Horde_History

Horde_History is a library to track and find change events for arbitrary resources. Histories can be saved to SQL or MongoDb, a Composite backend also exists.
Possible use cases are sync protocols, undo/rewind features or human consumable history information. The Horde_Activesync implementation uses Horde_Histories to track create/delete/update events of syncable items.

General Usage

Create an implementation of the Horde_History class and fulfill its dependencies

$history = new Horde_History_Sql($username, Horde_Db_Adapter $db);

Log events related to a $guid identifying the resource tracked

$history->log('room1:shelf1:item100', array(
        'who' => 'someuser', // defaults to the user provided at construction of the object
        'action' => 'create',
   ));

$history->log('room1:shelf1:item100', array(
        'who' => 'someotheruser', // defaults to the user provided at construction of the object
        'action' => 'modify',
        'ts' => 1287666089, // Defaults to now,
        'desc' => 'Human Readble Description'
   ));

$history->log('room1:shelf1:item100', array('action' => 'delete'));

Retrieve the whole history of some guid

$log = $history->getHistory("room1:shelf1:item100"); // returns a Horde_History_Log object

Retrieve the list of history items compared to a certain timestamp

$ids = $history->getByTimestamp('>=', 1287666089); // returns an array of integers

Or add filters

$ids = $history->getByTimestamp('>=', 1287666089, array(
    array('action', '==', 'delete')
    )
); // returns an array of integers

Get events between some changesets, allowing filters

$ids = $history->getByModSeq(1287, 1305);
 // returns an array of integers

$ids = $history->getByModSeq(1287, 1305, array(array('action', '==', 'create')));
 // returns an array of integers

Limit to events within a parent resource

$ids = $history->getByModSeq(12876, 1305, array(), 'room1:shelf1');
 // returns an array of integers

$ids = $history->getByModSeq(12876, 1305, array(array('action', '==', 'create')), 'room1:shelf1');
 // returns an array of integers

Get the last time a certain action happened to a resource

$ts = $history->getActionTimestamp('room1:shelf1', 'createitem');

Remove all histories for a certain parent guid, for example because a collection gets deleted

$history->removeByParent('room12');

Or remove a list of guids from history (not including child resources)

$history->removeByNames(array('room12:shelf1', 'room12:shelf2', 'room12:shelf3'));

Get the last change to any child guid below a parent guid

$modseq = $history->getHighestModSeq('room1');

Get the latest entry for a guid by modseq

$entry = $history->getLatestEntry('room1');

or by timestamp

$entry = $history->getLatestEntry('room1', true);

Usage inside Horde applications

Use the Injector to get a configured instance of Horde_Core_History.

$history = $GLOBALS['injector']->getInstance('Horde_History');

Horde_Core_History wraps Horde_History instances. It defaults to the logged in user and delegates most calls to the actual backends.

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