Expand on IN_SESSION constant

We were misusing this to mean "is stuff happening?" So this is now broken out into IN_SESSION and LEGISLATIVE_SEASON, with IN_SESSION meaning "is this within the dates of the actual session," and LEGISLATIVE_SEASON meaning "is it between November and April"?

deploy/settings-docker.inc.php

@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 # As defined by the year.
 define('SESSION_YEAR', 2019);
 
-# Determine whether the GA is currently in session.
-define('IN_SESSION', 'Y');
+# Is the GA currently in session?
+define('IN_SESSION', true);
+
+# Is it a time of year when the legislature is doing anything at all?
+define('LEGISLATIVE_SEASON', true);
 
 # Set the FTP auth pair for legislative data.
 define('LIS_FTP_USERNAME', '');

htdocs/admin/index.php

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 }
 
 # Select the most popular bills of the past X days.
-if (IN_SESSION == 'Y')
+if (LEGISLATIVE_SEASON == true)
 {
     $days = 3;
 }

htdocs/includes/class.Session.php

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Session Class
+ *
+ * This class is responsible for handling session-related operations, primarily
+ * focused on determining the status of a session based on database records.
+ */
+class Session
+{
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the current session's status.
+     *
+     * This method queries the database to retrieve information about the current
+     * session based on a predefined SESSION_ID. It then evaluates whether the
+     * current time falls within the session's start and end dates, and whether
+     * the current month is within the legislative season (November to April).
+     *
+     * @return array An associative array containing the session status with keys
+     *               'in_session' (boolean) indicating if the current time is within
+     *               the session period, and 'in_season' (boolean) indicating if
+     *               it is the legislative season.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception If there is a database connection or execution error.
+     */
+    public function status()
+    {
+
+        $sql = 'SELECT *
+                FROM sessions
+                WHERE
+                    id= :id';
+
+        $stmt = $GLOBALS['dbh']->prepare($sql);
+        $stmt->bindParam(':id', SESSION_ID);
+
+        $stmt->execute();
+        $session = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+        if ($session == false)
+        {
+            unset($session);
+            $session=array();
+            $session['in_session'] = false;
+            $session['in_season'] = false;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $session = array_map('stripslashes', $session);
+
+        /*
+         * If we're in the midst of session
+         */
+        if (
+                time() >= strtotime($session['date_started'])
+                &&
+                time() <= strtotime($session['date_ended'])
+        )
+        {
+            $session['in_session'] = true;
+            $session['in_season'] = true;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * If it's legislative season, but not session
+         */
+        elseif (date('n') >= 11 || date('n') <= 4)
+        {
+            $session['in_session'] = false;
+            $session['in_season'] = true;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * It's the off season
+         */
+        else
+        {
+            $session['in_session'] = false;
+            $session['in_season'] = false;
+        }
+
+        return $session;
+
+    }
+
+}

htdocs/includes/settings-default.inc.php

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 # As defined by the year.
 define('SESSION_YEAR', 2024);
 
-# Determine whether the GA is currently in session.
-define('IN_SESSION', 'Y');
-
 # Set the FTP auth pair for legislative data.
 define('LIS_FTP_USERNAME', '');
 define('LIS_FTP_PASSWORD', '');
@@ -98,3 +95,15 @@
 
 # Set the timezone.
 date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
+
+/*
+ * Generate status constants dynamically.
+ */
+$session = new Session;
+$status = $session->status();
+
+# Is the GA currently in session?
+define('IN_SESSION', $status['in_session']);
+
+# Is it a time of year when the legislature is doing anything at all?
+define('LEGISLATIVE_SEASON', $status['in_season]);

htdocs/index.php

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 }
 
 # Newest Bills
-if (IN_SESSION == 'y')
+if (LEGISLATIVE_SEASON == true)
 {
     $sql = 'SELECT bills.number, bills.catch_line, sessions.year,
 			DATE_FORMAT(bills.date_introduced, "%M %d, %Y") AS date_introduced,