Modification to directory script to support Asterisk Phonebook

[lgaetz]

The block of code below is a direct drop in replacement for defining the $results array that pulls names and numbers from the Asterisk Phonebook instead of system extensions. Thinking you might use it to create a whole new Phonebook script or perhaps adapt it to some other usage.

// For this to work, the FreePBX phonebook module must be installed, not sure if there is a 
// function/method to test if specific module is installed, but this works. The bootstrap gives us 
// access to all FreePBX functions

if (function_exists('phonebook_list')) {
    $numbers = phonebook_list();
    //print_r($numbers);  //for debug
    $count = 0;
    foreach ($numbers as $num => $values)   {
        $results[$count][0] = htmlentities($values['name']);
        $results[$count][1] = $num;
        $count = $count + 1;
    }
} else {
    echo 'Requires FreePBX Phonebook module';
}

[lgaetz]

The following are illegal characters when returned in XML: & < > " ' There needs to be some sort of xml encode done to the data but I am not quite sure how to do that in PHP.

*edit @hbonath tm1000 suggested using htmlentities. Code above amended to include

[hbonath]

Thanks Lorne, are you suggesting that if the Phonebook entry has one of those characters, then there will be a problem?

[lgaetz]

Confirmed. If the Phonebook name includes an & or other special character, it will throw an error. Wrapping the var in htmlentities as now shown above should fix.