TNG Integration Search2
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Place String Search / Match Strategy 2
(Approach and code provided by Roger Navarre (see TNG list for email address))
This version of the "link_wiki.php" file differs in it's approach to Location Strings and how it tries to match the GenWiki pages.
These files only work with unreleased Revision 3 of the GenWiki mod which assumes the GenWiki tables were installed into the TNG database.
This approach was developed by Roger Navarre and works very well for well structured location strings. This approach is targeted at location strings with the following format:
town, county, state/province, country
The link_wiki.php file includes a parsing function that has been setup in a table fashion to allow easy customization by individual TNG site managers.
Search / Match Strategy
Although the parse function should be modified for local database needs, the following default approach is included and may work well for many.
Given that a place name may have four elements, separated by commas:
city, county(or parish), state, country; there are 16 possibilities:
| Case# | City | County | State | Country | produces | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | N | N | N | N | "" - empty string | |
| 1 | N | N | N | Y | Country | |
| 2 | N | N | Y | N | State | |
| 3 | N | N | Y | Y | State [, Country] - country added if not USA or Canada | |
| 4 | N | Y | N | N | xxxx County | |
| 5 | N | Y | N | Y | xxxx County [, Country] - country added if not USA or Canada | |
| 6 | N | Y | Y | N | xxxx County, State | |
| 7 | N | Y | Y | Y | xxxx County, State | |
| 8 | Y | N | N | N | City (or whatever the 1st parm is) | |
| 9 | Y | N | N | Y | City [, Country] - country added if not USA or Canada | |
| 10 | Y | N | Y | N | City, State | |
| 11 | Y | N | Y | Y | City, State | |
| 12 | Y | Y | N | N | City, xxxx County | |
| 13 | Y | Y | N | Y | City, xxxx County | |
| 14 | Y | Y | Y | N | City, State | |
| 15 | Y | Y | Y | Y | City, State |
Additional Rules
- If City ends with "Township" the "Township is removed"
- If County does not contain "County" or "Parish", " County" is appended to it
- Countries named "USA" "United States" or "Canada" are ignored (unless country is one of only 1 or 2 parms presented
Installation
- backup your existing "link_wiki.php"
- Download the Strategy 2 zip file
- It contains two files
- the replacement "link_wiki.php" file
- It contains two files
- extract and edit the "link_wiki.php" file options to match your GenWiki installation
- extract and view/edit your custom phrase parsing
- copy the link_wiki.php file to your base TNG directory
- enjoy...