links::addLink PHP Method

    function addLink($name, $address)
    {
        require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "classes" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "settings.class.php";
        $settings = new settings();
        if ($settings::db_driver == "xml") {
            // XML
            $links = simplexml_load_file($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "data" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "links.xml");
            $link = $links->addChild('link', '');
            $link->addChild('name', $name);
            $link->addChild('address', $address);
            $dom = dom_import_simplexml($links)->ownerDocument;
            $dom->formatOutput = TRUE;
            file_put_contents($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "data" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "links.xml", $dom->saveXML());
        } else {
            // PDO
            require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "classes" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "common.class.php";
            $common = new common();
            $dbh = $common->pdoOpen();
            $sql = "INSERT INTO " . $settings::db_prefix . "links (name, address) VALUES (:name, :address)";
            $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
            $sth->bindParam(':name', $name, PDO::PARAM_STR, 100);
            $sth->bindParam(':address', $address, PDO::PARAM_STR, 250);
            $sth->execute();
            $sth = NULL;
            $dbh = NULL;
        }
    }

Usage Example

Example #1
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require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "classes" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "links.class.php";
$common = new common();
$account = new account();
$links = new links();
// Check if the user is logged in.
if (!$account->isAuthenticated()) {
    // The user is not logged in so forward them to the login page.
    header("Location: login.php");
}
$nameExists = FALSE;
if ($common->postBack()) {
    // Check if the name already exists.
    $nameExists = $links->nameExists($_POST['name']);
    if (!$nameExists) {
        // Add this link..
        $links->addLink($_POST['name'], $_POST['address']);
        // Forward the user to the link management index page.
        header("Location: /admin/links/");
    }
}
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// BEGIN HTML
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "admin" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "includes" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "header.inc.php";
?>
            <h1>Links Management</h1>
            <hr />
            <h2>Add Link</h2>
            <form id="add-link" method="post" action="add.php">
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="name">Name</label>
                    <input type="text" id="name" name="name" class="form-control"<?php