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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/..'));
+
+$shortoptions = 'i::n::y';
+$longoptions = array('id=', 'nickname=', 'yes', 'dry-run');
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_HELP
+strip_geo.php [options]
+Removes geolocation info from the given user's notices.
+
+  -i --id       ID of the user (may be a remote profile)
+  -n --nickname nickname of the user
+  -y --yes      do not wait for confirmation
+     --dry-run  list affected notices without deleting
+
+END_OF_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
+
+if (have_option('i', 'id')) {
+    $id = get_option_value('i', 'id');
+    $profile = Profile::staticGet('id', $id);
+    if (empty($profile)) {
+        print "Can't find local or remote profile with ID $id\n";
+        exit(1);
+    }
+} else if (have_option('n', 'nickname')) {
+    $nickname = get_option_value('n', 'nickname');
+    $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+    if (empty($user)) {
+        print "Can't find local user with nickname '$nickname'\n";
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    $profile = $user->getProfile();
+} else {
+    print "You must provide either an ID or a nickname.\n\n";
+    show_help();
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!have_option('y', 'yes') && !have_option('--dry-run')) {
+    print "About to PERMANENTLY remove geolocation data from user '{$profile->nickname}' ({$profile->id})'s notices. Are you sure? [y/N] ";
+    $response = fgets(STDIN);
+    if (strtolower(trim($response)) != 'y') {
+        print "Aborting.\n";
+        exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+// @fixme for a very prolific poster this could be too many.
+print "Finding notices with geolocation data...";
+$notice = new Notice();
+$notice->profile_id = $profile->id;
+$notice->whereAdd("lat != ''");
+$notice->find();
+
+if ($notice->N) {
+    print " $notice->N found.\n";
+    while ($notice->fetch()) {
+        print "notice id $notice->id ";
+        if (have_option('v') || have_option('--verbose')) {
+            print "({$notice->lat},{$notice->lon}) ";
+            if ($notice->location_ns) {
+                print "ns {$notice->location_ns} id {$notice->location_id} ";
+            }
+        }
+        if (have_option('--dry-run')) {
+            // sucka
+            echo "(skipped)";
+        } else {
+            // note: setting fields to null and calling update() doesn't save the nulled fields
+            $orig = clone($notice);
+            $update = clone($notice);
+
+            // In theory we could hit a chunk of notices at once in the UPDATE,
+            // but we're going to have to decache them individually anyway and
+            // it doesn't hurt to make sure we don't hold up replication with
+            // what might be a very slow single UPDATE.
+            $query = sprintf('UPDATE notice ' .
+                             'SET lat=NULL,lon=NULL,location_ns=NULL,location_id=NULL ' .
+                             'WHERE id=%d', $notice->id);
+            $ok = $update->query($query);
+            if ($ok) {
+                // And now we decache him manually, as query() doesn't know what we're doing...
+                $orig->blow();
+                echo "(removed)";
+            } else {
+                echo "(failed?)";
+            }
+        }
+        print "\n";
+    }
+} else {
+    print " none found.\n";
+}
+
+print "DONE.\n";