changing behavior of UrlManipulator + adding session use

server/autoloader.php

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+// this is a custom autoloader that will load classes from the current directory
 function customAutoloader($className) {
   $filePath = __DIR__ . '/' . str_replace('\\', '/', $className) . '.php';
 
@@ -6,5 +7,5 @@ function customAutoloader($className) {
       include $filePath;
   }
 }
-
+// register the custom autoloader
 spl_autoload_register('customAutoloader');

server/index.php

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 <?php
-ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+// require autoloader
 require('./autoloader.php');
 
 use urlManipulator\UrlManipulator;
 
+// handle POST requests
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
     $urlManipulator = new UrlManipulator();
     $url = $_POST['url'];
     $result = $urlManipulator->manipulateUrl($url);
-
+    // send the result as a JSON response
     header('Content-Type: application/json');
     echo json_encode($result);
 }

server/reset_session.php

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+// Start the session
+session_start();
+
+// Unset all session variables
+$_SESSION = [];
+
+// Destroy the session
+session_destroy();
+?>

server/urlManipulator/AbstractUrlManipulator.php

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
 namespace urlManipulator;
-
+// this is a custom AbstractUrlManipulator class that will manipulate a URL
 abstract class AbstractUrlManipulator
 {
   abstract public function manipulateUrl(string $url);
   abstract protected function addParamToUrl(string $url, string $param, string $value);
   abstract protected function generateRandomValue();
-  abstract protected function getNewParam(array $existingParams);
+  abstract protected function getNewParam(array $existingParams, string $originalUrl);
 }
 

server/urlManipulator/UrlManipulator.php

@@ -1,39 +1,44 @@
 <?php
+
 namespace urlManipulator;
 
 class UrlManipulator extends AbstractUrlManipulator
 {
     private $paramsArray = ['param1', 'param2', 'param3', 'param4'];
-    
+
     public function manipulateUrl($url): array
     {
-        if (!filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
+        // Using Session to store the original URL and used parameters
-            return ['error' => 'Invalid URL', 'input' => $url];
+        session_start();
+
+        // Check if the original URL is stored in the session
+        if (!isset($_SESSION['originalUrl'])) {
+            // Store the original URL in the session
+            $_SESSION['originalUrl'] = $url;
+            // Initialize the used parameters array in the session
+            $_SESSION['usedParams'] = [];
         }
 
-        $parsedUrl = parse_url($url);
+        $originalUrl = $_SESSION['originalUrl'];
-        $existingParams = [];
+        $usedParams = $_SESSION['usedParams'];
-        if (isset($parsedUrl['query'])) {
-            parse_str($parsedUrl['query'], $existingParams);
-        }
 
+        // Get a new parameter to add to the URL from the predefined array and existing parameters
+        $newParam = $this->getNewParam($usedParams, $originalUrl);
 
-        if (empty($this->paramsArray)) {
+        // If no new parameter is found, return an error
-            return ['error' => 'Params array is full', 'input' => $url];
-        }
-
-        $newParam = $this->getNewParam($existingParams);
-
         if (!$newParam) {
             return ['error' => 'Unable to find a unique parameter to add', 'input' => $url];
         }
 
         $randomValue = $this->generateRandomValue();
+        $modifiedUrl = $this->addParamToUrl($originalUrl, $newParam, $randomValue);
 
-        $modifiedUrl = $this->addParamToUrl($url, $newParam, $randomValue);
+        // Store the used parameter in the session
+        $usedParams[] = $newParam;
+        $_SESSION['usedParams'] = $usedParams;
 
         return [
-            'before' => $url,
+            'before' => $originalUrl,
             'after' => $modifiedUrl,
         ];
     }
@@ -56,19 +61,23 @@ class UrlManipulator extends AbstractUrlManipulator
         return uniqid();
     }
 
-    protected function getNewParam(array $existingParams)
+    protected function getNewParam(array $usedParams, string $originalUrl)
     {
-        while (!empty($this->paramsArray)) {
+        $parsedUrl = parse_url($originalUrl);
-            $newParam = array_pop($this->paramsArray);
+        $existingParams = [];
 
-            if (!array_key_exists($newParam, $existingParams)) {
+        // Extract existing params from the original URL
-                return $newParam;
+        if (isset($parsedUrl['query'])) {
+            parse_str($parsedUrl['query'], $existingParams);
+        }
+
+        // Find the first unused parameter from the predefined array and existing parameters
+        foreach ($this->paramsArray as $param) {
+            if (!in_array($param, $usedParams) && !array_key_exists($param, $existingParams)) {
+                return $param;
             }
         }
 
         return null;
     }
-
-
 }
-

web-client/index.html

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
             <label for="url">Enter a valid URL:</label>
             <textarea id="url" name="url" rows="4" cols="50" required></textarea>
             <button type="button" onclick="manipulateUrl()">Manipulate URL</button>
+            <button type="button" onclick="resetSession()">Reset</button>
         </form>
     </div>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>

web-client/script.js

@@ -33,3 +33,24 @@ function displayError(error) {
   resultContainer.empty();
   resultContainer.append('<p class="error">Error: ' + error + '</p>');
 }
+
+// Function to reset the session
+function resetSession() {
+  var resultContainer = $('#result-container');
+  var textArea = $('#url');
+
+  $.ajax({
+    type: 'POST',
+    url: '../server/reset_session.php', // Adjust the path accordingly
+    success: function () {
+      alert('Session has been reset.');
+      resultContainer.empty(); // Clear the error display
+      textArea.val(''); // Clear the text area
+      // You can perform additional actions after resetting the session if needed
+    },
+    error: function (xhr, status, error) {
+      console.error('Error resetting session:', error);
+    }
+  });
+}
+