Conference page: Stop if there is DB connection error

app/pages/conferences.php

@@ -4,64 +4,66 @@ require '../app/classes/conference.php';
 
 // connect to database
 $response = connectDB($config, 'jilo', $platformDetails[0]['jilo_database'], $platform_id);
+
+// if DB connection has error, display it and stop here
 if ($response['db'] === null) {
     $error = $response['error'];
     include '../app/templates/block-message.php';
+
+// otherwise if DB connectio is OK, go on
 } else {
     $db = $response['db'];
-}
 
-// specify time range
+    // specify time range
-include '../app/helpers/time_range.php';
+    include '../app/helpers/time_range.php';
 
-// conference id/name are specified when searching specific conference(s)
+    // conference id/name are specified when searching specific conference(s)
-// we use $_REQUEST, so that both links and forms work
+    // we use $_REQUEST, so that both links and forms work
-// if it's there, but empty, we make it same as the field name; otherwise assign the value
+    // if it's there, but empty, we make it same as the field name; otherwise assign the value
 
-//$conferenceName = !empty($_REQUEST['name']) ? "'" . $_REQUEST['name'] . "'" : 'conference_name';
+    //$conferenceName = !empty($_REQUEST['name']) ? "'" . $_REQUEST['name'] . "'" : 'conference_name';
-//$conferenceId = !empty($_REQUEST['id']) ? "'" . $_REQUEST['id'] . "'" : 'conference_id';
+    //$conferenceId = !empty($_REQUEST['id']) ? "'" . $_REQUEST['id'] . "'" : 'conference_id';
 
-if (isset($_REQUEST['id']) && $_REQUEST['id'] != '') {
+    if (isset($_REQUEST['id']) && $_REQUEST['id'] != '') {
         $conferenceId = $_REQUEST['id'];
         unset($_REQUEST['name']);
         unset($conferenceName);
-} elseif (isset($_REQUEST['name']) && $_REQUEST['name'] != '') {
+    } elseif (isset($_REQUEST['name']) && $_REQUEST['name'] != '') {
         unset($conferenceId);
         $conferenceName = $_REQUEST['name'];
-} else {
+    } else {
         unset($conferenceId);
         unset($conferenceName);
-}
+    }
 
 
-//
+    //
-// Conference listings
+    // Conference listings
-//
+    //
 
+    $conferenceObject = new Conference($db);
 
-$conferenceObject = new Conference($db);
+    // pagination variables
+    $items_per_page = 15;
+    $browse_page = $_REQUEST['p'] ?? 1;
+    $browse_page = (int)$browse_page;
+    $offset = ($browse_page -1) * $items_per_page;
 
-// pagination variables
+    // search and list specific conference ID
-$items_per_page = 15;
+    if (isset($conferenceId)) {
-$browse_page = $_REQUEST['p'] ?? 1;
-$browse_page = (int)$browse_page;
-$offset = ($browse_page -1) * $items_per_page;
-
-// search and list specific conference ID
-if (isset($conferenceId)) {
         $search = $conferenceObject->conferenceById($conferenceId, $from_time, $until_time, $offset, $items_per_page);
         $search_all = $conferenceObject->conferenceById($conferenceId, $from_time, $until_time);
-// search and list specific conference name
+    // search and list specific conference name
-} elseif (isset($conferenceName)) {
+    } elseif (isset($conferenceName)) {
         $search = $conferenceObject->conferenceByName($conferenceName, $from_time, $until_time, $offset, $items_per_page);
         $search_all = $conferenceObject->conferenceByName($conferenceName, $from_time, $until_time);
-// list of all conferences (default)
+    // list of all conferences (default)
-} else {
+    } else {
         $search = $conferenceObject->conferencesAllFormatted($from_time, $until_time, $offset, $items_per_page);
         $search_all = $conferenceObject->conferencesAllFormatted($from_time, $until_time);
-}
+    }
 
-if (!empty($search)) {
+    if (!empty($search)) {
         // we get total items and number of pages
         $item_count = count($search_all);
         $page_count = ceil($item_count / $items_per_page);
@@ -124,32 +126,34 @@ if (!empty($search)) {
             // populate the result array
             array_push($conferences['records'], $conference_record);
         }
-}
+    }
 
-// prepare the widget
+    // prepare the widget
-$widget['full'] = false;
+    $widget['full'] = false;
-$widget['name'] = 'Conferences';
+    $widget['name'] = 'Conferences';
-$widget['collapsible'] = false;
+    $widget['collapsible'] = false;
-$widget['collapsed'] = false;
+    $widget['collapsed'] = false;
-$widget['filter'] = true;
+    $widget['filter'] = true;
-$widget['pagination'] = true;
+    $widget['pagination'] = true;
 
-// widget title
+    // widget title
-if (isset($_REQUEST['name']) && $_REQUEST['name'] != '') {
+    if (isset($_REQUEST['name']) && $_REQUEST['name'] != '') {
         $widget['title'] = 'Conferences with name matching "<strong>' . $_REQUEST['name'] . '"</strong>';
-} elseif (isset($_REQUEST['id']) && $_REQUEST['id'] != '') {
+    } elseif (isset($_REQUEST['id']) && $_REQUEST['id'] != '') {
         $widget['title'] = 'Conference with ID "<strong>' . $_REQUEST['id'] . '"</strong>';
-} else {
+    } else {
         $widget['title'] = 'All conferences';
-}
+    }
-// widget records
+    // widget records
-if (!empty($conferences['records'])) {
+    if (!empty($conferences['records'])) {
         $widget['full'] = true;
         $widget['table_headers'] = array_keys($conferences['records'][0]);
         $widget['table_records'] = $conferences['records'];
+    }
+
+    // display the widget
+    include '../app/templates/event-list-conferences.php';
+
 }
 
-// display the widget
-include '../app/templates/event-list-conferences.php';
-
 ?>