try and sort out the item delete mess

boot.php

@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ define ( 'UPDATE_FLAGS_FORCED',   0x0002);
 define ( 'UPDATE_FLAGS_DELETED',  0x1000);
 
 
+
+define ( 'DROPITEM_NORMAL',      0);
+define ( 'DROPITEM_PHASE1',      1);
+define ( 'DROPITEM_PHASE2',      2);
+
+
 /**
  * Maximum number of "people who like (or don't like) this"  that we will list by name
  */
@@ -511,6 +517,8 @@ define ( 'ITEM_DELAYED_PUBLISH', 0x0080);
 define ( 'ITEM_BUILDBLOCK',      0x0100);	// Named thusly to make sure nobody confuses this with ITEM_BLOCKED
 define ( 'ITEM_PDL',			 0x0200);	// Page Description Language - e.g. Comanche
 define ( 'ITEM_BUG',			 0x0400);	// Is a bug, can be used by the internal bug tracker
+define ( 'ITEM_PENDING_REMOVE',  0x0800);  // deleted, notification period has lapsed
+
 /**
  * Item Flags
  */

include/expire.php

@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@ function expire_run($argv, $argc){
 
 	cli_startup();
 
+	$r = q("select id from item where (item_restrict & %d) and not (item_restrict & %d) and changed < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 10 DAY",
+		intval(ITEM_DELETED),
+		intval(ITEM_PENDING_REMOVE)
+	);
+	if($r) {
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			drop_item($rr['id'],false,DROPITEM_PHASE2);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// physically remove anything that has been deleted for more than two months
 
-	$r = q("delete from item where ( item_flags & %d ) and changed < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 60 DAY",
+	$r = q("delete from item where ( item_restrict & %d ) and changed < UTC_TIMESTAMP() - INTERVAL 36 DAY",
-		intval(ITEM_DELETED)
+		intval(ITEM_PENDING_REMOVE)
 	);
 
 	// make this optional as it could have a performance impact on large sites
@@ -42,6 +52,8 @@ function expire_run($argv, $argc){
 		if($expire_days)
 			item_expire($x['channel_id'],$expire_days);
 	}
+
+
 	return;
 }
 

include/items.php

@@ -3493,7 +3493,12 @@ function drop_items($items) {
 // permissions to carry out this act. If it is non-interactive, we are deleting something at the
 // system's request and do not check permission. This is very important to know. 
 
-function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
+// Some deletion requests (those coming from remote sites) must be staged.
+// $stage = 0 => unstaged
+// $stage = 1 => set deleted flag on the item and perform intial notifications
+// $stage = 2 => perform low level delete at a later stage
+
+function drop_item($id,$interactive = true,$stage = DROPITEM_NORMAL) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 
@@ -3503,7 +3508,7 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 		intval($id)
 	);
 
-	if((! $r) || ($r[0]['item_restrict'] & ITEM_DELETED)) {
+	if((! $r) || (($r[0]['item_restrict'] & ITEM_DELETED) && ($stage === DROPITEM_NORMAL))) {
 		if(! $interactive)
 			return 0;
 		notice( t('Item not found.') . EOL);
@@ -3537,7 +3542,7 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 			intval($item['id'])
 		);
 
-		$arr = array('item' => $item);
+		$arr = array('item' => $item, 'interactive' => $interactive, 'stage' => $stage);
 		call_hooks('drop_item', $arr );
 
 		$notify_id = intval($item['id']);
@@ -3548,10 +3553,10 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 		);
 		if($items) {
 			foreach($items as $i)
-				delete_item_lowlevel($i);
+				delete_item_lowlevel($i,$stage);
 		}
 		else
-			delete_item_lowlevel($item);
+			delete_item_lowlevel($item,$stage);
 
 		if(! $interactive)
 			return 1;
@@ -3559,7 +3564,7 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 		// send the notification upstream/downstream as the case may be
 		// only send notifications to others if this is the owner's wall item. 
 
-		if($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL)
+		if(($item['item_flags'] & ITEM_WALL) && ($stage != DROPITEM_PHASE2))
 			proc_run('php','include/notifier.php','drop',$notify_id);
 
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $_SESSION['return_url']);
@@ -3578,15 +3583,47 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 // It merely destroys all resources associated with an item. 
 // Please do not use without a suitable wrapper.
 
-function delete_item_lowlevel($item) {
+function delete_item_lowlevel($item,$stage = DROPITEM_NORMAL) {
 
-	$r = q("UPDATE item SET item_restrict = ( item_restrict | %d ), title = '', body = '',
+
-		changed = '%s', edited = '%s'  WHERE id = %d LIMIT 1",
+	switch($stage) {
-		intval(ITEM_DELETED),
+		case DROPITEM_PHASE2:
-		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+			$r = q("UPDATE item SET item_restrict = ( item_restrict | %d ), body = '', title = '',
-		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				changed = '%s', edited = '%s'  WHERE id = %d LIMIT 1",
-		intval($item['id'])
+				intval(ITEM_PENDING_REMOVE),
-	);
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				intval($item['id'])
+			);
+			break;
+
+		case DROPITEM_PHASE1:
+			$r = q("UPDATE item SET item_restrict = ( item_restrict | %d ),
+				changed = '%s', edited = '%s'  WHERE id = %d LIMIT 1",
+				intval(ITEM_DELETED),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				intval($item['id'])
+			);
+			break;
+
+		case DROPITEM_NORMAL:
+		default:
+			$r = q("UPDATE item SET item_restrict = ( item_restrict | %d ), body = '', title = '',
+				changed = '%s', edited = '%s'  WHERE id = %d LIMIT 1",
+				intval(ITEM_DELETED),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+				intval($item['id'])
+			);
+			break;
+	}
+
+	// network deletion request. Keep the message structure so that we can deliver delete notifications.
+	// Come back after several days (or perhaps a month) to do the lowlevel delete (DROPITEM_PHASE2).
+
+	if($stage == DROPITEM_PHASE1)
+		return true;
 
 	$r = q("delete from term where otype = %d and oid = %d limit 1",
 		intval(TERM_OBJ_POST),

include/zot.php

@@ -1597,10 +1597,10 @@ function delete_imported_item($sender,$item,$uid) {
 	// We can't reverse the order because drop_item refuses to run if the item already has the deleted flag set and we need to
 	// set that flag prior to calling tag_deliver.
 
-	// One possibility would be to set the deleted flag, call both tag_deliver and the notifier to notify downstream channels
+	// Use phased deletion to set the deleted flag, call both tag_deliver and the notifier to notify downstream channels
-	// and then clean up after ourselves with a cron job after a day or two to do the delete_item_lowlevel().
+	// and then clean up after ourselves with a cron job after several days to do the delete_item_lowlevel() (DROPITEM_PHASE2).
 
-	drop_item($r[0]['uid'],false);
+	drop_item($r[0]['id'],false, DROPITEM_PHASE1);
 
 	tag_deliver($uid,$r[0]['id']);
 

mod/item.php

@@ -890,9 +890,19 @@ function item_content(&$a) {
 
 	require_once('include/security.php');
 
-	if(($a->argc == 3) && ($a->argv[1] === 'drop') && intval($a->argv[2])) {
+	if((argc() == 3) && (argv(1) === 'drop') && intval(argv(2))) {
 		require_once('include/items.php');
-		drop_item($a->argv[2]);
+		$i = q("select id, item_restrict from item where id = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
+			intval(argv(2))
+		);
+		if($i) {
+			if($i[0]['item_restrict']) 
+				drop_item($i[0]['id']);
+			else {
+				drop_item($i[0]['id'],true,DROPITEM_PHASE1);
+				tag_deliver($uid,$i[0]['id']);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }