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+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ICEcoder;
+
+class Settings
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        // Set version number and document root as core settings
+        $this->versionNo = "8.0";
+        $this->docRoot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+    }
+
+
+    // ========
+    // DATA DIR
+    // ========
+
+    public function getDataDirDetails()
+    {
+        clearstatcache();
+
+        // Return details about the data dir
+        $fullPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/";
+        $exists = file_exists($fullPath);
+        $readable = is_readable($fullPath);
+        $writable = is_writable($fullPath);
+        return [
+            "fullPath" => $fullPath,
+            "exists" => $exists,
+            "readable" => $readable,
+            "writable" => $writable,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    // =============
+    // GLOBAL CONFIG
+    // =============
+
+    public function getConfigGlobalTemplate()
+    {
+        // Return the serialized global config template
+        $fileName = 'template-config-global.php';
+        $fullPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/../lib/" . $fileName;
+        if (function_exists('opcache_invalidate')) {
+            opcache_invalidate($fullPath, true);
+        }
+        $settings = file_get_contents($fullPath);
+        return $settings;
+    }
+
+    public function getConfigGlobalFileDetails()
+    {
+        clearstatcache();
+
+        // Return details about the global config file
+        $fileName = 'config-global.php';
+        $fullPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/" . $fileName;
+        $exists = file_exists($fullPath);
+        $readable = is_readable($fullPath);
+        $writable = is_writable($fullPath);
+        $filemtime = filemtime($fullPath);
+        return [
+            "fileName" => $fileName,
+            "fullPath" => $fullPath,
+            "exists" => $exists,
+            "readable" => $readable,
+            "writable" => $writable,
+            "filemtime" => $filemtime
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function getConfigGlobalSettings()
+    {
+        // Start an array with version number and document root
+        $settings = [];
+        $settings['versionNo'] = $this->versionNo;
+        $settings['docRoot'] = $this->docRoot;
+        // Get global config file details
+        $fullPath = $this->getConfigGlobalFileDetails()['fullPath'];
+        $settingsFromFile = $this->serializedFileData("get", $fullPath);
+        // Merge that with the array we started with and return
+        $settings = array_merge($settings, $settingsFromFile);
+        return $settings;
+    }
+
+    public function setConfigGlobalSettings($settings): bool
+    {
+        // Get the global config file details
+        $fullPath = $this->getConfigGlobalFileDetails()['fullPath'];
+        if ($fConfigSettings = fopen($fullPath, 'w')) {
+            // If the settings we've received aren't in serialized format yet, do that now
+            // As $settings could be a serialized string or array
+            if (is_array($settings)) {
+                unset($settings['versionNo']);
+                unset($settings['docRoot']);
+            }
+            return $this->serializedFileData("set", $fullPath, $settings);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function updateConfigGlobalSettings($array): bool
+    {
+        // Update global config settings file
+        $settingsFromFile = $this->getConfigGlobalSettings();
+        $settings = array_merge($settingsFromFile, $array);
+        return $this->setConfigGlobalSettings($settings);
+    }
+
+    // ============
+    // USERS CONFIG
+    // ============
+
+    public function getConfigUsersTemplate()
+    {
+        // Return the serialized users config template
+        $fileName = 'template-config-users.php';
+        $fullPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/../lib/" . $fileName;
+        if (function_exists('opcache_invalidate')) {
+            opcache_invalidate($fullPath, true);
+        }
+        $settings = file_get_contents($fullPath);
+        return $settings;
+    }
+
+    public function getConfigUsersFileDetails($fileName)
+    {
+        // Return details about the users config file
+        $fullPath = dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/" . $fileName;
+        $exists = file_exists($fullPath);
+        $readable = is_readable($fullPath);
+        $writable = is_writable($fullPath);
+        $filemtime = filemtime($fullPath);
+        return [
+            "fileName" => $fileName,
+            "fullPath" => $fullPath,
+            "exists" => $exists,
+            "readable" => $readable,
+            "writable" => $writable,
+            "filemtime" => $filemtime,
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function getConfigUsersSettings($fileName)
+    {
+        // Get users config file details
+        $fullPath = $this->getConfigUsersFileDetails($fileName)['fullPath'];
+        $settingsFromFile = $this->serializedFileData("get", $fullPath);
+        // Now return
+        return $settingsFromFile;
+    }
+
+    public function setConfigUsersSettings($fileName, $settings): bool
+    {
+        // Get the users config file details
+        $fullPath = $this->getConfigUsersFileDetails($fileName)['fullPath'];
+        if ($fConfigSettings = fopen($fullPath, 'w')) {
+            return $this->serializedFileData("set", $fullPath, $settings);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function updateConfigUsersSettings($fileName, $array): bool
+    {
+        // Update users config settings file
+        $settingsFromFile = $this->getConfigUsersSettings($fileName);
+        $settings = array_merge($settingsFromFile, $array);
+        return $this->setConfigUsersSettings($fileName, $settings);
+    }
+
+    public function updateConfigUsersCreateDate($fileName)
+    {
+        global $ICEcoderUserSettings;
+
+        // Get users config file details
+        $filemtime = $this->getConfigUsersFileDetails($fileName)['filemtime'];
+        // Make it a number (avoids null, undefined etc)
+        $filemtime = intval($filemtime);
+        // Set it to the epoch time now if we don't have a real value
+        if (0 === $filemtime) {
+            $filemtime = time();
+        }
+        // Update users config settings file
+        $ICEcoderSettingsFromFile = $this->getConfigUsersSettings($fileName);
+        $ICEcoderSettingsFromFile['configCreateDate'] = $filemtime;
+        $this->setConfigUsersSettings($fileName, $ICEcoderSettingsFromFile);
+        // Set the new value in array
+        $ICEcoderUserSettings['configCreateDate'] = $filemtime;
+    }
+
+    public function createIPSettingsFileIfNotExist()
+    {
+        global $username, $settingsFile, $settingsFileAddr;
+
+        // Create a duplicate version for the IP address of the domain if it doesn't exist yet
+        $serverAddr = $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] ?? "1";
+        if ($serverAddr == "1" || $serverAddr == "::1") {
+            $serverAddr = "127.0.0.1";
+        }
+        $settingsFileAddr = 'config-' . $username . str_replace(".", "_", $serverAddr) . '.php';
+        if (false === file_exists(dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/" . $settingsFileAddr)) {
+            if (false === copy(dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/" . $settingsFile, dirname(__FILE__) . "/../data/" . $settingsFileAddr)) {
+                $reqsFailures = ["phpCreateSettingsFileAddr"];
+                include dirname(__FILE__) . "/../lib/requirements.php";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function serializedFileData($do, $fullPath, $output=null)
+    {
+        if ("get" === $do) {
+            if (function_exists('opcache_invalidate')) {
+                opcache_invalidate($fullPath, true);
+            }
+            $data = file_get_contents($fullPath);
+            $data = str_replace("<"."?php\n/*\n\n", "", $data);
+            $data = str_replace("\n\n*/\n?".">", "", $data);
+            $data = unserialize($data);
+            return $data;
+        }
+        if ("set" === $do) {
+            if (true === is_array($output)) {
+                $output = serialize($output);
+            }
+            return false !== file_put_contents($fullPath, "<"."?php\n/*\n\n" . $output . "\n\n*/\n?" . ">");
+        }
+    }
+}