initial.php

<?php
//////// DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE /////////////////////

//Copy this file to the root of the Drupal installation
//this function will be included in the index.php at top level or inside the vals_soc module
//it will lead to the constant of the url location of the SOC Drupal installation: /vals or ''
function getInitialPath($path1, $path2){
	$pos = strpos($path1, $path2);
	if (! $pos) {
		$pos = strpos($path1, '/index.php');
		if (!$pos){
			return '';
		} else {
			$arr1 = str_split($path1, $pos);
			return $arr1[0];
		}	
	}
	$arr1 = str_split($path1, $pos);
	return $arr1[0];
}

function isAministratorType(){
	global $user;

	if ($user && $user->roles){
		return in_array('administrator', $user->roles);
	} else {
		return false;
	}
}

//TODO: fix this in the future
//The Timeline is working with UTC so GMT and not GMT -1 (==CET) so the change to CET should be worked through
//in both the js/timeline.melange.js and the classes/StatelessTimeline.php etc.
//all date/time functions take this timezone as the default if left empty
// TODO find out what to change to make this work: date_default_timezone_set('CET');
$vals = getInitialPath($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], '/sites/all/modules');
define('_WEB_URL', $vals);

//////// EDIT THE FILE UNDER THE ROOT IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED THE APPLICATION