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<?php
/**
 * Blocks and bans object
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 *
 * @file
 */
class Block {
        /* public*/ var $mReason, $mTimestamp, $mAuto, $mExpiry, $mHideName;

        protected
                $mId,
                $mFromMaster,

                $mBlockEmail,
                $mDisableUsertalk,
                $mCreateAccount;

        /// @var User|String
        protected $target;

        // @var Integer Hack for foreign blocking (CentralAuth)
        protected $forcedTargetID;

        /// @var Block::TYPE_ constant.  Can only be USER, IP or RANGE internally
        protected $type;

        /// @var User
        protected $blocker;

        /// @var Bool
        protected $isHardblock = true;

        /// @var Bool
        protected $isAutoblocking = true;

        # TYPE constants
        const TYPE_USER = 1;
        const TYPE_IP = 2;
        const TYPE_RANGE = 3;
        const TYPE_AUTO = 4;
        const TYPE_ID = 5;

        /**
         * Constructor
         * @todo FIXME: Don't know what the best format to have for this constructor is, but fourteen
         * optional parameters certainly isn't it.
         */
        function __construct( $address = '', $user = 0, $by = 0, $reason = '',
                $timestamp = 0, $auto = 0, $expiry = '', $anonOnly = 0, $createAccount = 0, $enableAutoblock = 0,
                $hideName = 0, $blockEmail = 0, $allowUsertalk = 0, $byText = '' )
        {
                if( $timestamp === 0 ){
                        $timestamp = wfTimestampNow();
                }

                if( count( func_get_args() ) > 0 ){
                        # Soon... :D
                        # wfDeprecated( __METHOD__ . " with arguments" );
                }

                $this->setTarget( $address );
                if ( $this->target instanceof User && $user ) {
                        $this->forcedTargetID = $user; // needed for foreign users
                }
                if ( $by ) { // local user
                        $this->setBlocker( User::newFromID( $by ) );
                } else { // foreign user
                        $this->setBlocker( $byText );
                }
                $this->mReason = $reason;
                $this->mTimestamp = wfTimestamp( TS_MW, $timestamp );
                $this->mAuto = $auto;
                $this->isHardblock( !$anonOnly );
                $this->prevents( 'createaccount', $createAccount );
                if ( $expiry == 'infinity' || $expiry == wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE )->getInfinity() ) {
                        $this->mExpiry = 'infinity';
                } else {
                        $this->mExpiry = wfTimestamp( TS_MW, $expiry );
                }
                $this->isAutoblocking( $enableAutoblock );
                $this->mHideName = $hideName;
                $this->prevents( 'sendemail', $blockEmail );
                $this->prevents( 'editownusertalk', !$allowUsertalk );

                $this->mFromMaster = false;
        }

        /**
         * Load a block from the database, using either the IP address or
         * user ID. Tries the user ID first, and if that doesn't work, tries
         * the address.
         *
         * @param $address String: IP address of user/anon
         * @param $user Integer: user id of user
         * @return Block Object
         * @deprecated since 1.18
         */
        public static function newFromDB( $address, $user = 0 ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                return self::newFromTarget( User::whoIs( $user ), $address );
        }

        /**
         * Load a blocked user from their block id.
         *
         * @param $id Integer: Block id to search for
         * @return Block object or null
         */
        public static function newFromID( $id ) {
                $dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
                $res = $dbr->selectRow(
                        'ipblocks',
                        '*',
                        array( 'ipb_id' => $id ),
                        __METHOD__
                );
                if ( $res ) {
                        return Block::newFromRow( $res );
                } else {
                        return null;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Check if two blocks are effectively equal.  Doesn't check irrelevant things like
         * the blocking user or the block timestamp, only things which affect the blocked user   *
         *
         * @param $block Block
         *
         * @return bool
         */
        public function equals( Block $block ) {
                return (
                        (string)$this->target == (string)$block->target
                        && $this->type == $block->type
                        && $this->mAuto == $block->mAuto
                        && $this->isHardblock() == $block->isHardblock()
                        && $this->prevents( 'createaccount' ) == $block->prevents( 'createaccount' )
                        && $this->mExpiry == $block->mExpiry
                        && $this->isAutoblocking() == $block->isAutoblocking()
                        && $this->mHideName == $block->mHideName
                        && $this->prevents( 'sendemail' ) == $block->prevents( 'sendemail' )
                        && $this->prevents( 'editownusertalk' ) == $block->prevents( 'editownusertalk' )
                        && $this->mReason == $block->mReason
                );
        }

        /**
         * Clear all member variables in the current object. Does not clear
         * the block from the DB.
         * @deprecated since 1.18
         */
        public function clear() {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                # Noop
        }

        /**
         * Get a block from the DB, with either the given address or the given username
         *
         * @param $address string The IP address of the user, or blank to skip IP blocks
         * @param $user int The user ID, or zero for anonymous users
         * @return Boolean: the user is blocked from editing
         * @deprecated since 1.18
         */
        public function load( $address = '', $user = 0 ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                if( $user ){
                        $username = User::whoIs( $user );
                        $block = self::newFromTarget( $username, $address );
                } else {
                        $block = self::newFromTarget( null, $address );
                }

                if( $block instanceof Block ){
                        # This is mildly evil, but hey, it's B/C :D
                        foreach( $block as $variable => $value ){
                                $this->$variable = $value;
                        }
                        return true;
                } else {
                        return false;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Load a block from the database which affects the already-set $this->target:
         *     1) A block directly on the given user or IP
         *     2) A rangeblock encompasing the given IP (smallest first)
         *     3) An autoblock on the given IP
         * @param $vagueTarget User|String also search for blocks affecting this target.  Doesn't
         *     make any sense to use TYPE_AUTO / TYPE_ID here. Leave blank to skip IP lookups.
         * @return Bool whether a relevant block was found
         */
        protected function newLoad( $vagueTarget = null ) {
                $db = wfGetDB( $this->mFromMaster ? DB_MASTER : DB_SLAVE );

                if( $this->type !== null ){
                        $conds = array(
                                'ipb_address' => array( (string)$this->target ),
                        );
                } else {
                        $conds = array( 'ipb_address' => array() );
                }

                # Be aware that the != '' check is explicit, since empty values will be
                # passed by some callers (bug 29116)
                if( $vagueTarget != ''){
                        list( $target, $type ) = self::parseTarget( $vagueTarget );
                        switch( $type ) {
                                case self::TYPE_USER:
                                        # Slightly wierd, but who are we to argue?
                                        $conds['ipb_address'][] = (string)$target;
                                        break;

                                case self::TYPE_IP:
                                        $conds['ipb_address'][] = (string)$target;
                                        $conds[] = self::getRangeCond( IP::toHex( $target ) );
                                        $conds = $db->makeList( $conds, LIST_OR );
                                        break;

                                case self::TYPE_RANGE:
                                        list( $start, $end ) = IP::parseRange( $target );
                                        $conds['ipb_address'][] = (string)$target;
                                        $conds[] = self::getRangeCond( $start, $end );
                                        $conds = $db->makeList( $conds, LIST_OR );
                                        break;

                                default:
                                        throw new MWException( "Tried to load block with invalid type" );
                        }
                }

                $res = $db->select( 'ipblocks', '*', $conds, __METHOD__ );

                # This result could contain a block on the user, a block on the IP, and a russian-doll
                # set of rangeblocks.  We want to choose the most specific one, so keep a leader board.
                $bestRow = null;

                # Lower will be better
                $bestBlockScore = 100;

                # This is begging for $this = $bestBlock, but that's not allowed in PHP :(
                $bestBlockPreventsEdit = null;

                foreach( $res as $row ){
                        $block = Block::newFromRow( $row );

                        # Don't use expired blocks
                        if( $block->deleteIfExpired() ){
                                continue;
                        }

                        # Don't use anon only blocks on users
                        if( $this->type == self::TYPE_USER && !$block->isHardblock() ){
                                continue;
                        }

                        if( $block->getType() == self::TYPE_RANGE ){
                                # This is the number of bits that are allowed to vary in the block, give
                                # or take some floating point errors
                                $end = wfBaseconvert( $block->getRangeEnd(), 16, 10 );
                                $start = wfBaseconvert( $block->getRangeStart(), 16, 10 );
                                $size = log( $end - $start + 1, 2 );

                                # This has the nice property that a /32 block is ranked equally with a
                                # single-IP block, which is exactly what it is...
                                $score = self::TYPE_RANGE  - 1 + ( $size / 128 );

                        } else {
                                $score = $block->getType();
                        }

                        if( $score < $bestBlockScore ){
                                $bestBlockScore = $score;
                                $bestRow = $row;
                                $bestBlockPreventsEdit = $block->prevents( 'edit' );
                        }
                }

                if( $bestRow !== null ){
                        $this->initFromRow( $bestRow );
                        $this->prevents( 'edit', $bestBlockPreventsEdit );
                        return true;
                } else {
                        return false;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get a set of SQL conditions which will select rangeblocks encompasing a given range
         * @param $start String Hexadecimal IP representation
         * @param $end String Hexadecimal IP represenation, or null to use $start = $end
         * @return String
         */
        public static function getRangeCond( $start, $end = null ) {
                if ( $end === null ) {
                        $end = $start;
                }
                # Per bug 14634, we want to include relevant active rangeblocks; for
                # rangeblocks, we want to include larger ranges which enclose the given
                # range. We know that all blocks must be smaller than $wgBlockCIDRLimit,
                # so we can improve performance by filtering on a LIKE clause
                $chunk = self::getIpFragment( $start );
                $dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
                $like = $dbr->buildLike( $chunk, $dbr->anyString() );

                # Fairly hard to make a malicious SQL statement out of hex characters,
                # but stranger things have happened...
                $safeStart = $dbr->addQuotes( $start );
                $safeEnd = $dbr->addQuotes( $end );

                return $dbr->makeList(
                        array(
                                "ipb_range_start $like",
                                "ipb_range_start <= $safeStart",
                                "ipb_range_end >= $safeEnd",
                        ),
                        LIST_AND
                );
        }

        /**
         * Get the component of an IP address which is certain to be the same between an IP
         * address and a rangeblock containing that IP address.
         * @param  $hex String Hexadecimal IP representation
         * @return String
         */
        protected static function getIpFragment( $hex ) {
                global $wgBlockCIDRLimit;
                if ( substr( $hex, 0, 3 ) == 'v6-' ) {
                        return 'v6-' . substr( substr( $hex, 3 ), 0,  floor( $wgBlockCIDRLimit['IPv6'] / 4 ) );
                } else {
                        return substr( $hex, 0,  floor( $wgBlockCIDRLimit['IPv4'] / 4 ) );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Given a database row from the ipblocks table, initialize
         * member variables
         * @param $row ResultWrapper: a row from the ipblocks table
         */
        protected function initFromRow( $row ) {
                $this->setTarget( $row->ipb_address );
                if ( $row->ipb_by ) { // local user
                        $this->setBlocker( User::newFromID( $row->ipb_by ) );
                } else { // foreign user
                        $this->setBlocker( $row->ipb_by_text );
                }

                $this->mReason = $row->ipb_reason;
                $this->mTimestamp = wfTimestamp( TS_MW, $row->ipb_timestamp );
                $this->mAuto = $row->ipb_auto;
                $this->mHideName = $row->ipb_deleted;
                $this->mId = $row->ipb_id;

                // I wish I didn't have to do this
                $db = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
                if ( $row->ipb_expiry == $db->getInfinity() ) {
                        $this->mExpiry = 'infinity';
                } else {
                        $this->mExpiry = wfTimestamp( TS_MW, $row->ipb_expiry );
                }

                $this->isHardblock( !$row->ipb_anon_only );
                $this->isAutoblocking( $row->ipb_enable_autoblock );

                $this->prevents( 'createaccount', $row->ipb_create_account );
                $this->prevents( 'sendemail', $row->ipb_block_email );
                $this->prevents( 'editownusertalk', !$row->ipb_allow_usertalk );
        }

        /**
         * Create a new Block object from a database row
         * @param  $row ResultWrapper row from the ipblocks table
         * @return Block
         */
        public static function newFromRow( $row ){
                $block = new Block;
                $block->initFromRow( $row );
                return $block;
        }

        /**
         * Delete the row from the IP blocks table.
         *
         * @return Boolean
         */
        public function delete() {
                if ( wfReadOnly() ) {
                        return false;
                }

                if ( !$this->getId() ) {
                        throw new MWException( "Block::delete() requires that the mId member be filled\n" );
                }

                $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
                $dbw->delete( 'ipblocks', array( 'ipb_id' => $this->getId() ), __METHOD__ );

                return $dbw->affectedRows() > 0;
        }

        /**
         * Insert a block into the block table. Will fail if there is a conflicting
         * block (same name and options) already in the database.
         *
         * @param $dbw DatabaseBase if you have one available
         * @return mixed: false on failure, assoc array on success:
         *      ('id' => block ID, 'autoIds' => array of autoblock IDs)
         */
        public function insert( $dbw = null ) {
                wfDebug( "Block::insert; timestamp {$this->mTimestamp}\n" );

                if ( $dbw === null ) {
                        $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
                }

                # Don't collide with expired blocks
                Block::purgeExpired();

                $row = $this->getDatabaseArray();
                $row['ipb_id'] = $dbw->nextSequenceValue("ipblocks_ipb_id_seq");

                $dbw->insert(
                        'ipblocks',
                        $row,
                        __METHOD__,
                        array( 'IGNORE' )
                );
                $affected = $dbw->affectedRows();
                $this->mId = $dbw->insertId();

                if ( $affected ) {
                        $auto_ipd_ids = $this->doRetroactiveAutoblock();
                        return array( 'id' => $this->mId, 'autoIds' => $auto_ipd_ids );
                }

                return false;
        }

        /**
         * Update a block in the DB with new parameters.
         * The ID field needs to be loaded first.
         *
         * @return Int number of affected rows, which should probably be 1 or something's
         *     gone slightly awry
         */
        public function update() {
                wfDebug( "Block::update; timestamp {$this->mTimestamp}\n" );
                $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );

                $dbw->update(
                        'ipblocks',
                        $this->getDatabaseArray( $dbw ),
                        array( 'ipb_id' => $this->getId() ),
                        __METHOD__
                );

                return $dbw->affectedRows();
        }

        /**
         * Get an array suitable for passing to $dbw->insert() or $dbw->update()
         * @param $db DatabaseBase
         * @return Array
         */
        protected function getDatabaseArray( $db = null ){
                if( !$db ){
                        $db = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
                }
                $expiry = $db->encodeExpiry( $this->mExpiry );

                if ( $this->forcedTargetID ) {
                        $uid = $this->forcedTargetID;
                } else {
                        $uid = $this->target instanceof User ? $this->target->getID() : 0;
                }

                $a = array(
                        'ipb_address'          => (string)$this->target,
                        'ipb_user'             => $uid,
                        'ipb_by'               => $this->getBy(),
                        'ipb_by_text'          => $this->getByName(),
                        'ipb_reason'           => $this->mReason,
                        'ipb_timestamp'        => $db->timestamp( $this->mTimestamp ),
                        'ipb_auto'             => $this->mAuto,
                        'ipb_anon_only'        => !$this->isHardblock(),
                        'ipb_create_account'   => $this->prevents( 'createaccount' ),
                        'ipb_enable_autoblock' => $this->isAutoblocking(),
                        'ipb_expiry'           => $expiry,
                        'ipb_range_start'      => $this->getRangeStart(),
                        'ipb_range_end'        => $this->getRangeEnd(),
                        'ipb_deleted'          => intval( $this->mHideName ), // typecast required for SQLite
                        'ipb_block_email'      => $this->prevents( 'sendemail' ),
                        'ipb_allow_usertalk'   => !$this->prevents( 'editownusertalk' )
                );

                return $a;
        }

        /**
         * Retroactively autoblocks the last IP used by the user (if it is a user)
         * blocked by this Block.
         *
         * @return Array: block IDs of retroactive autoblocks made
         */
        protected function doRetroactiveAutoblock() {
                $blockIds = array();
                # If autoblock is enabled, autoblock the LAST IP(s) used
                if ( $this->isAutoblocking() && $this->getType() == self::TYPE_USER ) {
                        wfDebug( "Doing retroactive autoblocks for " . $this->getTarget() . "\n" );

                        $continue = wfRunHooks(
                                'PerformRetroactiveAutoblock', array( $this, &$blockIds ) );

                        if ( $continue ) {
                                self::defaultRetroactiveAutoblock( $this, $blockIds );
                        }
                }
                return $blockIds;
        }

        /**
         * Retroactively autoblocks the last IP used by the user (if it is a user)
         * blocked by this Block. This will use the recentchanges table.
         *
         * @param Block $block
         * @param Array &$blockIds
         * @return Array: block IDs of retroactive autoblocks made
         */
        protected static function defaultRetroactiveAutoblock( Block $block, array &$blockIds ) {
                $dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );

                $options = array( 'ORDER BY' => 'rc_timestamp DESC' );
                $conds = array( 'rc_user_text' => (string)$block->getTarget() );

                // Just the last IP used.
                $options['LIMIT'] = 1;

                $res = $dbr->select( 'recentchanges', array( 'rc_ip' ), $conds,
                        __METHOD__ ,  $options );

                if ( !$dbr->numRows( $res ) ) {
                        # No results, don't autoblock anything
                        wfDebug( "No IP found to retroactively autoblock\n" );
                } else {
                        foreach ( $res as $row ) {
                                if ( $row->rc_ip ) {
                                        $id = $block->doAutoblock( $row->rc_ip );
                                        if ( $id ) $blockIds[] = $id;
                                }
                        }
                }
        }

        /**
         * Checks whether a given IP is on the autoblock whitelist.
         * TODO: this probably belongs somewhere else, but not sure where...
         *
         * @param $ip String: The IP to check
         * @return Boolean
         */
        public static function isWhitelistedFromAutoblocks( $ip ) {
                global $wgMemc;

                // Try to get the autoblock_whitelist from the cache, as it's faster
                // than getting the msg raw and explode()'ing it.
                $key = wfMemcKey( 'ipb', 'autoblock', 'whitelist' );
                $lines = $wgMemc->get( $key );
                if ( !$lines ) {
                        $lines = explode( "\n", wfMsgForContentNoTrans( 'autoblock_whitelist' ) );
                        $wgMemc->set( $key, $lines, 3600 * 24 );
                }

                wfDebug( "Checking the autoblock whitelist..\n" );

                foreach ( $lines as $line ) {
                        # List items only
                        if ( substr( $line, 0, 1 ) !== '*' ) {
                                continue;
                        }

                        $wlEntry = substr( $line, 1 );
                        $wlEntry = trim( $wlEntry );

                        wfDebug( "Checking $ip against $wlEntry..." );

                        # Is the IP in this range?
                        if ( IP::isInRange( $ip, $wlEntry ) ) {
                                wfDebug( " IP $ip matches $wlEntry, not autoblocking\n" );
                                return true;
                        } else {
                                wfDebug( " No match\n" );
                        }
                }

                return false;
        }

        /**
         * Autoblocks the given IP, referring to this Block.
         *
         * @param $autoblockIP String: the IP to autoblock.
         * @return mixed: block ID if an autoblock was inserted, false if not.
         */
        public function doAutoblock( $autoblockIP ) {
                # If autoblocks are disabled, go away.
                if ( !$this->isAutoblocking() ) {
                        return false;
                }

                # Check for presence on the autoblock whitelist.
                if ( self::isWhitelistedFromAutoblocks( $autoblockIP ) ) {
                        return false;
                }

                # Allow hooks to cancel the autoblock.
                if ( !wfRunHooks( 'AbortAutoblock', array( $autoblockIP, &$this ) ) ) {
                        wfDebug( "Autoblock aborted by hook.\n" );
                        return false;
                }

                # It's okay to autoblock. Go ahead and insert/update the block...

                # Do not add a *new* block if the IP is already blocked.
                $ipblock = Block::newFromTarget( $autoblockIP );
                if ( $ipblock ) {
                        # Check if the block is an autoblock and would exceed the user block
                        # if renewed. If so, do nothing, otherwise prolong the block time...
                        if ( $ipblock->mAuto && // @TODO: why not compare $ipblock->mExpiry?
                                $this->mExpiry > Block::getAutoblockExpiry( $ipblock->mTimestamp )
                        ) {
                                # Reset block timestamp to now and its expiry to
                                # $wgAutoblockExpiry in the future
                                $ipblock->updateTimestamp();
                        }
                        return false;
                }

                # Make a new block object with the desired properties.
                $autoblock = new Block;
                wfDebug( "Autoblocking {$this->getTarget()}@" . $autoblockIP . "\n" );
                $autoblock->setTarget( $autoblockIP );
                $autoblock->setBlocker( $this->getBlocker() );
                $autoblock->mReason = wfMsgForContent( 'autoblocker', $this->getTarget(), $this->mReason );
                $timestamp = wfTimestampNow();
                $autoblock->mTimestamp = $timestamp;
                $autoblock->mAuto = 1;
                $autoblock->prevents( 'createaccount', $this->prevents( 'createaccount' ) );
                # Continue suppressing the name if needed
                $autoblock->mHideName = $this->mHideName;
                $autoblock->prevents( 'editownusertalk', $this->prevents( 'editownusertalk' ) );

                if ( $this->mExpiry == 'infinity' ) {
                        # Original block was indefinite, start an autoblock now
                        $autoblock->mExpiry = Block::getAutoblockExpiry( $timestamp );
                } else {
                        # If the user is already blocked with an expiry date, we don't
                        # want to pile on top of that.
                        $autoblock->mExpiry = min( $this->mExpiry, Block::getAutoblockExpiry( $timestamp ) );
                }

                # Insert the block...
                $status = $autoblock->insert();
                return $status
                        ? $status['id']
                        : false;
        }

        /**
         * Check if a block has expired. Delete it if it is.
         * @return Boolean
         */
        public function deleteIfExpired() {
                wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );

                if ( $this->isExpired() ) {
                        wfDebug( "Block::deleteIfExpired() -- deleting\n" );
                        $this->delete();
                        $retVal = true;
                } else {
                        wfDebug( "Block::deleteIfExpired() -- not expired\n" );
                        $retVal = false;
                }

                wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
                return $retVal;
        }

        /**
         * Has the block expired?
         * @return Boolean
         */
        public function isExpired() {
                $timestamp = wfTimestampNow();
                wfDebug( "Block::isExpired() checking current " . $timestamp . " vs $this->mExpiry\n" );

                if ( !$this->mExpiry ) {
                        return false;
                } else {
                        return $timestamp > $this->mExpiry;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Is the block address valid (i.e. not a null string?)
         * @return Boolean
         */
        public function isValid() {
                return $this->getTarget() != null;
        }

        /**
         * Update the timestamp on autoblocks.
         */
        public function updateTimestamp() {
                if ( $this->mAuto ) {
                        $this->mTimestamp = wfTimestamp();
                        $this->mExpiry = Block::getAutoblockExpiry( $this->mTimestamp );

                        $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
                        $dbw->update( 'ipblocks',
                                array( /* SET */
                                        'ipb_timestamp' => $dbw->timestamp( $this->mTimestamp ),
                                        'ipb_expiry' => $dbw->timestamp( $this->mExpiry ),
                                ),
                                array( /* WHERE */
                                        'ipb_address' => (string)$this->getTarget()
                                ),
                                __METHOD__
                        );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get the IP address at the start of the range in Hex form
         * @return String IP in Hex form
         */
        public function getRangeStart() {
                switch( $this->type ) {
                        case self::TYPE_USER:
                                return '';
                        case self::TYPE_IP:
                                return IP::toHex( $this->target );
                        case self::TYPE_RANGE:
                                list( $start, /*...*/ ) = IP::parseRange( $this->target );
                                return $start;
                        default: throw new MWException( "Block with invalid type" );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get the IP address at the start of the range in Hex form
         * @return String IP in Hex form
         */
        public function getRangeEnd() {
                switch( $this->type ) {
                        case self::TYPE_USER:
                                return '';
                        case self::TYPE_IP:
                                return IP::toHex( $this->target );
                        case self::TYPE_RANGE:
                                list( /*...*/, $end ) = IP::parseRange( $this->target );
                                return $end;
                        default: throw new MWException( "Block with invalid type" );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get the user id of the blocking sysop
         *
         * @return Integer (0 for foreign users)
         */
        public function getBy() {
                $blocker = $this->getBlocker();
                return ( $blocker instanceof User )
                        ? $blocker->getId()
                        : 0;
        }

        /**
         * Get the username of the blocking sysop
         *
         * @return String
         */
        public function getByName() {
                $blocker = $this->getBlocker();
                return ( $blocker instanceof User )
                        ? $blocker->getName()
                        : (string)$blocker; // username
        }

        /**
         * Get the block ID
         * @return int
         */
        public function getId() {
                return $this->mId;
        }

        /**
         * Get/set the SELECT ... FOR UPDATE flag
         * @deprecated since 1.18
         *
         * @param $x Bool
         */
        public function forUpdate( $x = null ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                # noop
        }

        /**
         * Get/set a flag determining whether the master is used for reads
         *
         * @param $x Bool
         * @return Bool
         */
        public function fromMaster( $x = null ) {
                return wfSetVar( $this->mFromMaster, $x );
        }

        /**
         * Get/set whether the Block is a hardblock (affects logged-in users on a given IP/range
         * @param $x Bool
         * @return  Bool
         */
        public function isHardblock( $x = null ) {
                wfSetVar( $this->isHardblock, $x );

                # You can't *not* hardblock a user
                return $this->getType() == self::TYPE_USER
                        ? true
                        : $this->isHardblock;
        }

        public function isAutoblocking( $x = null ) {
                wfSetVar( $this->isAutoblocking, $x );

                # You can't put an autoblock on an IP or range as we don't have any history to
                # look over to get more IPs from
                return $this->getType() == self::TYPE_USER
                        ? $this->isAutoblocking
                        : false;
        }

        /**
         * Get/set whether the Block prevents a given action
         * @param $action String
         * @param $x Bool
         * @return Bool
         */
        public function prevents( $action, $x = null ) {
                switch( $action ) {
                        case 'edit':
                                # For now... <evil laugh>
                                return true;

                        case 'createaccount':
                                return wfSetVar( $this->mCreateAccount, $x );

                        case 'sendemail':
                                return wfSetVar( $this->mBlockEmail, $x );

                        case 'editownusertalk':
                                return wfSetVar( $this->mDisableUsertalk, $x );

                        default:
                                return null;
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get the block name, but with autoblocked IPs hidden as per standard privacy policy
         * @return String, text is escaped
         */
        public function getRedactedName() {
                if ( $this->mAuto ) {
                        return Html::rawElement(
                                'span',
                                array( 'class' => 'mw-autoblockid' ),
                                wfMessage( 'autoblockid', $this->mId )
                        );
                } else {
                        return htmlspecialchars( $this->getTarget() );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Encode expiry for DB
         *
         * @param $expiry String: timestamp for expiry, or
         * @param $db DatabaseBase object
         * @return String
         * @deprecated since 1.18; use $dbw->encodeExpiry() instead
         */
        public static function encodeExpiry( $expiry, $db ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                return $db->encodeExpiry( $expiry );
        }

        /**
         * Decode expiry which has come from the DB
         *
         * @param $expiry String: Database expiry format
         * @param $timestampType Int Requested timestamp format
         * @return String
         * @deprecated since 1.18; use $wgLang->formatExpiry() instead
         */
        public static function decodeExpiry( $expiry, $timestampType = TS_MW ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                global $wgContLang;
                return $wgContLang->formatExpiry( $expiry, $timestampType );
        }

        /**
         * Get a timestamp of the expiry for autoblocks
         *
         * @param $timestamp String|Int
         * @return String
         */
        public static function getAutoblockExpiry( $timestamp ) {
                global $wgAutoblockExpiry;

                return wfTimestamp( TS_MW, wfTimestamp( TS_UNIX, $timestamp ) + $wgAutoblockExpiry );
        }

        /**
         * Gets rid of uneeded numbers in quad-dotted/octet IP strings
         * For example, 127.111.113.151/24 -> 127.111.113.0/24
         * @param $range String: IP address to normalize
         * @return string
         * @deprecated since 1.18, call IP::sanitizeRange() directly
         */
        public static function normaliseRange( $range ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                return IP::sanitizeRange( $range );
        }

        /**
         * Purge expired blocks from the ipblocks table
         */
        public static function purgeExpired() {
                $dbw = wfGetDB( DB_MASTER );
                $dbw->delete( 'ipblocks',
                        array( 'ipb_expiry < ' . $dbw->addQuotes( $dbw->timestamp() ) ), __METHOD__ );
        }

        /**
         * Get a value to insert into expiry field of the database when infinite expiry
         * is desired
         * @deprecated since 1.18, call $dbr->getInfinity() directly
         * @return String
         */
        public static function infinity() {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                return wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE )->getInfinity();
        }

        /**
         * Convert a DB-encoded expiry into a real string that humans can read.
         *
         * @param $encoded_expiry String: Database encoded expiry time
         * @return Html-escaped String
         * @deprecated since 1.18; use $wgLang->formatExpiry() instead
         */
        public static function formatExpiry( $encoded_expiry ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );

                global $wgContLang;
                static $msg = null;

                if ( is_null( $msg ) ) {
                        $msg = array();
                        $keys = array( 'infiniteblock', 'expiringblock' );

                        foreach ( $keys as $key ) {
                                $msg[$key] = wfMsgHtml( $key );
                        }
                }

                $expiry = $wgContLang->formatExpiry( $encoded_expiry, TS_MW );
                if ( $expiry == wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE )->getInfinity() ) {
                        $expirystr = $msg['infiniteblock'];
                } else {
                        global $wgLang;
                        $expiredatestr = htmlspecialchars( $wgLang->date( $expiry, true ) );
                        $expiretimestr = htmlspecialchars( $wgLang->time( $expiry, true ) );
                        $expirystr = wfMsgReplaceArgs( $msg['expiringblock'], array( $expiredatestr, $expiretimestr ) );
                }

                return $expirystr;
        }

        /**
         * Convert a submitted expiry time, which may be relative ("2 weeks", etc) or absolute
         * ("24 May 2034"), into an absolute timestamp we can put into the database.
         * @param $expiry String: whatever was typed into the form
         * @return String: timestamp or "infinity" string for th DB implementation
         * @deprecated since 1.18 moved to SpecialBlock::parseExpiryInput()
         */
        public static function parseExpiryInput( $expiry ) {
                wfDeprecated( __METHOD__, '1.18' );
                return SpecialBlock::parseExpiryInput( $expiry );
        }

        /**
         * Given a target and the target's type, get an existing Block object if possible.
         * @param $specificTarget String|User|Int a block target, which may be one of several types:
         *     * A user to block, in which case $target will be a User
         *     * An IP to block, in which case $target will be a User generated by using
         *       User::newFromName( $ip, false ) to turn off name validation
         *     * An IP range, in which case $target will be a String "123.123.123.123/18" etc
         *     * The ID of an existing block, in the format "#12345" (since pure numbers are valid
         *       usernames
         *     Calling this with a user, IP address or range will not select autoblocks, and will
         *     only select a block where the targets match exactly (so looking for blocks on
         *     1.2.3.4 will not select 1.2.0.0/16 or even 1.2.3.4/32)
         * @param $vagueTarget String|User|Int as above, but we will search for *any* block which
         *     affects that target (so for an IP address, get ranges containing that IP; and also
         *     get any relevant autoblocks). Leave empty or blank to skip IP-based lookups.
         * @param $fromMaster Bool whether to use the DB_MASTER database
         * @return Block|null (null if no relevant block could be found).  The target and type
         *     of the returned Block will refer to the actual block which was found, which might
         *     not be the same as the target you gave if you used $vagueTarget!
         */
        public static function newFromTarget( $specificTarget, $vagueTarget = null, $fromMaster = false ) {

                list( $target, $type ) = self::parseTarget( $specificTarget );
                if( $type == Block::TYPE_ID || $type == Block::TYPE_AUTO ){
                        return Block::newFromID( $target );

                } elseif( $target === null && $vagueTarget == '' ){
                        # We're not going to find anything useful here
                        # Be aware that the == '' check is explicit, since empty values will be
                        # passed by some callers (bug 29116)
                        return null;

                } elseif( in_array( $type, array( Block::TYPE_USER, Block::TYPE_IP, Block::TYPE_RANGE ) ) ) {
                        $block = new Block();
                        $block->fromMaster( $fromMaster );

                        if( $type !== null ){
                                $block->setTarget( $target );
                        }

                        if( $block->newLoad( $vagueTarget ) ){
                                return $block;
                        }
                }
                return null;
        }

        /**
         * From an existing Block, get the target and the type of target.  Note that it is
         * always safe to treat the target as a string; for User objects this will return
         * User::__toString() which in turn gives User::getName().
         *
         * @param $target String|Int|User
         * @return array( User|String, Block::TYPE_ constant )
         */
        public static function parseTarget( $target ) {
                $target = trim( $target );

                # We may have been through this before
                if( $target instanceof User ){
                        if( IP::isValid( $target->getName() ) ){
                                return array( $target, self::TYPE_IP );
                        } else {
                                return array( $target, self::TYPE_USER );
                        }
                } elseif( $target === null ){
                        return array( null, null );
                }

                if ( IP::isValid( $target ) ) {
                        # We can still create a User if it's an IP address, but we need to turn
                        # off validation checking (which would exclude IP addresses)
                        return array(
                                User::newFromName( IP::sanitizeIP( $target ), false ),
                                Block::TYPE_IP
                        );

                } elseif ( IP::isValidBlock( $target ) ) {
                        # Can't create a User from an IP range
                        return array( IP::sanitizeRange( $target ), Block::TYPE_RANGE );
                }

                # Consider the possibility that this is not a username at all
                # but actually an old subpage (bug #29797)
                if( strpos( $target, '/' ) !== false ){
                        # An old subpage, drill down to the user behind it
                        $parts = explode( '/', $target );
                        $target = $parts[0];
                }

                $userObj = User::newFromName( $target );
                if ( $userObj instanceof User ) {
                        # Note that since numbers are valid usernames, a $target of "12345" will be
                        # considered a User.  If you want to pass a block ID, prepend a hash "#12345",
                        # since hash characters are not valid in usernames or titles generally.
                        return array( $userObj, Block::TYPE_USER );

                } elseif ( preg_match( '/^#\d+$/', $target ) ) {
                        # Autoblock reference in the form "#12345"
                        return array( substr( $target, 1 ), Block::TYPE_AUTO );

                } else {
                        # WTF?
                        return array( null, null );
                }
        }

        /**
         * Get the type of target for this particular block
         * @return Block::TYPE_ constant, will never be TYPE_ID
         */
        public function getType() {
                return $this->mAuto
                        ? self::TYPE_AUTO
                        : $this->type;
        }

        /**
         * Get the target and target type for this particular Block.  Note that for autoblocks,
         * this returns the unredacted name; frontend functions need to call $block->getRedactedName()
         * in this situation.
         * @return array( User|String, Block::TYPE_ constant )
         * @todo FIXME: This should be an integral part of the Block member variables
         */
        public function getTargetAndType() {
                return array( $this->getTarget(), $this->getType() );
        }

        /**
         * Get the target for this particular Block.  Note that for autoblocks,
         * this returns the unredacted name; frontend functions need to call $block->getRedactedName()
         * in this situation.
         * @return User|String
         */
        public function getTarget() {
                return $this->target;
        }

        /**
         * @since 1.19
         *
         * @return Mixed|string
         */
        public function getExpiry() {
                return $this->mExpiry;
        }

        /**
         * Set the target for this block, and update $this->type accordingly
         * @param $target Mixed
         */
        public function setTarget( $target ){
                list( $this->target, $this->type ) = self::parseTarget( $target );
        }

        /**
         * Get the user who implemented this block
         * @return User|string Local User object or string for a foreign user
         */
        public function getBlocker(){
                return $this->blocker;
        }

        /**
         * Set the user who implemented (or will implement) this block
         * @param $user User|string Local User object or username string for foriegn users
         */
        public function setBlocker( $user ){
                $this->blocker = $user;
        }
}