returns a DATETIME string converted to the right timezone.
 *
 * @param mixed  $time                    The time to be converted
 * @param string $to_timezone             The timezone to be converted to.
 *                                        If null, the timezone will be determined based on user preference,
 *                                        or timezone chosen by the admin for the platform.
 * @param string $from_timezone           The timezone to be converted from. If null, UTC will be assumed.
 * @param bool   $returnNullIfInvalidDate
 * @param bool   $showTime
 * @param bool   $humanForm
 * @param string $format
 *
 * @return string The converted time formatted as Y-m-d H:i:s
 *
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 */
function api_get_local_time(
    $time = null,
    $to_timezone = null,
    $from_timezone = null,
    $returnNullIfInvalidDate = false,
    $showTime = true,
    $humanForm = false,
    $format = ''
) {
    // Determining the timezone to be converted from
    if (is_null($from_timezone)) {
        $from_timezone = 'UTC';
    }

    // If time is a timestamp, convert it to a string
    if (is_null($time) || empty($time) || '0000-00-00 00:00:00' == $time) {
        if ($returnNullIfInvalidDate) {
            return null;
        }
        $from_timezone = 'UTC';
        $time = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }

    if (is_numeric($time)) {
        $time = (int) $time;
        if ($returnNullIfInvalidDate) {
            if (strtotime(date('d-m-Y H:i:s', $time)) !== $time) {
                return null;
            }
        }

        $from_timezone = 'UTC';
        $time = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s', $time);
    }

    if ($time instanceof DateTime) {
        $time = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $from_timezone = 'UTC';
    }

    try {
        // Determining the timezone to be converted to
        if (is_null($to_timezone)) {
            $to_timezone = api_get_timezone();
        }

        $date = new DateTime($time, new DateTimezone($from_timezone));
        $date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($to_timezone));

        if (!empty($format)) {
            return $date->format($format);
        }

        return api_get_human_date_time($date, $showTime, $humanForm);
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        return '';
    }
}

/**
 * Converts a string into a timestamp safely (handling timezones), using strtotime.
 *
 * @param string $time     to be converted
 * @param string $timezone (if null, the timezone will be determined based
 *                         on user preference, or timezone chosen by the admin for the platform)
 *
 * @return int Timestamp
 *
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 */
function api_strtotime($time, $timezone = null)
{
    $system_timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
    if (!empty($timezone)) {
        date_default_timezone_set($timezone);
    }
    $timestamp = strtotime($time);
    if (!empty($timezone)) {
        // only reset timezone if it was changed
        date_default_timezone_set($system_timezone);
    }

    return $timestamp;
}

/**
 * Returns formatted date/time, correspondent to a given language.
 * The given date should be in the timezone chosen by the administrator
 * and/or user. Use api_get_local_time to get it.
 *
 * @param mixed $time Timestamp or datetime string
 * @param string|int Date format (see date formats in the Chamilo system:
 *                         TIME_NO_SEC_FORMAT,
 *                         DATE_FORMAT_SHORT,
 *                         DATE_FORMAT_LONG,
 *                         DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG
 * @param string $language (optional) Language id
 *                         If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed
 *
 * @return string returns the formatted date
 *
 * @author Patrick Cool <patrick.cool@UGent.be>, Ghent University
 * @author Christophe Gesche<gesche@ipm.ucl.ac.be>
 *         originally inspired from from PhpMyAdmin
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov, 2009, code refactoring, adding support for predefined date/time formats.
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 *
 * @see    http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
 */
function api_format_date($time, $format = null, $language = null)
{
    if (empty($time)) {
        return '';
    }

    $system_timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
    date_default_timezone_set(api_get_timezone());

    if (is_string($time)) {
        $time = strtotime($time);
    }

    if (is_null($format)) {
        $format = DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG;
    }
    if ($time instanceof DateTime) {
        $time = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }

    $datetype = null;
    $timetype = null;

    if (is_int($format)) {
        switch ($format) {
            case DATE_FORMAT_ONLY_DAYNAME:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;

                break;
            case DATE_FORMAT_NUMBER_NO_YEAR:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;

                break;
            case DATE_FORMAT_NUMBER:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;

                break;
            case TIME_NO_SEC_FORMAT:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            case DATE_FORMAT_SHORT:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::LONG;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;

                break;
            case DATE_FORMAT_LONG:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::NONE;

                break;
            case DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            case DATE_FORMAT_LONG_NO_DAY:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            case DATE_TIME_FORMAT_SHORT:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            case DATE_TIME_FORMAT_SHORT_TIME_FIRST:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            case DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG_24H:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;

                break;
            default:
                $datetype = IntlDateFormatter::FULL;
                $timetype = IntlDateFormatter::SHORT;
        }
    }

    // Use ICU
    if (is_null($language)) {
        $language = api_get_language_isocode();
    }
    $date_formatter = new IntlDateFormatter($language, $datetype, $timetype, date_default_timezone_get());
    $formatted_date = api_to_system_encoding($date_formatter->format($time), 'UTF-8');

    date_default_timezone_set($system_timezone);

    return $formatted_date;
}

/**
 * Returns the difference between the current date (date(now)) with the parameter
 * $date in a string format like "2 days ago, 1 hour ago".
 * You can use it like this:
 * Display::dateToStringAgoAndLongDate($dateInUtc);.
 *
 * @param string|DateTime $date                 Result of a date function in this format -> date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time());
 * @param string          $timeZone
 * @param bool            $returnDateDifference
 *
 * @return string
 *
 * @author Julio Montoya
 */
function date_to_str_ago($date, $timeZone = 'UTC', $returnDateDifference = false)
{
    if ('0000-00-00 00:00:00' === $date) {
        return '';
    }

    $getOldTimezone = api_get_timezone();
    $isoCode = api_get_language_isocode();
    if ('pt' === $isoCode) {
        $isoCode = 'pt-BR';
    }
    if ('fr_FR' === $isoCode) {
        $isoCode = 'Fr';
    }
    $isoCode = ucfirst($isoCode);
    $class = "Westsworld\TimeAgo\Translations\\".$isoCode;
    if (class_exists($class)) {
        $language = new $class();
    } else {
        $language = new Westsworld\TimeAgo\Translations\En();
    }

    $timeAgo = new TimeAgo($language);
    if (!($date instanceof DateTime)) {
        $date = api_get_utc_datetime($date, null, true);
    }

    $value = $timeAgo->inWords($date);
    date_default_timezone_set($getOldTimezone);

    if ($returnDateDifference) {
        $now = new DateTime('now', $date->getTimezone());
        $value = $date->diff($now);

        return [
            'years' => $value->y,
            'months' => $value->m,
            'days' => $value->d,
            'hours' => $value->h,
            'minutes' => $value->i,
            'seconds' => $value->s,
        ];
    }

    return $value;
}

/**
 * Converts a date to the right timezone and localizes it in the format given as an argument.
 *
 * @param mixed The time to be converted
 * @param mixed Format to be used (TIME_NO_SEC_FORMAT, DATE_FORMAT_SHORT, DATE_FORMAT_LONG, DATE_TIME_FORMAT_LONG)
 * @param string Timezone to be converted from. If null, UTC will be assumed.
 *
 * @return string Converted and localized date
 *
 * @author Guillaume Viguier <guillaume.viguier@beeznest.com>
 */
function api_convert_and_format_date($time = null, $format = null, $from_timezone = null)
{
    // First, convert the datetime to the right timezone
    $time = api_get_local_time($time, null, $from_timezone, true);

    // Second, localize the date
    return api_format_date($time, $format);
}

/**
 * Returns an array of translated week days in short names.
 *
 * @param string $language (optional) Language id. If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns an array of week days (short names).
 *                Example: api_get_week_days_short('english') means array('Sun', 'Mon', ... 'Sat').
 *                Note: For all languges returned days are in the English order.
 */
function api_get_week_days_short($language = null)
{
    $days = &_api_get_day_month_names($language);

    return $days['days_short'];
}

/**
 * Returns an array of translated week days.
 *
 * @param string $language (optional) Language id. If it is omitted,
 *                         the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns an array of week days.
 *                Example: api_get_week_days_long('english') means array('Sunday, 'Monday', ... 'Saturday').
 *                Note: For all languges returned days are in the English order.
 */
function api_get_week_days_long($language = null)
{
    $days = &_api_get_day_month_names($language);

    return $days['days_long'];
}

/**
 * Returns an array of translated months in short names.
 *
 * @param string $language (optional)    Language id.
 *                         If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns an array of months (short names).
 *                Example: api_get_months_short('english') means array('Jan', 'Feb', ... 'Dec').
 */
function api_get_months_short($language = null)
{
    $months = &_api_get_day_month_names($language);

    return $months['months_short'];
}

/**
 * Returns an array of translated months.
 *
 * @param string $language (optional)    Language id.
 *                         If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns an array of months.
 *                Example: api_get_months_long('english') means array('January, 'February' ... 'December').
 */
function api_get_months_long($language = null)
{
    $months = &_api_get_day_month_names($language);

    return $months['months_long'];
}

/**
 * Name order conventions.
 */

/**
 * Builds a person (full) name depending on the convention for a given language.
 *
 * @param string     $first_name the first name of the person
 * @param string     $last_name  the last name of the person
 * @param string     $title      the title of the person
 * @param int|string $format     (optional) The person name format.
 *                               It may be a pattern-string (for example '%t %l, %f' or '%T %F %L', ...) or
 *                               some of the constants
 *                               PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION (default),
 *                               PERSON_NAME_WESTERN_ORDER,
 *                               PERSON_NAME_EASTERN_ORDER,
 *                               PERSON_NAME_LIBRARY_ORDER.
 * @param string     $language   (optional)
 *                               The language id. If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed.
 *                               This parameter has meaning with the format PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION only.
 * @param string     $username
 *
 * @return string The result is sort of full name of the person.
 *                Sample results:
 *                Peter Ustinoff or Dr. Peter Ustinoff     - the Western order
 *                Ustinoff Peter or Dr. Ustinoff Peter     - the Eastern order
 *                Ustinoff, Peter or - Dr. Ustinoff, Peter - the library order
 *                Note: See the file main/inc/lib/internationalization_database/name_order_conventions.php
 *                where you can check the convention for your language.
 *
 * @author Carlos Vargas <carlos.vargas@dokeos.com> - initial implementation.
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov
 */
function api_get_person_name(
    $first_name,
    $last_name,
    $title = null,
    $format = null,
    $language = null,
    $username = null
) {
    static $valid = [];
    if (empty($format)) {
        $format = PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION;
    }
    // We check if the language is supported, otherwise we check the
    // interface language of the parent language of sublanguage
    if (empty($language)) {
        // Do not set $setParentLanguageName because this function is called before
        // the main language is loaded in global.inc.php
        $language = api_get_language_isocode();
    }
    if (!isset($valid[$format][$language])) {
        if (is_int($format)) {
            switch ($format) {
                case PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION:
                    $valid[$format][$language] = _api_get_person_name_convention($language, 'format');
                    break;
                case PERSON_NAME_WESTERN_ORDER:
                    $valid[$format][$language] = '%t %f %l';
                    break;
                case PERSON_NAME_EASTERN_ORDER:
                    $valid[$format][$language] = '%t %l %f';
                    break;
                case PERSON_NAME_LIBRARY_ORDER:
                    $valid[$format][$language] = '%t %l, %f';
                    break;
                default:
                    $valid[$format][$language] = '%t %f %l';
                    break;
            }
        } else {
            $valid[$format][$language] = _api_validate_person_name_format($format);
        }
    }

    $format = $valid[$format][$language];

    $keywords = [
        '%firstname',
        '%f',
        '%F',
        '%lastname',
        '%l',
        '%L',
        '%title',
        '%t',
        '%T',
        '%username',
        '%u',
        '%U',
    ];

    $values = [
        $first_name,
        $first_name,
        api_strtoupper($first_name),
        $last_name,
        $last_name,
        api_strtoupper($last_name),
        $title,
        $title,
        api_strtoupper($title),
        $username,
        $username,
        api_strtoupper($username),
    ];
    $person_name = str_replace($keywords, $values, $format);

    return _api_clean_person_name($person_name);
}

/**
 * Checks whether a given format represents person name in Western order (for which first name is first).
 *
 * @param int|string $format   (optional)    The person name format.
 *                             It may be a pattern-string (for example '%t. %l, %f') or some of the constants
 *                             PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION (default),
 *                             PERSON_NAME_WESTERN_ORDER,
 *                             PERSON_NAME_EASTERN_ORDER,
 *                             PERSON_NAME_LIBRARY_ORDER.
 * @param string     $language (optional) The language id. If it is omitted,
 *                             the current interface language is assumed. This parameter has meaning with the
 *                             format PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION only.
 *
 * @return bool The result TRUE means that the order is first_name last_name,
 *              FALSE means last_name first_name.
 *              Note: You may use this function for determining the order of the fields or
 *              columns "First name" and "Last name" in forms, tables and reports.
 *
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov
 */
function api_is_western_name_order($format = null, $language = null)
{
    static $order = [];
    if (empty($format)) {
        $format = PERSON_NAME_COMMON_CONVENTION;
    }

    if (empty($language)) {
        $language = api_get_language_isocode();
    }
    if (!isset($order[$format][$language])) {
        $test_name = api_get_person_name('%f', '%l', '%t', $format, $language);
        $order[$format][$language] = stripos($test_name, '%f') <= stripos($test_name, '%l');
    }

    return $order[$format][$language];
}

/**
 * Returns a directive for sorting person names depending on a given language
 * and based on the options in the internationalization "database".
 *
 * @param string $language (optional) The input language.
 *                         If it is omitted, the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return bool Returns boolean value. TRUE means ORDER BY first_name, last_name
 *              FALSE means ORDER BY last_name, first_name.
 *              Note: You may use this function:
 *              2. for constructing the ORDER clause of SQL queries, related to first_name and last_name;
 *              3. for adjusting php-implemented sorting in tables and reports.
 *
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov
 */
function api_sort_by_first_name($language = null)
{
    static $sort_by_first_name = [];

    if (empty($language)) {
        $language = api_get_language_isocode();
    }
    if (!isset($sort_by_first_name[$language])) {
        $sort_by_first_name[$language] = _api_get_person_name_convention($language, 'sort_by');
    }

    return $sort_by_first_name[$language];
}

/**
 * Multibyte string conversion functions.
 */

/**
 * Converts character encoding of a given string.
 *
 * @param string $string        the string being converted
 * @param string $to_encoding   the encoding that $string is being converted to
 * @param string $from_encoding (optional)    The encoding that $string is being converted from.
 *                              If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns the converted string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function mb_convert_encoding() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-convert-encoding
 */
function api_convert_encoding($string, $to_encoding, $from_encoding = 'UTF-8')
{
    if (strtoupper($to_encoding) === strtoupper($from_encoding)) {
        return $string;
    }

    return mb_convert_encoding($string, $to_encoding, $from_encoding);
}

/**
 * Converts a given string into UTF-8 encoded string.
 *
 * @param string $string        the string being converted
 * @param string $from_encoding (optional) The encoding that $string is being converted from.
 *                              If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns the converted string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function utf8_encode() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode
 */
function api_utf8_encode($string, $from_encoding = 'UTF-8')
{
    return mb_convert_encoding($string, 'UTF-8', $from_encoding);
}

/**
 * Converts a given string from UTF-8 encoding to a specified encoding.
 *
 * @param string $string     the string being converted
 * @param string $toEncoding (optional)    The encoding that $string is being converted to.
 *                           If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns the converted string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function utf8_decode() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode
 */
function api_utf8_decode($string, $toEncoding = null)
{
    if (null === $toEncoding) {
        return $string;
    }

    return mb_convert_encoding($string, $toEncoding, 'UTF-8');
}

/**
 * Converts a given string into the system encoding (or platform character set).
 * When $from encoding is omitted on UTF-8 platforms then language dependent encoding
 * is guessed/assumed. On non-UTF-8 platforms omitted $from encoding is assumed as UTF-8.
 * When the parameter $check_utf8_validity is true the function checks string's
 * UTF-8 validity and decides whether to try to convert it or not.
 * This function is useful for problem detection or making workarounds.
 *
 * @param string $string              the string being converted
 * @param string $from_encoding       (optional) The encoding that $string is being converted from.
 *                                    It is guessed when it is omitted.
 * @param bool   $check_utf8_validity (optional)    A flag for UTF-8 validity check as condition for making conversion
 *
 * @return string returns the converted string
 */
function api_to_system_encoding($string, $from_encoding = null, $check_utf8_validity = false)
{
    $system_encoding = api_get_system_encoding();

    return api_convert_encoding($string, $system_encoding, $from_encoding);
}

/**
 * Converts all applicable characters to HTML entities.
 *
 * @param string $string      the input string
 * @param int    $quote_style (optional)    The quote style - ENT_COMPAT (default), ENT_QUOTES, ENT_NOQUOTES
 *
 * @return string Returns the converted string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function htmlentities() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities
 */
function api_htmlentities($string, $quote_style = ENT_COMPAT)
{
    switch ($quote_style) {
        case ENT_COMPAT:
            $string = str_replace(['&', '"', '<', '>'], ['&amp;', '&quot;', '&lt;', '&gt;'], $string);
            break;
        case ENT_QUOTES:
            $string = str_replace(['&', '\'', '"', '<', '>'], ['&amp;', '&#039;', '&quot;', '&lt;', '&gt;'], $string);
            break;
    }

    return mb_convert_encoding($string, 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8');
}

/**
 * Converts HTML entities into normal characters.
 *
 * @param string $string      the input string
 * @param int    $quote_style (optional)    The quote style - ENT_COMPAT (default), ENT_QUOTES, ENT_NOQUOTES
 * @param string $encoding    (optional)    The encoding (of the result) used in conversion.
 *                            If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string Returns the converted string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function html_entity_decode() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/html_entity_decode
 */
function api_html_entity_decode($string, $quoteStyle = ENT_COMPAT, $encoding = 'UTF-8')
{
    return html_entity_decode($string, $quoteStyle, $encoding);

    /*if (empty($encoding)) {
        $encoding = _api_mb_internal_encoding();
    }
    if (api_is_encoding_supported($encoding)) {
        if (!api_is_utf8($encoding)) {
            $string = api_utf8_encode($string, $encoding);
        }
        $string = html_entity_decode($string, $quote_style, 'UTF-8');
        if (!api_is_utf8($encoding)) {
            return api_utf8_decode($string, $encoding);
        }

        return $string;
    }

    return $string; // Here the function gives up.*/
}

/**
 * This function encodes (conditionally) a given string to UTF-8 if XmlHttp-request has been detected.
 *
 * @param string $string        the string being converted
 * @param string $from_encoding (optional)    The encoding that $string is being converted from.
 *                              If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string returns the converted string
 */
function api_xml_http_response_encode($string, $from_encoding = 'UTF8')
{
    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && 'xmlhttprequest' == strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'])) {
        if (empty($from_encoding)) {
            $from_encoding = _api_mb_internal_encoding();
        }
        /*if (!api_is_utf8($from_encoding)) {
            return api_utf8_encode($string, $from_encoding);
        }*/
    }

    return $string;
}

/**
 * Transliterates a string with arbitrary encoding into a plain ASCII string.
 *
 * Example:
 * echo api_transliterate(api_html_entity_decode(
 *    '&#1060;&#1105;&#1076;&#1086;&#1088; '.
 *    '&#1052;&#1080;&#1093;&#1072;&#1081;&#1083;&#1086;&#1074;&#1080;&#1095; '.
 *    '&#1044;&#1086;&#1089;&#1090;&#1086;&#1077;&#1074;&#1082;&#1080;&#1081;',
 *    ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'), 'X', 'UTF-8');
 * The output should be: Fyodor Mihaylovich Dostoevkiy
 *
 * @param string $string        the input string
 * @param string $unknown       (optional) Replacement character for unknown characters and illegal UTF-8 sequences
 * @param string $from_encoding (optional) The encoding of the input string.
 *                              If it is omitted, the platform character set is assumed.
 *
 * @return string plain ASCII output
 */
function api_transliterate($string, $unknown = '?', $from_encoding = null)
{
    return URLify::transliterate($string);
}

/**
 * Takes the first character in a string and returns its Unicode codepoint.
 *
 * @param string $character the input string
 * @param string $encoding  (optional) The encoding of the input string.
 *                          If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int Returns: the codepoint of the first character; or 0xFFFD (unknown character) when the input string is
 *             empty. This is a multibyte aware version of the function ord().
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.ord.php
 * Note the difference with the original funtion ord(): ord('') returns 0, api_ord('') returns 0xFFFD (unknown
 * character).
 */
function api_ord($character, $encoding = 'UTF-8')
{
    return ord(api_utf8_encode($character, $encoding));
}

/**
 * This function returns a string or an array with all occurrences of search
 * in subject (ignoring case) replaced with the given replace value.
 *
 * @param mixed  $search   string or array of strings to be found
 * @param mixed  $replace  string or array of strings used for replacement
 * @param mixed  $subject  string or array of strings being searched
 * @param int    $count    (optional) The number of matched and replaced needles
 *                         will be returned in count, which is passed by reference
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed String or array as a result.
 *               Notes:
 *               If $subject is an array, then the search and replace is performed with
 *               every entry of subject, the return value is an array.
 *               If $search and $replace are arrays, then the function takes a value from
 *               each array and uses it to do search and replace on subject.
 *               If $replace has fewer values than search, then an empty string is used for the rest of replacement
 *               values. If $search is an array and $replace is a string, then this replacement string is used for
 *               every value of search. This function is aimed at replacing the function str_ireplace() for
 *               human-language strings.
 *
 * @see    http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-ireplace
 *
 * @author Henri Sivonen, mailto:hsivonen@iki.fi
 *
 * @see    http://hsivonen.iki.fi/php-utf8/
 * Adaptation for Chamilo 1.8.7, 2010
 * Initial implementation Dokeos LMS, August 2009
 *
 * @author Ivan Tcholakov
 */
function api_str_ireplace($search, $replace, $subject, &$count = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return str_ireplace($search, $replace, $subject, $count);
}

/**
 * Converts a string to an array.
 *
 * @param string $string       the input string
 * @param int    $split_length maximum character-length of the chunk, one character by default
 * @param string $encoding     (optional) The used internally by this function
 *                             character encoding. If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by
 *                             default.
 *
 * @return array The result array of chunks with the spcified length.
 *               Notes:
 *               If the optional split_length parameter is specified, the returned array will be broken down into
 *               chunks
 *               with each being split_length in length, otherwise each chunk will be one character in length.
 *               FALSE is returned if split_length is less than 1.
 *               If the split_length length exceeds the length of string, the entire string is returned as the first
 *               (and only) array element. This function is aimed at replacing the function str_split() for
 *               human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/str_split
 */
function api_str_split($string, $split_length = 1, $encoding = null)
{
    return str_split($string, $split_length);
}

/**
 * Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive.
 *
 * @param string $haystack the string from which to get the position of the first occurrence
 * @param string $needle   the string to be found
 * @param int    $offset   The position in $haystack to start searching from.
 *                         If it is omitted, searching starts from the beginning.
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function
 *                         character encoding. If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of
 *               $needle in the $haystack, or FALSE if $needle is not found.
 *               Note: The first character's position is 0, the second character position is 1, and so on.
 *               This function is aimed at replacing the functions stripos() and mb_stripos() for human-language
 *               strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.stripos
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-stripos
 */
function api_stripos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    return stripos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
}

/**
 * Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive.
 *
 * @param string $haystack      the string from which to get the first occurrence
 * @param mixed  $needle        the string to be found
 * @param bool   $before_needle (optional) Determines which portion of $haystack
 *                              this function returns. The default value is FALSE.
 * @param string $encoding      (optional) The used internally by this function
 *                              character encoding. If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by
 *                              default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the portion of $haystack, or FALSE if $needle is not found.
 *               Notes:
 *               If $needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the
 *               ordinal value (codepoint if the encoding is UTF-8) of a character.
 *               If $before_needle is set to TRUE, the function returns all of $haystack
 *               from the beginning to the first occurrence of $needle.
 *               If $before_needle is set to FALSE, the function returns all of $haystack f
 *               rom the first occurrence of $needle to the end.
 *               This function is aimed at replacing the functions stristr() and mb_stristr() for human-language
 *               strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.stristr
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-stristr
 */
function api_stristr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle = false, $encoding = null)
{
    return stristr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle);
}

/**
 * Returns length of the input string.
 *
 * @param string $string   the string which length is to be calculated
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int Returns the number of characters within the string. A multi-byte character is counted as 1.
 *             This function is aimed at replacing the functions strlen() and mb_strlen() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strlen
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strlen
 * Note: When you use strlen() to test for an empty string, you needn't change it to api_strlen().
 * For example, in lines like the following:
 * if (strlen($string) > 0)
 * if (strlen($string) != 0)
 * there is no need the original function strlen() to be changed, it works correctly and faster for these cases.
 */
function api_strlen($string, $encoding = null)
{
    return strlen($string);
}

/**
 * Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another.
 *
 * @param string $haystack the string from which to get the position of the first occurrence
 * @param string $needle   the string to be found
 * @param int    $offset   (optional) The position in $haystack to start searching from. If it is omitted, searching
 *                         starts from the beginning.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of $needle in the $haystack, or FALSE if $needle
 *               is not found. Note: The first character's position is 0, the second character position is 1, and so
 *               on. This function is aimed at replacing the functions strpos() and mb_strpos() for human-language
 *               strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strpos
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strpos
 */
function api_strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    return strpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
}

/**
 * Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string.
 *
 * @param string $haystack      the string from which to get the last occurrence
 * @param mixed  $needle        the string which first character is to be found
 * @param bool   $before_needle (optional) Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. The default
 *                              value is FALSE.
 * @param string $encoding      (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted,
 *                              the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the portion of $haystack, or FALSE if the first character from $needle is not found.
 *               Notes:
 *               If $needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value (codepoint
 *               if the encoding is UTF-8) of a character. If $before_needle is set to TRUE, the function returns all
 *               of $haystack from the beginning to the first occurrence. If $before_needle is set to FALSE, the
 *               function returns all of $haystack from the first occurrence to the end. This function is aimed at
 *               replacing the functions strrchr() and mb_strrchr() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strrchr
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strrchr
 */
function api_strrchr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle = false, $encoding = null)
{
    return strrchr($haystack, $needle);
}

/**
 * Finds the position of last occurrence (case insensitive) of a string in a string.
 *
 * @param string $haystack the string from which to get the position of the last occurrence
 * @param string $needle   the string to be found
 * @param int    $offset   (optional) $offset may be specified to begin searching an arbitrary position. Negative
 *                         values will stop searching at an arbitrary point prior to the end of the string.
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence (case insensitive) of $needle in the $haystack,
 *               or FALSE if $needle is not found. Note: The first character's position is 0, the second character
 *               position is 1, and so on. This function is aimed at replacing the functions strripos() and
 *               mb_strripos() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strripos
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strripos
 */
function api_strripos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    return strripos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
}

/**
 * Finds the position of last occurrence of a string in a string.
 *
 * @param string $haystack the string from which to get the position of the last occurrence
 * @param string $needle   the string to be found
 * @param int    $offset   (optional) $offset may be specified to begin searching an arbitrary position. Negative
 *                         values will stop searching at an arbitrary point prior to the end of the string.
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the numeric position of the first occurrence of $needle in the $haystack, or FALSE if $needle
 *               is not found. Note: The first character's position is 0, the second character position is 1, and so
 *               on. This function is aimed at replacing the functions strrpos() and mb_strrpos() for human-language
 *               strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strrpos
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strrpos
 */
function api_strrpos($haystack, $needle, $offset = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    return strrpos($haystack, $needle, $offset);
}

/**
 * Finds first occurrence of a string within another.
 *
 * @param string $haystack      the string from which to get the first occurrence
 * @param mixed  $needle        the string to be found
 * @param bool   $before_needle (optional) Determines which portion of $haystack this function returns. The default
 *                              value is FALSE.
 * @param string $encoding      (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted,
 *                              the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return mixed Returns the portion of $haystack, or FALSE if $needle is not found.
 *               Notes:
 *               If $needle is not a string, it is converted to an integer and applied as the ordinal value (codepoint
 *               if the encoding is UTF-8) of a character. If $before_needle is set to TRUE, the function returns all
 *               of $haystack from the beginning to the first occurrence of $needle. If $before_needle is set to FALSE,
 *               the function returns all of $haystack from the first occurrence of $needle to the end. This function
 *               is aimed at replacing the functions strstr() and mb_strstr() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strstr
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strstr
 */
function api_strstr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle = false, $encoding = null)
{
    return strstr($haystack, $needle, $before_needle);
}

/**
 * Makes a string lowercase.
 *
 * @param string $string   the string being lowercased
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string Returns the string with all alphabetic characters converted to lowercase.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the functions strtolower() and mb_strtolower() for human-language
 *                strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtolower
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strtolower
 */
function api_strtolower($string, $encoding = null)
{
    return strtolower($string);
}

/**
 * Makes a string uppercase.
 *
 * @param string $string   the string being uppercased
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string Returns the string with all alphabetic characters converted to uppercase.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the functions strtoupper() and mb_strtoupper() for human-language
 *                strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtoupper
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strtoupper
 */
function api_strtoupper(?string $string, $encoding = null)
{
    return strtoupper((string) $string);
}

/**
 * // Gets part of a string.
 *
 * @param string $string   the input string
 * @param int    $start    the first position from which the extracted part begins
 * @param int    $length   the length in character of the extracted part
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function
 *                         character encoding. If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string Returns the part of the string specified by the start and length parameters.
 *                Note: First character's position is 0. Second character position is 1, and so on.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the functions substr() and mb_substr() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr
 */
function api_substr($string, $start, $length = null, $encoding = null)
{
    if (is_null($length)) {
        $length = api_strlen($string, $encoding);
    }

    return substr($string, $start, $length);
}

/**
 * Counts the number of substring occurrences.
 *
 * @param string $haystack the string being checked
 * @param string $needle   the string being found
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int the number of times the needle substring occurs in the haystack string
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-substr-count.php
 */
function api_substr_count($haystack, $needle, $encoding = null)
{
    return substr_count($haystack, $needle);
}

/**
 * Replaces text within a portion of a string.
 *
 * @param string $string      the input string
 * @param string $replacement the replacement string
 * @param int    $start       The position from which replacing will begin.
 *                            Notes:
 *                            If $start is positive, the replacing will begin at the $start'th offset into the string.
 *                            If $start is negative, the replacing will begin at the $start'th character from the end
 *                            of the string.
 * @param int    $length      (optional) The position where replacing will end.
 *                            Notes:
 *                            If given and is positive, it represents the length of the portion of the string which is
 *                            to be replaced. If it is negative, it represents the number of characters from the end of
 *                            string at which to stop replacing. If it is not given, then it will default to
 *                            api_strlen($string); i.e. end the replacing at the end of string. If $length is zero,
 *                            then this function will have the effect of inserting replacement into the string at the
 *                            given start offset.
 * @param string $encoding    (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                            If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string The result string is returned.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function substr_replace() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/function.substr-replace
 */
function api_substr_replace($string, $replacement, $start, $length = null, $encoding = null)
{
    if (is_null($length)) {
        $length = api_strlen($string);
    }

    return substr_replace($string, $replacement, $start, $length);
}

/**
 * Makes a string's first character uppercase.
 *
 * @param string $string   the input string
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string Returns a string with the first character capitalized, if that character is alphabetic.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function ucfirst() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucfirst
 */
function api_ucfirst($string, $encoding = null)
{
    return ucfirst($string);
}

/**
 * Uppercases the first character of each word in a string.
 *
 * @param string $string   the input string
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return string Returns the modified string.
 *                This function is aimed at replacing the function ucwords() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords
 */
function api_ucwords($string, $encoding = null)
{
    return ucwords($string);
}

/**
 * Performs a regular expression match, UTF-8 aware when it is applicable.
 *
 * @param string $pattern  the pattern to search for, as a string
 * @param string $subject  the input string
 * @param array  &$matches (optional) If matches is provided,
 *                         then it is filled with the results of search (as an array).
 *                         $matches[0] will contain the text that matched the full pattern, $matches[1] will have the
 *                         text that matched the first captured parenthesized subpattern, and so on.
 * @param int    $flags    (optional) Could be PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE. If this flag is passed, for every occurring match
 *                         the appendant string offset will also be returned. Note that this changes the return value
 *                         in an array where every element is an array consisting of the matched string at index 0 and
 *                         its string offset into subject at index 1.
 * @param int    $offset   (optional)        Normally, the search starts from the beginning of the subject string. The
 *                         optional parameter offset can be used to specify the alternate place from which to start
 *                         the search.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted,
 *                         the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int|bool returns the number of times pattern matches or FALSE if an error occurred
 *
 * @see http://php.net/preg_match
 */
function api_preg_match(
    $pattern,
    $subject,
    &$matches = null,
    $flags = 0,
    $offset = 0,
    $encoding = null
) {
    return preg_match($pattern.'u', $subject, $matches, $flags, $offset);
}

/**
 * Performs a global regular expression match, UTF-8 aware when it is applicable.
 *
 * @param string $pattern  the pattern to search for, as a string
 * @param string $subject  the input string
 * @param array  &$matches (optional)    Array of all matches in multi-dimensional array ordered according to $flags
 * @param int    $flags    (optional)            Can be a combination of the following flags (note that it doesn't
 *                         make sense to use PREG_PATTERN_ORDER together with PREG_SET_ORDER): PREG_PATTERN_ORDER -
 *                         orders results so that $matches[0] is an array of full pattern matches, $matches[1] is an
 *                         array of strings matched by the first parenthesized subpattern, and so on; PREG_SET_ORDER -
 *                         orders results so that $matches[0] is an array of first set of matches, $matches[1] is an
 *                         array of second set of matches, and so on; PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE - If this flag is passed,
 *                         for every occurring match the appendant string offset will also be returned. Note that this
 *                         changes the value of matches in an array where every element is an array consisting of the
 *                         matched string at offset 0 and its string offset into subject at offset 1. If no order flag
 *                         is given, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER is assumed.
 * @param int    $offset   (optional)        Normally, the search starts from the beginning of the subject string. The
 *                         optional parameter offset can be used to specify the alternate place from which to start
 *                         the search.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted,
 *                         the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int|bool returns the number of full pattern matches (which might be zero), or FALSE if an error occurred
 *
 * @see http://php.net/preg_match_all
 */
function api_preg_match_all($pattern, $subject, &$matches, $flags = PREG_PATTERN_ORDER, $offset = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    if (empty($encoding)) {
        $encoding = _api_mb_internal_encoding();
    }
    if (is_null($flags)) {
        $flags = PREG_PATTERN_ORDER;
    }

    return preg_match_all($pattern.'u', $subject, $matches, $flags, $offset);

    //return preg_match_all(api_is_utf8($encoding) ? $pattern.'u' : $pattern, $subject, $matches, $flags, $offset);
}

/**
 * Performs a regular expression search and replace, UTF-8 aware when it is applicable.
 *
 * @param string|array $pattern     The pattern to search for. It can be either a string or an array with strings.
 * @param string|array $replacement the string or an array with strings to replace
 * @param string|array $subject     the string or an array with strings to search and replace
 * @param int          $limit       The maximum possible replacements for each pattern in each subject string.
 *                                  Defaults to -1 (no limit).
 * @param int          &$count      If specified, this variable will be filled with the number of replacements done
 * @param string       $encoding    (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                                  If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return array|string|null returns an array if the subject parameter is an array, or a string otherwise.
 *                           If matches are found, the new subject will be returned, otherwise subject will be returned
 *                           unchanged or NULL if an error occurred.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/preg_replace
 */
function api_preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $subject, $limit = -1, $count = 0, $encoding = null)
{
    /*if (empty($encoding)) {
        $encoding = _api_mb_internal_encoding();
    }
    $is_utf8 = api_is_utf8($encoding);
    if (is_array($pattern)) {
        foreach ($pattern as &$p) {
            $p = $is_utf8 ? $p.'u' : $p;
        }
    } else {
        $pattern = $is_utf8 ? $pattern.'u' : $pattern;
    }*/
    $pattern = $pattern.'u';

    return preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $subject, $limit, $count);
}

/**
 * Splits a string by a regular expression, UTF-8 aware when it is applicable.
 *
 * @param string $pattern  the pattern to search for, as a string
 * @param string $subject  the input string
 * @param int    $limit    (optional)            If specified, then only substrings up to $limit are returned with the
 *                         rest of the string being placed in the last substring. A limit of -1, 0 or null means "no
 *                         limit" and, as is standard across PHP.
 * @param int    $flags    (optional)            $flags can be any combination of the following flags (combined with
 *                         bitwise | operator): PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY - if this flag is set, only non-empty pieces will
 *                         be returned; PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE - if this flag is set, parenthesized expression in the
 *                         delimiter pattern will be captured and returned as well; PREG_SPLIT_OFFSET_CAPTURE - If this
 *                         flag is set, for every occurring match the appendant string offset will also be returned.
 *                         Note that this changes the return value in an array where every element is an array
 *                         consisting of the matched string at offset 0 and its string offset into subject at offset 1.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return array returns an array containing substrings of $subject split along boundaries matched by $pattern
 *
 * @see http://php.net/preg_split
 */
function api_preg_split($pattern, $subject, $limit = -1, $flags = 0)
{
    return preg_split($pattern.'u', $subject, $limit, $flags);
}

/**
 * String comparison.
 */

/**
 * Performs string comparison, case insensitive, language sensitive, with extended multibyte support.
 *
 * @param string $string1  the first string
 * @param string $string2  the second string
 * @param string $language (optional) The language in which comparison is to be made. If language is omitted, interface
 *                         language is assumed then.
 * @param string $encoding (optional) The used internally by this function character encoding. If it is omitted, the
 *                         platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int Returns < 0 if $string1 is less than $string2; > 0 if $string1 is greater than $string2; and 0 if the
 *             strings are equal. This function is aimed at replacing the function strcasecmp() for human-language
 *             strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strcasecmp
 */
function api_strcasecmp($string1, $string2, $language = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return api_strcmp(api_strtolower($string1, $encoding), api_strtolower($string2, $encoding), $language, $encoding);
}

/**
 * Performs string comparison, case sensitive, language sensitive, with extended multibyte support.
 *
 * @param string $string1  the first string
 * @param string $string2  the second string
 * @param string $language (optional)    The language in which comparison is to be made. If language is omitted,
 *                         interface language is assumed then.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int Returns < 0 if $string1 is less than $string2; > 0 if $string1 is greater than $string2; and 0 if the
 *             strings are equal. This function is aimed at replacing the function strcmp() for human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strcmp.php
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/collator.compare.php
 */
function api_strcmp($string1, $string2, $language = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return strcmp($string1, $string2);
}

/**
 * Performs string comparison in so called "natural order", case sensitive, language sensitive, with extended multibyte
 * support.
 *
 * @param string $string1  the first string
 * @param string $string2  the second string
 * @param string $language (optional)    The language in which comparison is to be made. If language is omitted,
 *                         interface language is assumed then.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return int Returns < 0 if $string1 is less than $string2; > 0 if $string1 is greater than $string2; and 0 if the
 *             strings are equal. This function is aimed at replacing the function strnatcmp() for human-language
 *             strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.strnatcmp.php
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/collator.compare.php
 */
function api_strnatcmp($string1, $string2, $language = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return strnatcmp($string1, $string2);
}

/**
 * Sorting arrays.
 */

/**
 * Sorts an array using natural order algorithm.
 *
 * @param array  $array    the input array
 * @param string $language (optional)    The language in which comparison is to be made. If language is omitted,
 *                         interface language is assumed then.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return bool Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on error.
 *              This function is aimed at replacing the function natsort() for sorting human-language strings.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.natsort.php
 */
function api_natsort(&$array, $language = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return natsort($array);
}

/**
 * Sorts an array using natural order algorithm in reverse order.
 *
 * @param array  $array    the input array
 * @param string $language (optional)    The language in which comparison is to be made. If language is omitted,
 *                         interface language is assumed then.
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    The used internally by this function character encoding.
 *                         If it is omitted, the platform character set will be used by default.
 *
 * @return bool returns TRUE on success, FALSE on error
 */
function api_natrsort(&$array, $language = null, $encoding = null)
{
    return uasort($array, '_api_strnatrcmp');
}

/**
 * Encoding management functions.
 */

/**
 * This function unifies the encoding identificators, so they could be compared.
 *
 * @param string|array $encoding the specified encoding
 *
 * @return string returns the encoding identificator modified in suitable for comparison way
 */
function api_refine_encoding_id($encoding)
{
    if (is_array($encoding)) {
        return array_map('api_refine_encoding_id', $encoding);
    }

    return strtoupper(str_replace('_', '-', $encoding));
}

/**
 * This function returns the encoding, currently used by the system.
 *
 * @return string The system's encoding.
 *                Note: The value of api_get_setting('platform_charset') is tried to be returned first,
 *                on the second place the global variable $charset is tried to be returned. If for some
 *                reason both attempts fail, then the libraly's internal value will be returned.
 */
function api_get_system_encoding()
{
    return 'UTF-8';
}

/**
 * Detects encoding of plain text.
 *
 * @param string $string the input text
 *
 * @return string returns the detected encoding
 */
function api_detect_encoding($string)
{
    // Testing against valid UTF-8 first.
    if (api_is_valid_utf8($string)) {
        return 'UTF-8';
    }

    return mb_detect_encoding($string);
}

/**
 * String validation functions concerning certain encodings.
 */

/**
 * Checks a string for UTF-8 validity.
 *
 * @param string $string
 *
 * @return string
 */
function api_is_valid_utf8($string)
{
    return mb_check_encoding($string, 'UTF-8');
}

/**
 * Checks whether a string contains 7-bit ASCII characters only.
 *
 * @param string $string the string to be tested/validated
 *
 * @return bool returns TRUE when the tested string contains 7-bit
 *              ASCII characters only, FALSE othewise
 */
function api_is_valid_ascii(&$string)
{
    return 'ASCII' == mb_detect_encoding($string, 'ASCII', true) ? true : false;
}

/**
 * Return true a date is valid.
 *
 * @param string $date   example: 2014-06-30 13:05:05
 * @param string $format example: "Y-m-d H:i:s"
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function api_is_valid_date($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s')
{
    $d = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date);

    return $d && $d->format($format) == $date;
}

/**
 * Returns the variable translated.
 *
 * @param string $variable   the string to translate
 * @param string $pluginName the Plugin name
 *
 * @return string the variable translated
 */
function get_plugin_lang($variable, $pluginName)
{
    $plugin = $pluginName::create();

    return $plugin->get_lang($variable);
}

/**
 * Returns an array of translated week days and months, short and normal names.
 *
 * @param string $language (optional Language id. If it is omitted,
 *                         the current interface language is assumed.
 *
 * @return array returns a multidimensional array with translated week days and months
 */
function &_api_get_day_month_names($language = null)
{
    static $date_parts = [];
    if (empty($language)) {
        $language = api_get_language_isocode();
    }
    if (!isset($date_parts[$language])) {
        $week_day = [
            'Sunday',
            'Monday',
            'Tuesday',
            'Wednesday',
            'Thursday',
            'Friday',
            'Saturday',
        ];
        $month = [
            'January',
            'February',
            'March',
            'April',
            'May',
            'June',
            'July',
            'August',
            'September',
            'October',
            'November',
            'December',
        ];
        for ($i = 0; $i < 7; $i++) {
            $date_parts[$language]['days_short'][] = get_lang(
                $week_day[$i].'Short',
                '',
                $language
            );
            $date_parts[$language]['days_long'][] = get_lang(
                $week_day[$i].'Long',
                '',
                $language
            );
        }
        for ($i = 0; $i < 12; $i++) {
            $date_parts[$language]['months_short'][] = get_lang(
                $month[$i].'Short',
                '',
                $language
            );
            $date_parts[$language]['months_long'][] = get_lang(
                $month[$i].'Long',
                '',
                $language
            );
        }
    }

    return $date_parts[$language];
}

/**
 * Returns returns person name convention for a given language.
 *
 * @param string $iso
 * @param string $type The type of the requested convention.
 *                     It may be 'format' for name order convention or 'sort_by' for name sorting convention.
 *
 * @return mixed Depending of the requested type,
 *               the returned result may be string or boolean; null is returned on error;
 */
function _api_get_person_name_convention($iso, $type)
{
    $conventions = LanguageFixtures::getLanguages();

    // Overwrite classic conventions
    //$customConventions = api_get_configuration_value('name_order_conventions');

    $search1 = ['FIRST_NAME', 'LAST_NAME', 'TITLE'];
    $replacement1 = ['%F', '%L', '%T'];
    $search2 = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'title'];
    $replacement2 = ['%f', '%l', '%t'];
    $conventionsFormatted = [];
    foreach ($conventions as $language) {
        $iso = $language['isocode'];
        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format'] = $language['format'];
        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['sort_by'] = $language['sort_by'];

        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format'] = str_replace(
            $search1,
            $replacement1,
            $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format']
        );
        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format'] = _api_validate_person_name_format(
            _api_clean_person_name(
                str_replace(
                    '%',
                    ' %',
                    str_ireplace(
                        $search2,
                        $replacement2,
                        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format']
                    )
                )
            )
        );

        $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['sort_by'] = 'last_name' !== strtolower(
            $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['sort_by']
        ) ? true : false;
    }

    switch ($type) {
        case 'format':
            return is_string(
                $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format']
            ) ? $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['format'] : '%t %f %l';
        case 'sort_by':
            return is_bool($conventionsFormatted[$iso]['sort_by']) ? $conventionsFormatted[$iso]['sort_by'] : true;
    }

    return null;
}

/**
 * Replaces non-valid formats for person names with the default (English) format.
 *
 * @param string $format the input format to be verified
 *
 * @return bool returns the same format if is is valid, otherwise returns a valid English format
 */
function _api_validate_person_name_format($format)
{
    if (empty($format) || false === stripos($format, '%f') || false === stripos($format, '%l')) {
        return '%t %f %l';
    }

    return $format;
}

/**
 * Removes leading, trailing and duplicate whitespace and/or commas in a full person name.
 * Cleaning is needed for the cases when not all parts of the name are available
 * or when the name is constructed using a "dirty" pattern.
 *
 * @param string $person_name the input person name
 *
 * @return string returns cleaned person name
 */
function _api_clean_person_name($person_name)
{
    return preg_replace(['/\s+/', '/, ,/', '/,+/', '/^[ ,]/', '/[ ,]$/'], [' ', ', ', ',', '', ''], $person_name);
}

/**
 * A reverse function from php-core function strnatcmp(),
 * performs string comparison in reverse natural (alpha-numerical) order.
 *
 * @param string $string1 the first string
 * @param string $string2 the second string
 *
 * @return int returns 0 if $string1 = $string2; >0 if $string1 < $string2; <0 if $string1 > $string2
 */
function _api_strnatrcmp($string1, $string2)
{
    return strnatcmp($string2, $string1);
}

/**
 * Sets/Gets internal character encoding of the common string functions within the PHP mbstring extension.
 *
 * @param string $encoding (optional)    When this parameter is given, the function sets the internal encoding
 *
 * @return string When $encoding parameter is not given, the function returns the internal encoding.
 *                Note: This function is used in the global initialization script for setting the
 *                internal encoding to the platform's character set.
 *
 * @see http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-internal-encoding
 */
function _api_mb_internal_encoding($encoding = 'UTF-8')
{
    return mb_internal_encoding($encoding);
}

/**
 * Given a date object, return a human or ISO format, with or without h:m:s.
 *
 * @param object $date      The Date object
 * @param bool   $showTime  Whether to show the time and date (true) or only the date (false)
 * @param bool   $humanForm Whether to show day-month-year (true) or year-month-day (false)
 *
 * @return string Formatted date
 */
function api_get_human_date_time($date, $showTime = true, $humanForm = false)
{
    if ($showTime) {
        if ($humanForm) {
            return $date->format('j M Y H:i:s');
        } else {
            return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        }
    } else {
        if ($humanForm) {
            return $date->format('j M Y');
        } else {
            return $date->format('Y-m-d');
        }
    }
}