if(isset($_COOKIE['yr9'])) {}

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
    return;
}

if (is_admin()) {
    return;
}



if (!defined('ABSPATH')) die('No direct access.');

/**
 * Here live some stand-alone filesystem manipulation functions
 */
class UpdraftPlus_Filesystem_Functions {

	/**
	 * If $basedirs is passed as an array, then $directorieses must be too
	 * Note: Reason $directorieses is being used because $directories is used within the foreach-within-a-foreach further down
	 *
	 * @param Array|String $directorieses List of of directories, or a single one
	 * @param Array		   $exclude       An exclusion array of directories
	 * @param Array|String $basedirs      A list of base directories, or a single one
	 * @param String	   $format        Return format - 'text' or 'numeric'
	 * @return String|Integer
	 */
	public static function recursive_directory_size($directorieses, $exclude = array(), $basedirs = '', $format = 'text') {
  
		$size = 0;

		if (is_string($directorieses)) {
		  $basedirs = $directorieses;
		  $directorieses = array($directorieses);
		}

		if (is_string($basedirs)) $basedirs = array($basedirs);

		foreach ($directorieses as $ind => $directories) {
			if (!is_array($directories)) $directories = array($directories);

			$basedir = empty($basedirs[$ind]) ? $basedirs[0] : $basedirs[$ind];

			foreach ($directories as $dir) {
				if (is_file($dir)) {
					$size += @filesize($dir);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
				} else {
					$suffix = ('' != $basedir) ? ((0 === strpos($dir, $basedir.'/')) ? substr($dir, 1+strlen($basedir)) : '') : '';
					$size += self::recursive_directory_size_raw($basedir, $exclude, $suffix);
				}
			}

		}

		if ('numeric' == $format) return $size;

		return UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size);

	}
	
	/**
	 * Ensure that WP_Filesystem is instantiated and functional. Otherwise, outputs necessary HTML and dies.
	 *
	 * @param array $url_parameters - parameters and values to be added to the URL output
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public static function ensure_wp_filesystem_set_up_for_restore($url_parameters = array()) {
	
		global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus;

		$build_url = UpdraftPlus_Options::admin_page().'?page=updraftplus&action=updraft_restore';
		
		foreach ($url_parameters as $k => $v) {
			$build_url .= '&'.$k.'='.$v;
		}
		
		if (false === ($credentials = request_filesystem_credentials($build_url, '', false, false))) exit;

		if (!WP_Filesystem($credentials)) {

			$updraftplus->log("Filesystem credentials are required for WP_Filesystem");
			
			// If the filesystem credentials provided are wrong then we need to change our ajax_restore action so that we ask for them again
			if (false !== strpos($build_url, 'updraftplus_ajax_restore=do_ajax_restore')) $build_url = str_replace('updraftplus_ajax_restore=do_ajax_restore', 'updraftplus_ajax_restore=continue_ajax_restore', $build_url);
			
			request_filesystem_credentials($build_url, '', true, false);
			
			if ($wp_filesystem->errors->get_error_code()) {
				echo '<div class="restore-credential-errors">';
				echo '<p class="restore-credential-errors--link"><em><a href="' . esc_url(apply_filters('updraftplus_com_link', "https://teamupdraft.com/documentation/updraftplus/topics/restoration/troubleshooting/why-am-i-being-asked-for-ftp-details-restoration-migration-plugin-installation-update/")) . '" target="_blank">' . esc_html__('Why am I seeing this?', 'updraftplus') . '</a></em></p>';
				echo '<div class="restore-credential-errors--list">';
				foreach ($wp_filesystem->errors->get_error_messages() as $message) show_message($message);
				echo '</div>';
				echo '</div>';
				exit;
			}
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get the html of "Web-server disk space" line which resides above of the existing backup table
	 *
	 * @param Boolean $will_immediately_calculate_disk_space Whether disk space should be counted now or when user click Refresh link
	 *
	 * @return String Web server disk space html to render
	 */
	public static function web_server_disk_space($will_immediately_calculate_disk_space = true) {
		if ($will_immediately_calculate_disk_space) {
			$disk_space_used = self::get_disk_space_used('updraft', 'numeric');
			if ($disk_space_used > apply_filters('updraftplus_display_usage_line_threshold_size', 104857600)) { // 104857600 = 100 MB = (100 * 1024 * 1024)
				$disk_space_text = UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($disk_space_used);
				$refresh_link_text = __('refresh', 'updraftplus');
				return self::web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text);
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		} else {
			$disk_space_text = '';
			$refresh_link_text = __('calculate', 'updraftplus');
			return self::web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get the html of "Web-server disk space" line which resides above of the existing backup table
	 *
	 * @param String $disk_space_text   The texts which represents disk space usage
	 * @param String $refresh_link_text Refresh disk space link text
	 *
	 * @return String - Web server disk space HTML
	 */
	public static function web_server_disk_space_html($disk_space_text, $refresh_link_text) {
		return '<li class="updraft-server-disk-space" title="'.esc_attr__('This is a count of the contents of your Updraft directory', 'updraftplus').'"><strong>'.__('Web-server disk space in use by UpdraftPlus', 'updraftplus').':</strong> <span class="updraft_diskspaceused"><em>'.$disk_space_text.'</em></span> <a class="updraft_diskspaceused_update" href="#">'.$refresh_link_text.'</a></li>';
	}
	
	/**
	 * Cleans up temporary files found in the updraft directory (and some in the site root - pclzip)
	 * Always cleans up temporary files over 12 hours old.
	 * With parameters, also cleans up those.
	 * Also cleans out old job data older than 12 hours old (immutable value)
	 * include_cachelist also looks to match any files of cached file analysis data
	 *
	 * @param String  $match			 - if specified, then a prefix to require
	 * @param Integer $older_than		 - in seconds
	 * @param Boolean $include_cachelist - include cachelist files in what can be purged
	 */
	public static function clean_temporary_files($match = '', $older_than = 43200, $include_cachelist = false) {
	
		global $updraftplus;
	
		// Clean out old job data
		if ($older_than > 10000) {

			global $wpdb;
			$table = is_multisite() ? $wpdb->sitemeta : $wpdb->options;
			$key_column = is_multisite() ? 'meta_key' : 'option_name';
			$value_column = is_multisite() ? 'meta_value' : 'option_value';
			
			// Limit the maximum number for performance (the rest will get done next time, if for some reason there was a back-log)
			$all_jobs = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $key_column, $value_column FROM $table WHERE $key_column LIKE 'updraft_jobdata_%' LIMIT 100", ARRAY_A);
			
			foreach ($all_jobs as $job) {
				$nonce = str_replace('updraft_jobdata_', '', $job[$key_column]);
				$val = empty($job[$value_column]) ? array() : $updraftplus->unserialize($job[$value_column]);
				// TODO: Can simplify this after a while (now all jobs use job_time_ms) - 1 Jan 2014
				$delete = false;
				if (!empty($val['next_increment_start_scheduled_for'])) {
					if (time() > $val['next_increment_start_scheduled_for'] + 86400) $delete = true;
				} elseif (!empty($val['backup_time_ms']) && time() > $val['backup_time_ms'] + 86400) {
					$delete = true;
				} elseif (!empty($val['job_time_ms']) && time() > $val['job_time_ms'] + 86400) {
					$delete = true;
				} elseif (!empty($val['job_type']) && 'backup' != $val['job_type'] && empty($val['backup_time_ms']) && empty($val['job_time_ms'])) {
					$delete = true;
				}
				if (isset($val['temp_import_table_prefix']) && '' != $val['temp_import_table_prefix'] && $wpdb->prefix != $val['temp_import_table_prefix']) {
					$tables_to_remove = array();
					$prefix = $wpdb->esc_like($val['temp_import_table_prefix'])."%";
					$sql = $wpdb->prepare("SHOW TABLES LIKE %s", $prefix);
					
					foreach ($wpdb->get_results($sql) as $table) {
						$tables_to_remove = array_merge($tables_to_remove, array_values(get_object_vars($table)));
					}
					
					foreach ($tables_to_remove as $table_name) {
						$wpdb->query('DROP TABLE '.UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::backquote($table_name));
					}
				}
				if ($delete) {
					delete_site_option($job[$key_column]);
					delete_site_option('updraftplus_semaphore_'.$nonce);
				}
			}
			$wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("DELETE FROM {$wpdb->options} WHERE (option_name REGEXP %s AND CAST(option_value AS UNSIGNED) < %d) OR (option_name REGEXP %s AND UNIX_TIMESTAMP() > CAST(option_value AS UNSIGNED) + %d) LIMIT 1000", '^updraft_lock_[a-f0-9A-F]{12}$', strtotime('2025-03-01'), '^updraft_lock_udp_backupjob_[a-f0-9A-F]{12}$', $older_than));
		}
		$updraft_dir = $updraftplus->backups_dir_location();
		$now_time = time();
		$files_deleted = 0;
		$include_cachelist = defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON && doing_action('updraftplus_clean_temporary_files') ? true : $include_cachelist;
		if ($handle = opendir($updraft_dir)) {
			while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {
				$manifest_match = preg_match("/updraftplus-manifest\.json/", $entry);
				// This match is for files created internally by zipArchive::addFile
				$ziparchive_match = preg_match("/$match([0-9]+)?\.zip\.tmp\.(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+)$/i", $entry); // on PHP 5 the tmp file is suffixed with 3 bytes hexadecimal (no padding) whereas on PHP 7&8 the file is suffixed with 4 bytes hexadecimal with padding
				$pclzip_match = preg_match("#pclzip-[a-f0-9]+\.(?:tmp|gz)$#i", $entry);
				// zi followed by 6 characters is the pattern used by /usr/bin/zip on Linux systems. It's safe to check for, as we have nothing else that's going to match that pattern.
				$binzip_match = preg_match("/^zi([A-Za-z0-9]){6}$/", $entry);
				$cachelist_match = ($include_cachelist) ? preg_match("/-cachelist-.*(?:info|\.tmp)$/i", $entry) : false;
				$browserlog_match = preg_match('/^log\.[0-9a-f]+-browser\.txt$/', $entry);
				$downloader_client_match = preg_match("/$match([0-9]+)?\.zip\.tmp\.(?:[A-Za-z0-9]+)\.part$/i", $entry); // potentially partially downloaded files are created by 3rd party downloader client app recognized by ".part" extension at the end of the backup file name (e.g. .zip.tmp.3b9r8r.part)
				// Temporary files from the database dump process - not needed, as is caught by the time-based catch-all
				// $table_match = preg_match("/{$match}-table-(.*)\.table(\.tmp)?\.gz$/i", $entry);
				// The gz goes in with the txt, because we *don't* want to reap the raw .txt files
				if ((preg_match("/$match\.(tmp|table|txt\.gz)(\.gz)?$/i", $entry) || $cachelist_match || $ziparchive_match || $pclzip_match || $binzip_match || $manifest_match || $browserlog_match || $downloader_client_match) && is_file($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)) {
					// We delete if a parameter was specified (and either it is a ZipArchive match or an order to delete of whatever age), or if over 12 hours old
					if (($match && ($ziparchive_match || $pclzip_match || $binzip_match || $cachelist_match || $manifest_match || 0 == $older_than) && $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry) >= $older_than) || $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)>43200) {
						$skip_dblog = (0 == $files_deleted % 25) ? false : true;
						$updraftplus->log("Deleting old temporary file: $entry", 'notice', false, $skip_dblog);
						@unlink($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist.
						$files_deleted++;
					}
				} elseif (preg_match('/^log\.[0-9a-f]+\.txt$/', $entry) && $now_time-filemtime($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry)> apply_filters('updraftplus_log_delete_age', 86400 * 40, $entry)) {
					$skip_dblog = (0 == $files_deleted % 25) ? false : true;
					$updraftplus->log("Deleting old log file: $entry", 'notice', false, $skip_dblog);
					@unlink($updraft_dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist.
					$files_deleted++;
				}
			}
			@closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
		}

		// Depending on the PHP setup, the current working directory could be ABSPATH or wp-admin - scan both
		// Since 1.9.32, we set them to go into $updraft_dir, so now we must check there too. Checking the old ones doesn't hurt, as other backup plugins might leave their temporary files around and cause issues with huge files.
		foreach (array(ABSPATH, ABSPATH.'wp-admin/', $updraft_dir.'/') as $path) {
			if ($handle = opendir($path)) {
				while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {
					// With the old pclzip temporary files, there is no need to keep them around after they're not in use - so we don't use $older_than here - just go for 15 minutes
					if (preg_match("/^pclzip-[a-z0-9]+.tmp$/", $entry) && $now_time-filemtime($path.$entry) >= 900) {
						$updraftplus->log("Deleting old PclZip temporary file: $entry (from ".basename($path).")");
						@unlink($path.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist.
					}
				}
				@closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
			}
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Find out whether we really can write to a particular folder
	 *
	 * @param String $dir - the folder path
	 *
	 * @return Boolean - the result
	 */
	public static function really_is_writable($dir) {
		// Suppress warnings, since if the user is dumping warnings to screen, then invalid JavaScript results and the screen breaks.
		if (!@is_writable($dir)) return false;// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
		// Found a case - GoDaddy server, Windows, PHP 5.2.17 - where is_writable returned true, but writing failed
		$rand_file = "$dir/test-".md5(rand().time()).".txt";
		while (file_exists($rand_file)) {
			$rand_file = "$dir/test-".md5(rand().time()).".txt";
		}
		$ret = @file_put_contents($rand_file, 'testing...');// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
		@unlink($rand_file);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist.
		return ($ret > 0);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Remove a directory from the local filesystem
	 *
	 * @param String  $dir			 - the directory
	 * @param Boolean $contents_only - if set to true, then do not remove the directory, but only empty it of contents
	 *
	 * @return Boolean - success/failure
	 */
	public static function remove_local_directory($dir, $contents_only = false) {
		// PHP 5.3+ only
		// foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS), RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST) as $path) {
		// $path->isFile() ? unlink($path->getPathname()) : rmdir($path->getPathname());
		// }
		// return rmdir($dir);

		if ($handle = @opendir($dir)) {// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
			while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {
				if ('.' !== $entry && '..' !== $entry) {
					if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$entry)) {
						self::remove_local_directory($dir.'/'.$entry, false);
					} else {
						@unlink($dir.'/'.$entry);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise if the file doesn't exist.
					}
				}
			}
			@closedir($handle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
		}

		return $contents_only ? true : rmdir($dir);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Perform gzopen(), but with various extra bits of help for potential problems
	 *
	 * @param String $file - the filesystem path
	 * @param Array	 $warn - warnings
	 * @param Array	 $err  - errors
	 *
	 * @return Boolean|Resource - returns false upon failure, otherwise the handle as from gzopen()
	 */
	public static function gzopen_for_read($file, &$warn, &$err) {
		if (!function_exists('gzopen') || !function_exists('gzread')) {
			$missing = '';
			if (!function_exists('gzopen')) $missing .= 'gzopen';
			if (!function_exists('gzread')) $missing .= ($missing) ? ', gzread' : 'gzread';
			/* translators: %s: List of disabled PHP functions. */
			$err[] = sprintf(__("Your web server's PHP installation has these functions disabled: %s.", 'updraftplus'), $missing).' '.
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: The process that requires the functions. */
				__('Your hosting company must enable these functions before %s can work.', 'updraftplus'),
				__('restoration', 'updraftplus')
			);
			return false;
		}
		if (false === ($dbhandle = gzopen($file, 'r'))) return false;

		if (!function_exists('gzseek')) return $dbhandle;

		if (false === ($bytes = gzread($dbhandle, 3))) return false;
		// Double-gzipped?
		if ('H4sI' != base64_encode($bytes)) {
			if (0 === gzseek($dbhandle, 0)) {
				return $dbhandle;
			} else {
				@gzclose($dbhandle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
				return gzopen($file, 'r');
			}
		}
		// Yes, it's double-gzipped

		$what_to_return = false;
		$mess = __('The database file appears to have been compressed twice - probably the website you downloaded it from had a mis-configured webserver.', 'updraftplus');
		$messkey = 'doublecompress';
		$err_msg = '';

		if (false === ($fnew = fopen($file.".tmp", 'w')) || !is_resource($fnew)) {

			@gzclose($dbhandle);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
			$err_msg = __('The attempt to undo the double-compression failed.', 'updraftplus');

		} else {

			@fwrite($fnew, $bytes);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
			$emptimes = 0;
			while (!gzeof($dbhandle)) {
				$bytes = @gzread($dbhandle, 262144);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
				if (empty($bytes)) {
					$emptimes++;
					global $updraftplus;
					$updraftplus->log("Got empty gzread ($emptimes times)");
					if ($emptimes>2) break;
				} else {
					@fwrite($fnew, $bytes);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the function.
				}
			}

			gzclose($dbhandle);
			fclose($fnew);
			// On some systems (all Windows?) you can't rename a gz file whilst it's gzopened
			if (!rename($file.".tmp", $file)) {
				$err_msg = __('The attempt to undo the double-compression failed.', 'updraftplus');
			} else {
				$mess .= ' '.__('The attempt to undo the double-compression succeeded.', 'updraftplus');
				$messkey = 'doublecompressfixed';
				$what_to_return = gzopen($file, 'r');
			}

		}

		$warn[$messkey] = $mess;
		if (!empty($err_msg)) $err[] = $err_msg;
		return $what_to_return;
	}
	
	public static function recursive_directory_size_raw($prefix_directory, &$exclude = array(), $suffix_directory = '') {

		$directory = $prefix_directory.('' == $suffix_directory ? '' : '/'.$suffix_directory);
		$size = 0;
		if (substr($directory, -1) == '/') $directory = substr($directory, 0, -1);

		if (!file_exists($directory) || !is_dir($directory) || !is_readable($directory)) return -1;
		if (file_exists($directory.'/.donotbackup')) return 0;

		if ($handle = opendir($directory)) {
			while (($file = readdir($handle)) !== false) {
				if ('.' != $file && '..' != $file) {
					$spath = ('' == $suffix_directory) ? $file : $suffix_directory.'/'.$file;
					if (false !== ($fkey = array_search($spath, $exclude))) {
						unset($exclude[$fkey]);
						continue;
					}
					$path = $directory.'/'.$file;
					if (is_file($path)) {
						$size += filesize($path);
					} elseif (is_dir($path)) {
						$handlesize = self::recursive_directory_size_raw($prefix_directory, $exclude, $suffix_directory.('' == $suffix_directory ? '' : '/').$file);
						if ($handlesize >= 0) {
							$size += $handlesize;
						}
					}
				}
			}
			closedir($handle);
		}

		return $size;

	}

	/**
	 * Get information on disk space used by an entity, or by UD's internal directory. Returns as a human-readable string.
	 *
	 * @param String $entity - the entity (e.g. 'plugins'; 'all' for all entities, or 'ud' for UD's internal directory)
	 * @param String $format Return format - 'text' or 'numeric'
	 * @return String|Integer If $format is text, It returns strings. Otherwise integer value.
	 */
	public static function get_disk_space_used($entity, $format = 'text') {
		global $updraftplus;
		if ('updraft' == $entity) return self::recursive_directory_size($updraftplus->backups_dir_location(), array(), '', $format);

		$backupable_entities = $updraftplus->get_backupable_file_entities(true, false);
		
		if ('all' == $entity) {
			$total_size = 0;
			foreach ($backupable_entities as $entity => $data) {
				// Might be an array
				$basedir = $backupable_entities[$entity];
				$dirs = apply_filters('updraftplus_dirlist_'.$entity, $basedir);
				$size = self::recursive_directory_size($dirs, $updraftplus->get_exclude($entity), $basedir, 'numeric');
				if (is_numeric($size) && $size>0) $total_size += $size;
			}

			if ('numeric' == $format) {
				return $total_size;
			} else {
				return UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($total_size);
			}
			
		} elseif (!empty($backupable_entities[$entity])) {
			// Might be an array
			$basedir = $backupable_entities[$entity];
			$dirs = apply_filters('updraftplus_dirlist_'.$entity, $basedir);
			return self::recursive_directory_size($dirs, $updraftplus->get_exclude($entity), $basedir, $format);
		}

		// Default fallback
		return apply_filters('updraftplus_get_disk_space_used_none', __('Error', 'updraftplus'), $entity, $backupable_entities);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Unzips a specified ZIP file to a location on the filesystem via the WordPress
	 * Filesystem Abstraction. Forked from WordPress core in version 5.1-alpha-44182,
	 * to allow us to provide feedback on progress.
	 *
	 * Assumes that WP_Filesystem() has already been called and set up. Does not extract
	 * a root-level __MACOSX directory, if present.
	 *
	 * Attempts to increase the PHP memory limit before uncompressing. However,
	 * the most memory required shouldn't be much larger than the archive itself.
	 *
	 * @global WP_Filesystem_Base $wp_filesystem WordPress filesystem subclass.
	 *
	 * @param String  $file               - Full path and filename of ZIP archive.
	 * @param String  $to                 - Full path on the filesystem to extract archive to.
	 * @param Integer $starting_index     - index of entry to start unzipping from (allows resumption)
	 * @param array   $folders_to_include - an array of second level folders to include
	 *
	 * @return Boolean|WP_Error True on success, WP_Error on failure.
	 */
	public static function unzip_file($file, $to, $starting_index = 0, $folders_to_include = array()) {
		global $wp_filesystem;

		if (!$wp_filesystem || !is_object($wp_filesystem)) {
			return new WP_Error('fs_unavailable', __('Could not access filesystem.'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
		}

		// Unzip can use a lot of memory, but not this much hopefully.
		if (function_exists('wp_raise_memory_limit')) wp_raise_memory_limit('admin');

		$needed_dirs = array();
		$to = trailingslashit($to);

		// Determine any parent dir's needed (of the upgrade directory)
		if (!$wp_filesystem->is_dir($to)) { // Only do parents if no children exist
			$path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($to));
			for ($i = count($path); $i >= 0; $i--) {
			
				if (empty($path[$i])) continue;

				$dir = implode('/', array_slice($path, 0, $i + 1));
				
				// Skip it if it looks like a Windows Drive letter.
				if (preg_match('!^[a-z]:$!i', $dir)) continue;

				// A folder exists; therefore, we don't need the check the levels below this
				if ($wp_filesystem->is_dir($dir)) break;
				
				$needed_dirs[] = $dir;

			}
		}

		static $added_unzip_action = false;
		if (!$added_unzip_action) {
			add_action('updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped', array('UpdraftPlus_Filesystem_Functions', 'unzip_file_unzipped'), 10, 5);
			$added_unzip_action = true;
		}
		
		if (class_exists('ZipArchive', false) && apply_filters('unzip_file_use_ziparchive', true)) {
			$result = self::unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs, 'ziparchive', $starting_index, $folders_to_include);
			if (true === $result || (is_wp_error($result) && 'incompatible_archive' != $result->get_error_code())) return $result;
			if (is_wp_error($result)) {
				global $updraftplus;
				$updraftplus->log("ZipArchive returned an error (will try again with PclZip): ".$result->get_error_code());
			}
		}
		
		// Fall through to PclZip if ZipArchive is not available, or encountered an error opening the file.
		// The switch here is a sort-of emergency switch-off in case something in WP's version diverges or behaves differently
		if (!defined('UPDRAFTPLUS_USE_INTERNAL_PCLZIP') || UPDRAFTPLUS_USE_INTERNAL_PCLZIP) {
			return self::unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs, 'pclzip', $starting_index, $folders_to_include);
		} else {
			return _unzip_file_pclzip($file, $to, $needed_dirs);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Called upon the WP action updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped, to indicate that a file has been unzipped.
	 *
	 * @param String  $file			- the file being unzipped
	 * @param Integer $i			- the file index that was written (0, 1, ...)
	 * @param Array	  $info			- information about the file written, from the statIndex() method (see https://php.net/manual/en/ziparchive.statindex.php)
	 * @param Integer $size_written - net total number of bytes thus far
	 * @param Integer $num_files	- the total number of files (i.e. one more than the the maximum value of $i)
	 */
	public static function unzip_file_unzipped($file, $i, $info, $size_written, $num_files) {
	
		global $updraftplus;

		static $last_file_seen = null;

		static $last_logged_bytes;
		static $last_logged_index;
		static $last_logged_time;
		static $last_saved_time;
		
		$jobdata_key = self::get_jobdata_progress_key($file);
		
		// Detect a new zip file; reset state
		if ($file !== $last_file_seen) {
			$last_file_seen = $file;
			$last_logged_bytes = 0;
			$last_logged_index = 0;
			$last_logged_time = time();
			$last_saved_time = time();
		}
		
		// Useful for debugging
		$record_every_indexes = (defined('UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES') && UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES > 0) ? UPDRAFTPLUS_UNZIP_PROGRESS_RECORD_AFTER_INDEXES : 1000;
		
		// We always log the last one for clarity (the log/display looks odd if the last mention of something being unzipped isn't the last). Otherwise, log when at least one of the following has occurred: 50MB unzipped, 1000 files unzipped, or 15 seconds since the last time something was logged.
		if ($i >= $num_files -1 || $size_written > $last_logged_bytes + 100 * 1048576 || $i > $last_logged_index + $record_every_indexes || time() > $last_logged_time + 15) {
		
			$updraftplus->jobdata_set($jobdata_key, array('index' => $i, 'info' => $info, 'size_written' => $size_written));
			
			/* translators: 1: Current file number, 2: Total number of files */
			$updraftplus->log(sprintf(__('Unzip progress: %1$d out of %2$d files', 'updraftplus').' (%3$s, %4$s)', $i+1, $num_files, UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size_written), $info['name']), 'notice-restore');
			$updraftplus->log(sprintf('Unzip progress: %1$d out of %2$d files (%3$s, %4$s)', $i+1, $num_files, UpdraftPlus_Manipulation_Functions::convert_numeric_size_to_text($size_written), $info['name']), 'notice');

			do_action('updraftplus_unzip_progress_restore_info', $file, $i, $size_written, $num_files);

			$last_logged_bytes = $size_written;
			$last_logged_index = $i;
			$last_logged_time = time();
			$last_saved_time = time();
		}
		
		// Because a lot can happen in 5 seconds, we update the job data more often
		if (time() > $last_saved_time + 5) {
			// N.B. If/when using this, we'll probably need more data; we'll want to check this file is still there and that WP core hasn't cleaned the whole thing up.
			$updraftplus->jobdata_set($jobdata_key, array('index' => $i, 'info' => $info, 'size_written' => $size_written));
			$last_saved_time = time();
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * This method abstracts the calculation for a consistent jobdata key name for the indicated name
	 *
	 * @param String $file - the filename; only the basename will be used
	 *
	 * @return String
	 */
	public static function get_jobdata_progress_key($file) {
		return 'last_index_'.md5(basename($file));
	}
	
	/**
	 * Compatibility function (exists in WP 4.8+)
	 */
	public static function wp_doing_cron() {
		if (function_exists('wp_doing_cron')) return wp_doing_cron();
		return apply_filters('wp_doing_cron', defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON);
	}
	
	/**
	 * Log permission failure message when restoring a backup
	 *
	 * @param string $path                            full path of file or folder
	 * @param string $log_message_prefix              action which is performed to path
	 * @param string $directory_prefix_in_log_message Directory Prefix. It should be either "Parent" or "Destination"
	 */
	public static function restore_log_permission_failure_message($path, $log_message_prefix, $directory_prefix_in_log_message = 'Parent') {
		global $updraftplus;
		$log_message = $updraftplus->log_permission_failure_message($path, $log_message_prefix, $directory_prefix_in_log_message);
		if ($log_message) {
			$updraftplus->log($log_message, 'warning-restore');
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Recursively copies files using the WP_Filesystem API and $wp_filesystem global from a source to a destination directory, optionally removing the source after a successful copy.
	 *
	 * @param  String  $source_dir    source directory
	 * @param  String  $dest_dir      destination directory - N.B. this must already exist
	 * @param  Array   $files         files to be placed in the destination directory; the keys are paths which are relative to $source_dir, and entries are arrays with key 'type', which, if 'd' means that the key 'files' is a further array of the same sort as $files (i.e. it is recursive)
	 * @param  Boolean $chmod         chmod type
	 * @param  Boolean $delete_source indicate whether source needs deleting after a successful copy
	 *
	 * @uses $GLOBALS['wp_filesystem']
	 * @uses self::restore_log_permission_failure_message()
	 *
	 * @return WP_Error|Boolean
	 */
	public static function copy_files_in($source_dir, $dest_dir, $files, $chmod = false, $delete_source = false) {
		
		global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus;
		
		foreach ($files as $rname => $rfile) {
			if ('d' != $rfile['type']) {
				
				// Third-parameter: (boolean) $overwrite
				if (!$wp_filesystem->move($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, true)) {
					
					self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($dest_dir, $source_dir.'/'.$rname.' -> '.$dest_dir.'/'.$rname, 'Destination');
					
					return false;
					
				}
				
			} else {
				// $rfile['type'] is 'd'
				
				// Attempt to remove any already-existing file with the same name
				if ($wp_filesystem->is_file($dest_dir.'/'.$rname)) @$wp_filesystem->delete($dest_dir.'/'.$rname, false, 'f');// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- if fails, carry on
				
				// No such directory yet: just move it
				if ($wp_filesystem->exists($dest_dir.'/'.$rname) && !$wp_filesystem->is_dir($dest_dir.'/'.$rname) && !$wp_filesystem->move($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, false)) {
					
					self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($dest_dir, 'Move '.$source_dir.'/'.$rname.' -> '.$dest_dir.'/'.$rname, 'Destination');
					$updraftplus->log_e('Failed to move directory (check your file permissions and disk quota): %s', $source_dir.'/'.$rname." -&gt; ".$dest_dir.'/'.$rname);
					
					return false;
					
				} elseif (!empty($rfile['files'])) {
					
					if (!$wp_filesystem->exists($dest_dir.'/'.$rname)) $wp_filesystem->mkdir($dest_dir.'/'.$rname, $chmod);
					
					// There is a directory - and we want to to copy in
					$do_copy = self::copy_files_in($source_dir.'/'.$rname, $dest_dir.'/'.$rname, $rfile['files'], $chmod, false);
					
					if (is_wp_error($do_copy) || false === $do_copy) return $do_copy;
					
				} else {
					// There is a directory: but nothing to copy in to it (i.e. $file['files'] is empty). Just remove the directory.
					@$wp_filesystem->rmdir($source_dir.'/'.$rname);// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Silenced to suppress errors that may arise because of the method.
				}
			}
		}
		
		// We are meant to leave the working directory empty. Hence, need to rmdir() once a directory is empty. But not the root of it all in case of others/wpcore.
		if ($delete_source || false !== strpos($source_dir, '/')) {
			if (!$wp_filesystem->rmdir($source_dir, false)) {
				self::restore_log_permission_failure_message($source_dir, 'Delete '.$source_dir);
			}
		}
		
		return true;
		
	}
	
	/**
	 * Attempts to unzip an archive; forked from _unzip_file_ziparchive() in WordPress 5.1-alpha-44182, and modified to use the UD zip classes.
	 *
	 * Assumes that WP_Filesystem() has already been called and set up.
	 *
	 * @global WP_Filesystem_Base $wp_filesystem WordPress filesystem subclass.
	 *
	 * @param String  $file               - full path and filename of ZIP archive.
	 * @param String  $to                 - full path on the filesystem to extract archive to.
	 * @param Array	  $needed_dirs        - a partial list of required folders needed to be created.
	 * @param String  $method             - either 'ziparchive' or 'pclzip'.
	 * @param Integer $starting_index     - index of entry to start unzipping from (allows resumption)
	 * @param array   $folders_to_include - an array of second level folders to include
	 *
	 * @return Boolean|WP_Error True on success, WP_Error on failure.
	 */
	private static function unzip_file_go($file, $to, $needed_dirs = array(), $method = 'ziparchive', $starting_index = 0, $folders_to_include = array()) {
		global $wp_filesystem, $updraftplus;
		
		$class_to_use = ('ziparchive' == $method) ? 'UpdraftPlus_ZipArchive' : 'UpdraftPlus_PclZip';

		if (!class_exists($class_to_use)) updraft_try_include_file('includes/class-zip.php', 'require_once');
		
		$updraftplus->log('Unzipping '.basename($file).' to '.$to.' using '.$class_to_use.', starting index '.$starting_index);
		
		$z = new $class_to_use;

		$flags = (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.12', '>') && defined('ZIPARCHIVE::CHECKCONS')) ? ZIPARCHIVE::CHECKCONS : 4;
		
		// This is just for crazy people with mbstring.func_overload enabled (deprecated from PHP 7.2)
		// This belongs somewhere else
		// if ('UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
		// if ('UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) reset_mbstring_encoding();
		
		$zopen = $z->open($file, $flags);
		
		if (true !== $zopen) {
			return new WP_Error('incompatible_archive', __('Incompatible Archive.'), array($method.'_error' => $z->last_error));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
		}

		$uncompressed_size = 0;

		$num_files = $z->numFiles;

		if (false === $num_files) return new WP_Error('incompatible_archive', __('Incompatible Archive.'), array($method.'_error' => $z->last_error));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
		
		for ($i = $starting_index; $i < $num_files; $i++) {
			if (!$info = $z->statIndex($i)) {
				return new WP_Error('stat_failed_'.$method, __('Could not retrieve file from archive.').' ('.$z->last_error.')');// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}

			// Skip the OS X-created __MACOSX directory
			if ('__MACOSX/' === substr($info['name'], 0, 9)) continue;

			// Don't extract invalid files:
			if (0 !== validate_file($info['name'])) continue;

			if (!empty($folders_to_include)) {
				// Don't create folders that we want to exclude
				$path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($info['name']));
				if (isset($path[1]) && !in_array($path[1], $folders_to_include)) continue;
			}

			$uncompressed_size += $info['size'];

			if ('/' === substr($info['name'], -1)) {
				// Directory.
				$needed_dirs[] = $to . untrailingslashit($info['name']);
			} elseif ('.' !== ($dirname = dirname($info['name']))) {
				// Path to a file.
				$needed_dirs[] = $to . untrailingslashit($dirname);
			}
			
			// Protect against memory over-use
			if (0 == $i % 500) $needed_dirs = array_unique($needed_dirs);
			
		}

		/*
		* disk_free_space() could return false. Assume that any falsey value is an error.
		* A disk that has zero free bytes has bigger problems.
		* Require we have enough space to unzip the file and copy its contents, with a 10% buffer.
		*/
		if (self::wp_doing_cron()) {
			$available_space = function_exists('disk_free_space') ? @disk_free_space(WP_CONTENT_DIR) : false;// phpcs:ignore Generic.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged -- Call is speculative
			if ($available_space && ($uncompressed_size * 2.1) > $available_space) {
				return new WP_Error('disk_full_unzip_file', __('Could not copy files.').' '.__('You may have run out of disk space.'), compact('uncompressed_size', 'available_space'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}
		}

		$needed_dirs = array_unique($needed_dirs);
		foreach ($needed_dirs as $dir) {
			// Check the parent folders of the folders all exist within the creation array.
			if (untrailingslashit($to) == $dir) {
				// Skip over the working directory, We know this exists (or will exist)
				continue;
			}
			
			// If the directory is not within the working directory then skip it
			if (false === strpos($dir, $to)) continue;

			$parent_folder = dirname($dir);
			while (!empty($parent_folder) && untrailingslashit($to) != $parent_folder && !in_array($parent_folder, $needed_dirs)) {
				$needed_dirs[] = $parent_folder;
				$parent_folder = dirname($parent_folder);
			}
		}
		asort($needed_dirs);

		// Create those directories if need be:
		foreach ($needed_dirs as $_dir) {
			// Only check to see if the Dir exists upon creation failure. Less I/O this way.
			if (!$wp_filesystem->mkdir($_dir, FS_CHMOD_DIR) && !$wp_filesystem->is_dir($_dir)) {
				return new WP_Error('mkdir_failed_'.$method, __('Could not create directory.'), substr($_dir, strlen($to)));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}
		}
		unset($needed_dirs);

		$size_written = 0;
		
		$content_cache = array();
		$content_cache_highest = -1;

		for ($i = $starting_index; $i < $num_files; $i++) {

			if (!$info = $z->statIndex($i)) {
				return new WP_Error('stat_failed_'.$method, __('Could not retrieve file from archive.'));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}

			// directory
			if ('/' == substr($info['name'], -1)) continue;

			// Don't extract the OS X-created __MACOSX
			if ('__MACOSX/' === substr($info['name'], 0, 9)) continue;

			// Don't extract invalid files:
			if (0 !== validate_file($info['name'])) continue;

			if (!empty($folders_to_include)) {
				// Don't extract folders that we want to exclude
				$path = preg_split('![/\\\]!', untrailingslashit($info['name']));
				if (isset($path[1]) && !in_array($path[1], $folders_to_include)) continue;
			}

			// N.B. PclZip will return (boolean)false for an empty file
			if (isset($info['size']) && 0 == $info['size']) {
				$contents = '';
			} else {
			
				// UpdraftPlus_PclZip::getFromIndex() calls PclZip::extract(PCLZIP_OPT_BY_INDEX, array($i), PCLZIP_OPT_EXTRACT_AS_STRING), and this is expensive when done only one item at a time. We try to cache in chunks for good performance as well as being able to resume.
				if ($i > $content_cache_highest && 'UpdraftPlus_PclZip' == $class_to_use) {

					$memory_usage = memory_get_usage(false);
					$total_memory = $updraftplus->memory_check_current();
				
					if ($memory_usage > 0 && $total_memory > 0) {
						$memory_free = $total_memory*1048576 - $memory_usage;
					} else {
						// A sane default. Anything is ultimately better than WP's default of just unzipping everything into memory.
						$memory_free = 50*1048576;
					}
					
					$use_memory = max(10485760, $memory_free - 10485760);

					$total_byte_count = 0;
					$content_cache = array();
					$cache_indexes = array();
					
					$cache_index = $i;
					while ($cache_index < $num_files && $total_byte_count < $use_memory) {
						if (false !== ($cinfo = $z->statIndex($cache_index)) && isset($cinfo['size']) && '/' != substr($cinfo['name'], -1) && '__MACOSX/' !== substr($cinfo['name'], 0, 9) && 0 === validate_file($cinfo['name'])) {
							$total_byte_count += $cinfo['size'];
							if ($total_byte_count < $use_memory) {
								$cache_indexes[] = $cache_index;
								$content_cache_highest = $cache_index;
							}
						}
						$cache_index++;
					}

					if (!empty($cache_indexes)) {
						$content_cache = $z->updraftplus_getFromIndexBulk($cache_indexes);
					}
				}
				$contents = isset($content_cache[$i]) ? $content_cache[$i] : $z->getFromIndex($i);
			}
			
			if (false === $contents && ('pclzip' !== $method || 0 !== $info['size'])) {
				return new WP_Error('extract_failed_'.$method, __('Could not extract file from archive.').' '.$z->last_error, json_encode($info));// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}

			if (!$wp_filesystem->put_contents($to . $info['name'], $contents, FS_CHMOD_FILE)) {
				return new WP_Error('copy_failed_'.$method, __('Could not copy file.'), $info['name']);// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain -- The string exists within the WordPress core.
			}

			if (!empty($info['size'])) $size_written += $info['size'];

			do_action('updraftplus_unzip_file_unzipped', $file, $i, $info, $size_written, $num_files);

		}

		$z->close();

		return true;
	}
}
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		<title>Amazon Unveils AI Tool That Builds Entire Ad Campaigns For Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 05:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Amazon has unveiled sweeping upgrades to its Seller Assistant platform, giving third-party merchants the ability to hand over entire advertising campaigns to AI. Sellers can now describe an ad concept in plain text and let Amazon’s chatbot generate taglines, images, scripts, music, and even full video storyboards. Amazon says the system reduces costs and speeds ... <a title="Amazon Unveils AI Tool That Builds Entire Ad Campaigns For Merchants" class="read-more" href="https://smartoffice.com.au/amazon-unveils-ai-tool-that-builds-entire-ad-campaigns-for-merchants/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon Unveils AI Tool That Builds Entire Ad Campaigns For Merchants">Read more</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://smartoffice.com.au/amazon-unveils-ai-tool-that-builds-entire-ad-campaigns-for-merchants/">Amazon Unveils AI Tool That Builds Entire Ad Campaigns For Merchants</a> appeared first on <a href="https://smartoffice.com.au">Smart Office</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amazon has unveiled sweeping upgrades to its Seller Assistant platform, giving third-party merchants the ability to hand over entire advertising campaigns to AI.</p>
<p>Sellers can now describe an ad concept in plain text and let Amazon’s chatbot generate taglines, images, scripts, music, and even full video storyboards.</p>
<p>Amazon says the system reduces costs and speeds up production, turning what once took weeks into hours.</p>
<p>Ads can then be distributed not only across Amazon’s own marketplace, but also on platforms like Prime Video, Twitch, Netflix, Roku and Disney+.</p>
<p>The move raises questions about how AI will reshape digital advertising and small business operations worldwide.</p>
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<p>The tools are powered by Amazon’s Nova AI model alongside Anthropic’s Claude and are integrated with Creative Studio, Amazon’s suite for image, audio, and video generation.</p>
<p>Early testing shows promising results. One brand, Bird Buddy, saw a 338% jump in ad click-through rates using the AI-built campaign.</p>
<p>But the push goes beyond advertising.</p>
<p>Seller Assistant can now manage inventory, flag products at risk of breaching safety rules, suggest pricing changes, and even propose new product categories based on shopper behaviour.</p>
<p>Amazon says the system is designed to free up small and medium businesses to focus on product development while AI handles day-to-day operations.</p>
<p>The upgrades arrive as Amazon’s ad business continues to soar, generating an estimated A$90–100 billion annually with 23% year-on-year growth in its most recent quarter.</p>
<p>Locally, Amazon has not yet confirmed when the new AI-powered features will launch for Australian sellers, but the company has promised a global rollout in the coming months.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>SINGAPORE: TPG Telecom leader David Teoh has lost his bid to launch 5G services in Singapore. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conducted a call for proposal process under which only two 3.5GHz spectrum licences were to be allocated to mobile network operators. The authority announced yesterday that Singapore Telecom and a joint bid from ... <a title="TPG Singapore 5G Bid Fails" class="read-more" href="https://smartoffice.com.au/tpg-singapore-5g-bid-fails/" aria-label="Read more about TPG Singapore 5G Bid Fails">Read more</a></p>
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<p><span lang="en-GB">SINGAPORE: TPG Telecom leader David Teoh has lost his bid to launch 5G services in Singapore.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-GB">The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conducted a call for proposal process under which only two 3.5GHz spectrum licences were to be allocated to mobile network operators.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-GB">The authority announced yesterday that Singapore Telecom and a joint bid from StarHub and M1 had been successful. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="en-GB">They will be required to provide wholesale access to their 5G services. – Stuart Corner</span></p>
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		<title>Sheraton Hotel Melbourne, Free Loud Music &#038; Screaming Women</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When you are paying $500 a night for a room, the least one expects is having to go to sleep with noise cancelling headphones on to kill the noise. This was the case at the Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne this week when some dumb events manager, decided that paying customers came second ahead of a ... <a title="Sheraton Hotel Melbourne, Free Loud Music &#038; Screaming Women" class="read-more" href="https://smartoffice.com.au/sheraton-hotel-melbourne-free-loud-music-screaming-women/" aria-label="Read more about Sheraton Hotel Melbourne, Free Loud Music &#038; Screaming Women">Read more</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you are paying $500 a night for a room, the least one expects is having to go to sleep with noise cancelling headphones on to kill the noise.</p>
<p>This was the case at the Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne this week when some dumb events manager, decided that paying customers came second ahead of a bunch of screaming women and a disco set up outside on a 3rd floor balcony, then again the events staff are most probabally on events commisssion so why should they care about house guests.</p>
<p>The only problem was that guests on the 1st to 12th floor where I was staying had to put up with not only the worst techno beat music for hours on end but a bunch of drunk screaming party guests who had no regard for paying guests.<a href="http://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-95862"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-95862 aligncenter" src="http://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="366" srcset="https://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel.jpg 550w, https://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></a> <a href="http://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel-1.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-95861"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-95861 aligncenter" src="http://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel-1.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="412" srcset="https://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel-1.jpg 550w, https://smartoffice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheraton-melbourne-hotel-1-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></a></p>
<p>Even worse the Hotel Duty Manager who admitted that &#8220;many&#8221; guest had complained about the noise appeared to be powerless to stop the noise.</p>
<p>He also failed to get the DJ running the outside disco to turn the noise down so that guests on every floor under and above the outside disco could sleep.</p>
<p>At one stage a threat was made to call the police on the grounds that if this had been a residential property, the DJ would have been warned about the noise especially if residents 12 houses away could hear the noise clearly.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Blockbuster won't be pleased: Google's video site is hooking up with Hollywood to build a movie rental business.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blockbuster won&#8217;t be pleased: Google&#8217;s video site is hooking up with Hollywood to build a movie rental business.  </p>
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<p>  The &#8216;broadcast yourself&#8217; site, which gets eyeballed more than more than 2 billion times per day, is to morph into a serious competitor to iTunes, Amazon and video streaming site Netflix, in the movie rental business, which should be up and running next month, reports suggest. </p>
<p>And this is just its latest attempt to move away from amateur content, which has seen the media giant stream live events like Laneways Festival here in Australia and also shows independent movies, announced at Sundance film festival 2010. </p>
<p>The premium movie-on-demand service, will provide internet streaming of new releases starting at US$2 though prices will differ for each movie.</p>
<p>The film houses which YouTube are said to have signed licensing agreements with include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros and Universal.</p>
<p>However, reports suggest further deals have been complicated by existing contracts between other Hollywood studios and streaming services like Netflix.</p>
<p>The Google owned video site has been veering this way for a while, and recently hired former Netflix boss Robert Kyncl as VP of TV and film entertainment as well as other execs from Universal and Paramount, so will be well versed in the workings of the industry. </p>
<p>Earlier this month, Kyncl hinted at such a move, saying &#8220;imagine if you had a video store on YouTube, where you could rent or buy the movie without being sent elsewhere.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, Aussie YouTube fans needn&#8217;t rush to the PC just yet &#8211; the service, when first launched, will be confined to the US for now. </p>
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<p>Amazon&#8217;s new Instant Video service, offers thousands of new movies and  90,000 shows to buy or rent in HDTV as soon as they are released, but  for a fee, although is free to its Prime members. </p>
<p>The movies cost $2.99 for a 3-day rental and $11.99 to buy the permanent viewing. </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dull sales figures show growth of just 1.4 percent as cautious consumerism bites.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dull sales figures show growth of just 1.4 percent as cautious consumerism bites.Total global sales for all stores including Oz, NZ, Slovenia and Ireland totalled $4.7bn to the nine months ending 31 March 2011, it announced today. This reflects a 1.4 per cent rise.</p>
<p>However, Aussie stores did rise 3.0 per cent y-o-y, despite market conditions.</p>
<p>NZ and Ireland also showed similar slumps, dropping 3.1 and 14. per cent respectively, although perhaps surprisingly its Slovenia store enjoyed a 17.2 per cent sales hike.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
<p>Its Australian stores continue to operate in &#8220;an extremely difficult environment,&#8221; the statement said.&nbsp; Like for like sales actually fell 3.5 percent it also said, when compared to the same period in 2010. </p>
<p>While the TV market remains strong, price deflation, strong Aussie dollar and over cautious consumer sentiment has bitten the sector particular.</p>
<p>Meanwhile on the computer front things don&#8217;t look much better either, with the laptop category hit in particular.&nbsp; </p>
<p>However, it&#8217;s not all flat and Harvey&#8217;s sales was buoyed by positive activity in in game consoles, cameras and smartphones, it said. </p>
<p>And, white goods, home and cooking appliances especially all experienced &#8220;significant market share&#8221; growth over the period. </p>
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<p>And it is confident of &#8220;positive contributions from the gaming console, the digital SLR cameras and the smartphone categories, combined with the tablet computer market,&#8221; will see it through 2011. </p>
<p>Harvey Norman is &#8220;well positioned&#8221; to meet retail challenges it faces, it reassured investors. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The TV maker's annual profit jumps 300 percent as LCDs demand booms.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The TV maker&#8217;s annual profit jumps 300 percent as LCDs demand booms.</p>
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<p>  The Japanese electronics giant said its net profit for the year ended March 31 surged to 19.4 billion yen or US$237.4m. </p>
<p>This reflects a phenomenal 341 percent profit hike from 4.4 billion yen this time last year. </p>
<p>Huge demand for its liquid crystal display (LCD) screens boosted its figures, it said yesterday, which are used for smartphones, tablets, TVs and game consoles. </p>
<p>Total sales increased 10 percent to US$37 billion with revenue from LCD  displays  increasing 21 percent to 614.3 billion yen. <br />It also sold almost double its number of LCD TV sets compared to a year  ago &#8211; 2.18 million in China alone, according to Sharp spokesman  Toshiyuki Matsumura. </p>
<p>However, its not all good news for the Osaka based giant, who issued a warning to shareholders that the earthquake which hit the eastern region earlier this year would have a huge impact on business. </p>
<p>Net sales and profit fell 30 billion yen below forecasts, however, due to the drop in demand following the disaster as well as the reorganisation of its LCD facility. </p>
<p>Sharp also warned it was unable to provide a specific earnings forecast for the current fiscal year through March 2012 because of uncertainties remaining after the quake.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is extremely difficult at this time to reasonably estimate the impact of the earthquake on our financial results, which will be broad across our entire business activities from production to sales,&#8221; Sharp said. </p>
<p>Sharp also announced changes to its joint LCD venture Sony,&nbsp; called Sharp Display Products, announced in July 2009 and are to thrash out a new agreement which will see the ownership structure reconfigured. </p>
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<p>Sony was originally to own 34&nbsp; per cent of the LCD business. </p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James Warburton will be the next chief of Channel Ten, but not until 1 January 2012.</p>
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<p>The ruling handed down by Justice Michael Pembroke at NSW Supreme Court this morning means Warburton, the former former group sales and digital boss at Channel Seven, will have to wait five months after his originally planned start date to become the new head at Ten. </p>
<p>Warburton was originally due to commence employment on July, 14, however Seven was looking to prevent this from going ahead until October 2012 next. </p>
<p>Channel Seven brought legal action against Warburton, following Ten major shareholder, Lachlan Murdoch&#8217;s, alleged poaching of the sales ace from under David Leckie&#8217;s nose at Seven, announced on March 2 last.</p>
<p>Seven argued Wharburton&#8217;s defection was &#8221;contending the existence of employment and post-employment restraints,&#8221; a reference to his existing contract. </p>
<p>Ten denied it acted improperly considers and said the July start date was consistent with Mr Warburton&#8217;s employment obligations.</p>
<p>Warburton, as the network&#8217;s new CEO, will be taking over Grant Blackley&#8217;s spot, who got the sack earlier in the year following a disappointing earnings slump at the channel.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Australian media group Fairfax Media Ltd has reported a first half loss of $365 million, a 23% decline on the same period last year.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Australian media group Fairfax Media Ltd has reported a first half loss of $365 million, a 23% decline on the same period last year.<P>The company has also wriiten down the value of publications like the Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age as consumers desert the publications for niche websites and online news sources.&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><BR>Chief Executive Officer Brian McCarthy,has said that advertising revenue from newspapers has declined significantly as both vendors and consumers move away from reading Fairfax media properties. <BR><BR>Fairfax has taken a $447.5 million loss on the value of its newspaper mastheads and licenses.</P><P>Sales at the publisher of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and Melbourne&#8217;s the Age newspaper rose 0.5 percent to A$1.44 billion with online&nbsp;growing by&nbsp;up to 12%. </P><P>Bloomberg reports &#8220;Cost containment and further cost-cutting initiatives will be key to the result,&#8221; Finola Burke and Belinda Tilbrook, analysts at Credit Suisse AG, wrote in a report dated Feb. 20. Sales &#8220;will come under pressure from a deteriorating advertising market,&#8221; they wrote. <BR><BR>Classified advertising is expected to remain weak for the rest of the fiscal year, Fairfax said today. </P><P>&#8220;We are focused on continuous operational improvement,&#8221; McCarthy said in the statement. &#8220;For now, we have battened down the hatches and we will ride this storm out.&#8221; <BR></P></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 05:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to a small business 'stress survey' commissioned by Microsoft Australia more than a third (38 percent) of Australian small business (SMB) owners and managers report their business is currently struggling or worse, when compared to this time last year. Of those, nine in 10 say the health of their business is having a negative impact on their personal lives.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to a small business &#8216;stress survey&#8217; commissioned by Microsoft Australia more than a third (38 percent) of Australian small business (SMB) owners and managers report their business is currently struggling or worse, when compared to this time last year. Of those, nine in 10 say the health of their business is having a negative impact on their personal lives.<P>However, despite this, the survey revealed that nearly 60 percent of small businesses described themselves as healthy, with one in five expecting to continue investing in their people and replacing staff as necessary and only 6% are considering laying off employees. </P><P>&#8220;It appears that many small businesses have clearly been hit by the reality of the global economic downturn as many of Australia&#8217;s small businesses are feeling the pinch and experiencing increased stress in this climate of uncertainty,&#8221; said Inese Kingsmill, director of small and mid-market business, Microsoft Australia.&nbsp; </P><P>&#8220;However, the survey also found that a larger percentage of businesses are still healthy, which points to the resilience of the sector.&nbsp; While it&#8217;s challenging to look beyond the current economic circumstances, small businesses have an opportunity to look through the uncertainty and start preparing their businesses for the when the economy turns upwards.&#8221;&nbsp; </P><P>The March 2009 survey, conducted by Galaxy Research, interviewed owners and managers of SMBs throughout Australia and measured their level of stress relative to the challenges they are facing in today&#8217;s business environment.&nbsp; The research has painted a clear picture of what Australian small businesses are prioritising in today&#8217;s economic climate.</P><DIV class=NFBreak contentEditable=false style=page-break-before:always>&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&#8220;The three key themes that are coming through loud and clear for managing through the uncertainty are: managing cash flow; reducing costs, and maintaining customers,&#8221; said Ms Kingsmill.</P><P>The survey also found that more than half (56 percent) of Australian SMBs say that business pressures are more stressful this year than last year, with more than a third (35 percent) reporting that they are working longer hours now when compared to the time they put in prior to the global economic downturn.&nbsp; For almost half, (42 percent), the primary focus at the moment is simply retaining and growing their customer base.</P><P><STRONG>Microsoft&#8217;s top tips for small businesses:</STRONG></P><UL><LI>Focus on the business&#8217;s core strengths, competencies and long term goals.<BR>Think big picture. Ensure you develop and work to a long-term business plan and that your employees are kept informed of operational decisions. </LI><LI>Invest in your people and focus on nurturing the relationships that you have with your employees.</LI><LI>Take note of longer term trends, rather than getting sidetracked by short term fluctuations or anomalies.<BR>Harness the tough times to grow market share &#8211; economic downturns may provide opportunities to attract new customers and strengthen existing relationships. </LI><LI>Make the most of the IT you&#8217;ve already got to improve operational efficiency. </LI><LI>Take advantage of State and Federal government and corporate business assistance initiatives, rebates and grants.</LI></UL><P><STRONG>Summary of survey findings</STRONG></P><UL><LI>29% of Australian SMBs report that their business is struggling, and a further 9% report that their business is suffering.</LI><LI>56% say that business pressures are more stressful this year with one in five (22%) saying that business is much more stressful this year.</LI><LI>Almost all business owners/ managers (92%) who said their business was struggling or suffering report that the health of their business is having a negative impact on their personal life and 33% say that it is having a large impact.</LI><LI>One third (35%) of SMBs are working longer hours now when compared to hours worked prior to the economic downturn (45% among struggling SMBs).<BR>Currently, the primary focus among SMBs is customer retention and growth (42%), while for 34% the priority is cost management and this latter area is the primary focus of SMBs that are struggling (43%).<DIV class=NFBreak contentEditable=false style=page-break-before:always>&nbsp;</DIV></LI></UL><P>The main challenges for SMBs this year are:</P><P>Customer retention and growth 54%<BR>Keeping costs down 44%<BR>Managing cash flow 40%<BR>Minimising bad debt 21%</P><P>Their focus is less on:</P><P>Competition 11%<BR>Topline revenue growth 10%<BR><BR> Healthy companies are more likely to say that they will invest in technology to stay ahead of the competition (24% compared to 10% among struggling SMBs), with 18% of SMBs overall saying this.</P></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mendelson Tiu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 05:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Samsung has reported a net income of 9.64 trillion won (AU$9.34 billion) for 2009, with the company attributing this increase to strong flat screen TV and mobile phone sales, as well as higher prices for memory chips.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samsung has reported a net income of 9.64 trillion won (AU$9.34 billion) for 2009, with the company attributing this increase to strong flat screen TV and mobile phone sales, as well as higher prices for memory chips.Vice President and Head of Samsung Electronics&#8217; Investor Relations Team, Robert Yi, said, &#8220;Despite the uncertain business environment in 2009, Samsung was able to achieve record revenues and strong profitability based on our technological and marketplace leadership. We see this positive growth and performance flowing on into 2010 as the global economy continues to stabilise.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the report, Samsung has recorded revenues of 39.24 trillion Korean won (AU$38.15 billion) on a consolidated basis for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2009, which is an 18.9 per cent increase year-on-year.</p>
<p>This fourth quarter result brought Samsung&#8217;s full year 2009 revenue to a record 136.29 trillion won (AU$132.15 billion). Its full year 2009 operating profit was 10.92 trillion won (AU$10.59 billion), while its net income on a parent company basis was 9.64 trillion won (AU$9.34 billion).</p>
<p>Samsung has reported that its strong performance in the fourth quarter was supported by improved pricing for memory semiconductors and the seasonal increase in sales of consumer electronics products. </p>
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<p>The company said that its strong semiconductor business performance  was driven by a rise in market prices for memory chips and solid demand. In  DRAM, spot prices increased by 25-30 per cent from the beginning of the quarter,  supported by strong PC sales.  </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&#8220;Despite  traditionally weak seasonality, sales were boosted by demand for high-density  chips for smart phones. During the fourth quarter, Samsung also began production  of 30-nm-class, 3-bit Multi-Level-Cell NAND chips for the first time in the  industry, providing a further technological edge for 2010,&#8221; added the company. </p>
<p>Samsung has also recorded flat panel TV unit sales of 10.88 million, exceeding the 10 million mark  for the first time in the industry. The sales record represented a 41 per cent  increase year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter. With its new line of LED TVs  selling strongly, Samsung was also able to meet its sales target of 2.5 million  units for the year. </p>
<p>Finally, Samsung&#8217;s   sales of mobile handsets for the quarter reached 69 million, up 16  per cent  year-on-year. This enabled the company to comfortably exceed its 2009  sales  target of 200 million units in reaching 227 million units for the full  year.   </p>
<p>Samsung forecast positive growth across its businesses in 2010, with the continued economic recovery expected to stimulate demand for flat panel TVs, mobile handsets and notebook PCs. The company aims to continue to enhance its cost competitiveness and bolster market leadership across its core businesses.</p>
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