From 9196bf07a732432089787fe970ec2833c30126bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian de Boer <fabian@hampelman.nl>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:46:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] removed log.xml (txt remain) (#22); updated README (#24);
 achor ZapBase (#23)

---
 README.md               | 4 ++--
 conf/init.php           | 4 ++--
 docs/framework_guide.md | 2 +-
 lib/ImgTools.class.php  | 6 ++----
 utils/Log.class.php     | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e45046a..a1d4e21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ www.apfab.com
 
 Zap stands for 'Zapped Artificial Picture', a collage made from Internet images. A Zap translates a set of words or a text into an image which reflects the visual representation of the words on the Internet.
 
-This web application, Zap Machine, needs a number of words as input. It then takes the most relevant image that search engine Yahoo comes up with.  After having collected all images the Zap Machine creates a given number of different collages from those images.
+This web application, Zap Machine, needs a number of words as input. It then takes the most relevant image that search engine Brave comes up with.  After having collected all images the Zap Machine creates a given number of different collages from those images.
 
 
 ## installation   
 
-First you need to run a server with PHP. Please do not use a Windows machine for this purpose, while Windows suck. ApFab recommends Linux or Mac;)
+First you need to run a server with PHP. The application is developed and tested on Linux and macOS; Windows is not recommended.
 
 ApFab Zap Machine needs some PHP extensions:
 - JSON (default installed)
diff --git a/conf/init.php b/conf/init.php
index 717c6f8..f2a6078 100755
--- a/conf/init.php
+++ b/conf/init.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if (!defined('BRAVE_API_KEY')) {
 /**
  * Define some app-wide constants
  */
-define('ZAP_APP_BASE_DIR', realpath('.' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..'));
+define('ZAP_APP_BASE_DIR', realpath(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..'));
 define('ZAP_WEB_DIR', 'www');
 define('ZAP_RESOURCE_DIR', 'resource');
 define('ZAP_UTILS_DIR', 'utils');
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function getZAPTemplate($tplname) {
 	if (file_exists($tplfilepath)) {
 		return $tplfilepath;
 	} else {
-		return ERROR_PREFIX . 'No template';
+		throw new Exception(ERROR_PREFIX . 'No template');
 	}
 }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/framework_guide.md b/docs/framework_guide.md
index 4bff8d8..4fb7aa6 100644
--- a/docs/framework_guide.md
+++ b/docs/framework_guide.md
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Key differences from the web entry point:
 
 ### Logging
 
-The `Log` class (`utils/Log.class.php`) writes timestamped messages to a session folder. It is used by `ImgSearch` (controlled by the `ZAP_LOG` constant in `conf/conf.php`). Each log call appends to both `log.txt` (plain text) and `log.xml` (XML-friendly) in the session's output directory.
+The `Log` class (`utils/Log.class.php`) writes timestamped messages to a session folder. It is used by `ImgSearch` (controlled by the `ZAP_LOG` constant in `conf/conf.php`). Each log call appends to both `log.txt` (plain text) and `log.html` (HTML-friendly) in the session's output directory.
 
 ```php
 if (ZAP_LOG == true) {
diff --git a/lib/ImgTools.class.php b/lib/ImgTools.class.php
index 995ad9f..e743235 100755
--- a/lib/ImgTools.class.php
+++ b/lib/ImgTools.class.php
@@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ class ImgTools {
 			$mimeType = $imgInfo['mime'];
 			//find gif
 			if ($mimeType == "image/gif") {
-				$imagetype = 'png';
-				//full image name
-				$Dot = '.';
-				$newFilename = "$filename$Dot$imagetype";
+				// Replace .gif extension with .png
+				$newFilename = preg_replace('/\.gif$/i', '.png', $filename);
 				//convert
 				$img = new Imagick($filename);
 
diff --git a/utils/Log.class.php b/utils/Log.class.php
index db162db..3ff120f 100755
--- a/utils/Log.class.php
+++ b/utils/Log.class.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Log {
 		$this->folder = $imgFolder;
 
 		$this->logFileName = $imgFolder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'log.txt';
-		$this->logFileXmlName = $imgFolder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'log.xml';
+		$this->logFileXmlName = $imgFolder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'log.html';
 	}
 
 	public function addToLog($type, $head, $addString) {