# Filters added to this controller apply to all controllers in the application.
# Likewise, all the methods added will be available for all controllers.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  # Pick a unique cookie name to distinguish our session data from others'
  session :session_key => '_plog_session_id'
  
  before_filter :login_from_cookie

  def hobo_render_tag(tag)
    Hobo::Dryml.render_tag(@template, tag, :obj => @this)
  end
  
  ###########################################################
  ################ Boring Charset Stuff #####################
  ###########################################################
  # to tell mysql to use utf-8
  before_filter :configure_charsets

  # to fix a Safari + AJAX charset bug:
  after_filter :set_charset
 
  def configure_charsets
    # Set connection charset. MySQL 4.0 doesn't support this so it
    # will throw an error, MySQL 4.1 needs this
    if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.adapter_name == "MySQL"
      suppress(ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid) do
        ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute 'SET NAMES UTF8'
      end      
    end
  end

  # Needed to fix a Safari + AJAX bug.
  def set_charset
    content_type = headers["Content-Type"] || 'text/html'
    if /^text\//.match(content_type) && !/.*; charset=.*/.match(content_type)
      headers["Content-Type"] = "#{content_type}; charset=UTF-8" 
    end
  end
  
end