Merge branch '0.9.x' of git@gitorious.org:statusnet/mainline into 0.9.x

26 files changed, 821 insertions, 339 deletions

diff --git a/EVENTS.txt b/EVENTS.txt
index ced130f5f..97b7de299 100644
--- a/EVENTS.txt
+++ b/EVENTS.txt
@@ -491,11 +491,13 @@ EndCheckPassword: After checking a username/password pair
 - $password: The password that was checked
 - $authenticatedUser: User object if credentials match a user, else null.
 
-ChangePassword: Handle a password change request
+StartChangePassword: Before changing a password
 - $nickname: user's nickname
 - $oldpassword: the user's old password
 - $newpassword: the desired new password
-- &$errormsg: set this to an error message if the password could not be changed. If the password was changed, leave this as false
+
+EndChangePassword: After changing a password
+- $nickname: user's nickname
 
 CanUserChangeField: Determines if a user is allowed to change a specific profile field
 - $nickname: nickname of the user who would like to know which of their profile fields are mutable
diff --git a/README b/README
index 7ecd025ac..fb78ab01d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -389,20 +389,16 @@ the server first.
 Sphinx
 ------
 
-To use a Sphinx server to search users and notices, you also need
-to install, compile and enable the sphinx pecl extension for php on the
-client side, which itself depends on the sphinx development files.
-"pecl install sphinx" should take care of that. Add "extension=sphinx.so"
-to your php.ini and reload apache to enable it.
+To use a Sphinx server to search users and notices, you'll need to
+enable the SphinxSearch plugin. Add to your config.php:
 
-You can update your MySQL or Postgresql databases to drop their fulltext
-search indexes, since they're now provided by sphinx.
+  addPlugin('SphinxSearch');
+  $config['sphinx']['server'] = 'searchhost.local';
 
-On the sphinx server side, a script reads the main database and build
-the keyword index. A cron job reads the database and keeps the sphinx
-indexes up to date. scripts/sphinx-cron.sh should be called by cron
-every 5 minutes, for example. scripts/sphinx.sh is an init.d script
-to start and stop the sphinx search daemon.
+You also need to install, compile and enable the sphinx pecl extension for
+php on the client side, which itself depends on the sphinx development files.
+
+See plugins/SphinxSearch/README for more details and server setup.
 
 SMS
 ---
@@ -1168,17 +1164,6 @@ base: memcached uses key-value pairs to store data. We build long,
       StatusNet site using your memcached server.
 port: Port to connect to; defaults to 11211.
 
-sphinx
-------
-
-You can get a significant boost in performance using Sphinx Search
-instead of your database server to search for users and notices.
-<http://sphinxsearch.com/>.
-
-enabled: Set to true to enable. Default false.
-server: a string with the hostname of the sphinx server.
-port: an integer with the port number of the sphinx server.
-
 emailpost
 ---------
 
diff --git a/actions/noticesearch.php b/actions/noticesearch.php
index 79cf572cc..1e5a69180 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearch.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearch.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class NoticesearchAction extends SearchAction
     {
         $notice        = new Notice();
 
-        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('identica_notices');
+        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('notice');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         // Ask for an extra to see if there's more.
         $search_engine->limit((($page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE), NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
diff --git a/actions/noticesearchrss.php b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
index f59ad7962..18f07f855 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearchrss.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class NoticesearchrssAction extends Rss10Action
 
         $notice = new Notice();
 
-        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('identica_notices');
+        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('notice');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
 
         if (!$limit) $limit = 20;
diff --git a/actions/passwordsettings.php b/actions/passwordsettings.php
index 024f1287f..9e79501e2 100644
--- a/actions/passwordsettings.php
+++ b/actions/passwordsettings.php
@@ -58,19 +58,6 @@ class PasswordsettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
         return _('Change password');
     }
 
-    function prepare($args){
-        parent::prepare($args);
-
-        $user = common_current_user();
-
-        Event::handle('CanUserChangeField', array($user->nickname, 'password'));
-
-        if(! $fields['password']){
-            //user is not allowed to change his password
-            $this->clientError(_('You are not allowed to change your password'));
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Instructions for use
      *
@@ -182,8 +169,8 @@ class PasswordsettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
             $oldpassword = null;
         }
 
-        $errormsg = false;
-        if(! Event::handle('ChangePassword', array($user->nickname, $oldpassword, $newpassword, &$errormsg))){
+        $success = false;
+        if(! Event::handle('StartChangePassword', array($user->nickname, $oldpassword, $newpassword))){
             //no handler changed the password, so change the password internally
             $original = clone($user);
 
@@ -199,11 +186,9 @@ class PasswordsettingsAction extends AccountSettingsAction
                 $this->serverError(_('Can\'t save new password.'));
                 return;
             }
+            Event::handle('EndChangePassword', array($nickname));
         }
 
-        if($errormsg === false)
-            $this->showForm(_('Password saved.'), true);
-        else
-            $this->showForm($errormsg);
+        $this->showForm(_('Password saved.'), true);
     }
 }
diff --git a/actions/peoplesearch.php b/actions/peoplesearch.php
index 38135ecbd..69de44859 100644
--- a/actions/peoplesearch.php
+++ b/actions/peoplesearch.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PeoplesearchAction extends SearchAction
     function showResults($q, $page)
     {
         $profile = new Profile();
-        $search_engine = $profile->getSearchEngine('identica_people');
+        $search_engine = $profile->getSearchEngine('profile');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         // Ask for an extra to see if there's more.
         $search_engine->limit((($page-1)*PROFILES_PER_PAGE), PROFILES_PER_PAGE + 1);
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
index 7d618c471..526ca2ae8 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class TwitapisearchatomAction extends ApiAction
         // lcase it for comparison
         $q = strtolower($this->query);
 
-        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('identica_notices');
+        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('notice');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         $search_engine->limit(($this->page - 1) * $this->rpp,
             $this->rpp + 1, true);
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
index c7fa741a0..741ed78d6 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class TwitapisearchjsonAction extends ApiAction
         // lcase it for comparison
         $q = strtolower($this->query);
 
-        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('identica_notices');
+        $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('notice');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         $search_engine->limit(($this->page - 1) * $this->rpp, $this->rpp + 1, true);
         if (false === $search_engine->query($q)) {
diff --git a/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php b/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
index 9c2ac3e01..753fe954e 100644
--- a/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
+++ b/classes/Memcached_DataObject.php
@@ -184,27 +184,20 @@ class Memcached_DataObject extends DB_DataObject
         require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/search_engines.php';
         static $search_engine;
         if (!isset($search_engine)) {
-                $connected = false;
-                if (common_config('sphinx', 'enabled')) {
-                    $search_engine = new SphinxSearch($this, $table);
-                    $connected = $search_engine->is_connected();
-                }
-
-                // unable to connect to sphinx' search daemon
-                if (!$connected) {
-                    if ('mysql' === common_config('db', 'type')) {
-                        $type = common_config('search', 'type');
-                        if ($type == 'like') {
-                            $search_engine = new MySQLLikeSearch($this, $table);
-                        } else if ($type == 'fulltext') {
-                            $search_engine = new MySQLSearch($this, $table);
-                        } else {
-                            throw new ServerException('Unknown search type: ' . $type);
-                        }
+            if (Event::handle('GetSearchEngine', array($this, $table, &$search_engine))) {
+                if ('mysql' === common_config('db', 'type')) {
+                    $type = common_config('search', 'type');
+                    if ($type == 'like') {
+                        $search_engine = new MySQLLikeSearch($this, $table);
+                    } else if ($type == 'fulltext') {
+                        $search_engine = new MySQLSearch($this, $table);
                     } else {
-                        $search_engine = new PGSearch($this, $table);
+                        throw new ServerException('Unknown search type: ' . $type);
                     }
+                } else {
+                    $search_engine = new PGSearch($this, $table);
                 }
+            }
         }
         return $search_engine;
     }
diff --git a/classes/Status_network.php b/classes/Status_network.php
index fe4f0b0c5..b3117640d 100644
--- a/classes/Status_network.php
+++ b/classes/Status_network.php
@@ -57,14 +57,16 @@ class Status_network extends DB_DataObject
         $config['db']['ini_'.$dbname] = INSTALLDIR.'/classes/status_network.ini';
         $config['db']['table_status_network'] = $dbname;
 
-        self::$cache = new Memcache();
+        if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
+            self::$cache = new Memcache();
 
-        if (is_array($servers)) {
-            foreach($servers as $server) {
-                self::$cache->addServer($server);
+            if (is_array($servers)) {
+                foreach($servers as $server) {
+                    self::$cache->addServer($server);
+                }
+            } else {
+                self::$cache->addServer($servers);
             }
-        } else {
-            self::$cache->addServer($servers);
         }
 
         self::$base = $dbname;
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ class Status_network extends DB_DataObject
 
     static function memGet($k, $v)
     {
+        if (!self::$cache) {
+            return self::staticGet($k, $v);
+        }
+
         $ck = self::cacheKey($k, $v);
 
         $sn = self::$cache->get($ck);
@@ -92,10 +98,12 @@ class Status_network extends DB_DataObject
 
     function decache()
     {
-        $keys = array('nickname', 'hostname', 'pathname');
-        foreach ($keys as $k) {
-            $ck = self::cacheKey($k, $this->$k);
-            self::$cache->delete($ck);
+        if (self::$cache) {
+            $keys = array('nickname', 'hostname', 'pathname');
+            foreach ($keys as $k) {
+                $ck = self::cacheKey($k, $this->$k);
+                self::$cache->delete($ck);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index f6cc4b725..95366e0b3 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ $default =
               'public' => array()), # JIDs of users who want to receive the public stream
         'invite' =>
         array('enabled' => true),
-        'sphinx' =>
-        array('enabled' => false,
-              'server' => 'localhost',
-              'port' => 3312),
         'tag' =>
         array('dropoff' => 864000.0),
         'popular' =>
diff --git a/lib/search_engines.php b/lib/search_engines.php
index 69f6ff468..332db3f89 100644
--- a/lib/search_engines.php
+++ b/lib/search_engines.php
@@ -46,70 +46,11 @@ class SearchEngine
     }
 }
 
-class SphinxSearch extends SearchEngine
-{
-    private $sphinx;
-    private $connected;
-
-    function __construct($target, $table)
-    {
-        $fp = @fsockopen(common_config('sphinx', 'server'), common_config('sphinx', 'port'));
-        if (!$fp) {
-            $this->connected = false;
-            return;
-        }
-        fclose($fp);
-        parent::__construct($target, $table);
-        $this->sphinx = new SphinxClient;
-        $this->sphinx->setServer(common_config('sphinx', 'server'), common_config('sphinx', 'port'));
-        $this->connected = true;
-    }
-
-    function is_connected()
-    {
-        return $this->connected;
-    }
-
-    function limit($offset, $count, $rss = false)
-    {
-        //FIXME without LARGEST_POSSIBLE, the most recent results aren't returned
-        //      this probably has a large impact on performance
-        $LARGEST_POSSIBLE = 1e6;
-
-        if ($rss) {
-            $this->sphinx->setLimits($offset, $count, $count, $LARGEST_POSSIBLE);
-        }
-        else {
-            // return at most 50 pages of results
-            $this->sphinx->setLimits($offset, $count, 50 * ($count - 1), $LARGEST_POSSIBLE);
-        }
-
-        return $this->target->limit(0, $count);
-    }
-
-    function query($q)
-    {
-        $result = $this->sphinx->query($q, $this->table);
-        if (!isset($result['matches'])) return false;
-        $id_set = join(', ', array_keys($result['matches']));
-        $this->target->whereAdd("id in ($id_set)");
-        return true;
-     }
-
-    function set_sort_mode($mode)
-    {
-        if ('chron' === $mode) {
-            $this->sphinx->SetSortMode(SPH_SORT_ATTR_DESC, 'created_ts');
-            return $this->target->orderBy('created desc');
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 class MySQLSearch extends SearchEngine
 {
     function query($q)
     {
-        if ('identica_people' === $this->table) {
+        if ('profile' === $this->table) {
             $this->target->whereAdd('MATCH(nickname, fullname, location, bio, homepage) ' .
                                     'AGAINST (\''.addslashes($q).'\' IN BOOLEAN MODE)');
             if (strtolower($q) != $q) {
@@ -117,7 +58,7 @@ class MySQLSearch extends SearchEngine
                                         'AGAINST (\''.addslashes(strtolower($q)).'\' IN BOOLEAN MODE)', 'OR');
             }
             return true;
-        } else if ('identica_notices' === $this->table) {
+        } else if ('notice' === $this->table) {
 
             // Don't show imported notices
             $this->target->whereAdd('notice.is_local != ' . Notice::GATEWAY);
@@ -143,13 +84,13 @@ class MySQLLikeSearch extends SearchEngine
 {
     function query($q)
     {
-        if ('identica_people' === $this->table) {
+        if ('profile' === $this->table) {
             $qry = sprintf('(nickname LIKE "%%%1$s%%" OR '.
                            ' fullname LIKE "%%%1$s%%" OR '.
                            ' location LIKE "%%%1$s%%" OR '.
                            ' bio      LIKE "%%%1$s%%" OR '.
                            ' homepage LIKE "%%%1$s%%")', addslashes($q));
-        } else if ('identica_notices' === $this->table) {
+        } else if ('notice' === $this->table) {
             $qry = sprintf('content LIKE "%%%1$s%%"', addslashes($q));
         } else {
             throw new ServerException('Unknown table: ' . $this->table);
@@ -165,9 +106,9 @@ class PGSearch extends SearchEngine
 {
     function query($q)
     {
-        if ('identica_people' === $this->table) {
+        if ('profile' === $this->table) {
             return $this->target->whereAdd('textsearch @@ plainto_tsquery(\''.addslashes($q).'\')');
-        } else if ('identica_notices' === $this->table) {
+        } else if ('notice' === $this->table) {
 
             // XXX: We need to filter out gateway notices (notice.is_local = -2) --Zach
 
diff --git a/plugins/Auth/AuthPlugin.php b/plugins/Auth/AuthPlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71e7ae4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Auth/AuthPlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Superclass for plugins that do authentication and/or authorization
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: 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/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Superclass for plugins that do authentication
+ *
+ * @category Plugin
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Craig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ */
+
+abstract class AuthPlugin extends Plugin
+{
+    //is this plugin authoritative for authentication?
+    protected $authn_authoritative = false;
+    
+    //should accounts be automatically created after a successful login attempt?
+    protected $autoregistration = false;
+    
+    //------------Auth plugin should implement some (or all) of these methods------------\\
+    /**
+    * Check if a nickname/password combination is valid
+    * @param nickname
+    * @param password
+    * @return boolean true if the credentials are valid, false if they are invalid.
+    */
+    function checkPassword($nickname, $password)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Automatically register a user when they attempt to login with valid credentials.
+    * User::register($data) is a very useful method for this implementation
+    * @param nickname
+    * @return boolean true if the user was created, false if autoregistration is not allowed, null if this plugin is not responsible for this nickname
+    */
+    function autoRegister($nickname)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Change a user's password
+    * The old password has been verified to be valid by this plugin before this call is made
+    * @param nickname
+    * @param oldpassword
+    * @param newpassword
+    * @return boolean true if the password was changed, false if password changing failed for some reason, null if this plugin is not responsible for this nickname
+    */
+    function changePassword($nickname,$oldpassword,$newpassword)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Can a user change this field in his own profile?
+    * @param nickname
+    * @param field
+    * @return boolean true if the field can be changed, false if not allowed to change it, null if this plugin is not responsible for this nickname
+    */
+    function canUserChangeField($nickname, $field)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    //------------Below are the methods that connect StatusNet to the implementing Auth plugin------------\\
+    function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+    
+    function StartCheckPassword($nickname, $password, &$authenticatedUser){
+        $authenticated = $this->checkPassword($nickname, $password);
+        if($authenticated){
+            $authenticatedUser = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+            if(!$authenticatedUser && $this->autoregistration){
+                if($this->autoregister($nickname)){
+                    $authenticatedUser = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }else{
+            if($this->authn_authoritative){
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        //we're not authoritative, so let other handlers try
+    }
+
+    function onStartChangePassword($nickname,$oldpassword,$newpassword)
+    {
+        $authenticated = $this->checkPassword($nickname, $oldpassword);
+        if($authenticated){
+            $result = $this->changePassword($nickname,$oldpassword,$newpassword);
+            if($result){
+                //stop handling of other handlers, because what was requested was done
+                return false;
+            }else{
+                throw new Exception(_('Password changing failed'));
+            }
+        }else{
+            if($this->authn_authoritative){
+                //since we're authoritative, no other plugin could do this
+                throw new Exception(_('Password changing failed'));
+            }else{
+                //let another handler try
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+            
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/Ldap/LdapPlugin.php b/plugins/Ldap/LdapPlugin.php
index 3795ffd7f..8a416bccc 100644
--- a/plugins/Ldap/LdapPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Ldap/LdapPlugin.php
@@ -31,38 +31,42 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/plugins/Ldap/ldap.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/plugins/Auth/AuthPlugin.php';
+require_once 'Net/LDAP2.php';
 
-class LdapPlugin extends Plugin
+class LdapPlugin extends AuthPlugin
 {
-    private $config = array();
 
     function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
     }
+    
+    //---interface implementation---//
 
-    function onCheckPassword($nickname, $password, &$authenticated)
+    function checkPassword($nickname, $password)
     {
-        if(ldap_check_password($nickname, $password)){
-            $authenticated = true;
-            //stop handling of other events, because we have an answer
+        $ldap = $this->ldap_get_connection();
+        if(!$ldap){
             return false;
         }
-        if(common_config('ldap','authoritative')){
-            //a false return stops handler processing
+        $entry = $this->ldap_get_user($nickname);
+        if(!$entry){
             return false;
+        }else{
+            $config = $this->ldap_get_config();
+            $config['binddn']=$entry->dn();
+            $config['bindpw']=$password;
+            if($this->ldap_get_connection($config)){
+                return true;
+            }else{
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    function onAutoRegister($nickname)
+    function autoRegister($nickname)
     {
-        $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
-        if (! is_null($user) && $user !== false) {
-            common_log(LOG_WARNING, "An attempt was made to autoregister an existing user with nickname: $nickname");
-            return;
-        }
-
         $attributes=array();
         $config_attributes = array('nickname','email','fullname','homepage','location');
         foreach($config_attributes as $config_attribute){
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ class LdapPlugin extends Plugin
                 array_push($attributes,$value);
             }
         }
-        $entry = ldap_get_user($nickname,$attributes);
+        $entry = $this->ldap_get_user($nickname,$attributes);
         if($entry){
             $registration_data = array();
             foreach($config_attributes as $config_attribute){
@@ -89,21 +93,22 @@ class LdapPlugin extends Plugin
             //set the database saved password to a random string.
             $registration_data['password']=common_good_rand(16);
             $user = User::register($registration_data);
-            //prevent other handlers from running, as we have registered the user
-            return false;
+            return true;
+        }else{
+            //user isn't in ldap, so we cannot register him
+            return null;
         }
     }
 
-    function onChangePassword($nickname,$oldpassword,$newpassword,&$errormsg)
+    function changePassword($nickname,$oldpassword,$newpassword)
     {
         //TODO implement this
-        $errormsg = _('Sorry, changing LDAP passwords is not supported at this time');
+        throw new Exception(_('Sorry, changing LDAP passwords is not supported at this time'));
 
-        //return false, indicating that the event has been handled
         return false;
     }
 
-    function onCanUserChangeField($nickname, $field)
+    function canUserChangeField($nickname, $field)
     {
         switch($field)
         {
@@ -113,4 +118,67 @@ class LdapPlugin extends Plugin
                 return false;
         }
     }
+    
+    //---utility functions---//
+    function ldap_get_config(){
+        $config = array();
+        $keys = array('host','port','version','starttls','binddn','bindpw','basedn','options','filter','scope');
+        foreach($keys as $key){
+            $value = $this->$key;
+            if($value!==false){
+                $config[$key]=$value;
+            }
+        }
+        return $config;
+    }
+    
+    function ldap_get_connection($config = null){
+        if($config == null){
+            $config = $this->ldap_get_config();
+        }
+        
+        //cannot use Net_LDAP2::connect() as StatusNet uses
+        //PEAR::setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK, 'handleError');
+        //PEAR handling can be overridden on instance objects, so we do that.
+        $ldap = new Net_LDAP2($config);
+        $ldap->setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_RETURN);
+        $err=$ldap->bind();
+        if (Net_LDAP2::isError($err)) {
+            common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Could not connect to LDAP server: '.$err->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return $ldap;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * get an LDAP entry for a user with a given username
+     * 
+     * @param string $username
+     * $param array $attributes LDAP attributes to retrieve
+     * @return string DN
+     */
+    function ldap_get_user($username,$attributes=array()){
+        $ldap = $this->ldap_get_connection();
+        $filter = Net_LDAP2_Filter::create(common_config('ldap','nickname_attribute'), 'equals',  $username);
+        $options = array(
+            'scope' => 'sub',
+            'attributes' => $attributes
+        );
+        $search = $ldap->search(null,$filter,$options);
+        
+        if (PEAR::isError($search)) {
+            common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Error while getting DN for user: '.$search->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if($search->count()==0){
+            return false;
+        }else if($search->count()==1){
+            $entry = $search->shiftEntry();
+            return $entry;
+        }else{
+            common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Found ' . $search->count() . ' ldap user with the username: ' . $username);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/Ldap/README b/plugins/Ldap/README
index 617738e0b..1b6e3e75a 100644
--- a/plugins/Ldap/README
+++ b/plugins/Ldap/README
@@ -2,22 +2,46 @@ The LDAP plugin allows for StatusNet to handle authentication, authorization, an
 
 Installation
 ============
-Add configuration entries to config.php. These entries are:
+add "addPlugin('ldap', array('setting'=>'value', 'setting2'=>'value2', ...);" to the bottom of your config.php
 
-The following are documented at http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
-$config['ldap']['binddn']
-$config['ldap']['bindpw']
-$config['ldap']['basedn']
-$config['ldap']['host']
 
-$config['ldap']['nickname_attribute'] Set this to the name of the ldap attribute that holds the username. For example, on Microsoft's Active Directory, this should be set to 'sAMAccountName'
-$config['ldap']['nickname_email'] Set this to the name of the ldap attribute that holds the user's email address. For example, on Microsoft's Active Directory, this should be set to 'mail'
-$config['ldap']['nickname_fullname'] Set this to the name of the ldap attribute that holds the user's full name. For example, on Microsoft's Active Directory, this should be set to 'displayName'
-$config['ldap']['nickname_homepage'] Set this to the name of the ldap attribute that holds the the url of the user's home page.
-$config['ldap']['nickname_location'] Set this to the name of the ldap attribute that holds the user's location.
 
-$config['ldap']['authoritative'] Set to true if LDAP's responses are authoritative (meaning if LDAP fails, do check the any other plugins or the internal password database)
-$config['ldap']['autoregister'] Set to true if users should be automatically created when they attempt to login
+Settings
+========
+authn_authoritative:  Set to true if LDAP's responses are authoritative (meaning if LDAP fails, do check the any other plugins or the internal password database).
+autoregistration: Set to true if users should be automatically created when they attempt to login.
 
-Finally, add "addPlugin('ldap');" to the bottom of your config.php
+host*: LDAP server name to connect to. You can provide several hosts in an array in which case the hosts are tried from left to right.. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+port: Port on the server. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+version: LDAP version. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+starttls: TLS is started after connecting. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+binddn: The distinguished name to bind as (username). See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+bindpw: Password for the binddn. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+basedn*: LDAP base name (root directory). See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+options: See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+filter: Default search filter. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+scope: Default search scope. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
 
+attributes: an array with the key being the StatusNet user attribute name, and the value the LDAP attribute name
+    nickname*
+    email
+    fullname
+    homepage
+    location
+    
+* required
+
+Example
+=======
+Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to Microsoft Active Directory.
+
+addPlugin('ldap', array(
+    'binddn'=>'username',
+    'bindpw'=>'password',
+    'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
+    'host'=>array('server1', 'server2'),
+    'attributes'=>array(
+        'nickname'=>'sAMAccountName',
+        'email'=>'mail',
+        'fullname'=>'displayName')
+));
diff --git a/plugins/Ldap/ldap.php b/plugins/Ldap/ldap.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d92a058fb..000000000
--- a/plugins/Ldap/ldap.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/*
- * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
- * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 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/>.
- */
-
-if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) { exit(1); }
-
-require_once 'Net/LDAP2.php';
-
-function ldap_get_config(){
-    static $config = null;
-    if($config == null){
-        $config = array();
-        $keys = array('host','port','version','starttls','binddn','bindpw','basedn','options','scope');
-        foreach($keys as $key){
-            $value = common_config('ldap', $key);
-            if($value!==false){
-                $config[$key]=$value;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return $config;
-}
-
-function ldap_get_connection($config = null){
-    if($config == null){
-        $config = ldap_get_config();
-    }
-    
-    //cannot use Net_LDAP2::connect() as StatusNet uses
-    //PEAR::setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK, 'handleError');
-    //PEAR handling can be overridden on instance objects, so we do that.
-    $ldap = new Net_LDAP2($config);
-    $ldap->setErrorHandling(PEAR_ERROR_RETURN);
-    $err=$ldap->bind();
-    if (Net_LDAP2::isError($err)) {
-        common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Could not connect to LDAP server: '.$err->getMessage());
-        return false;
-    }
-    return $ldap;
-}
-
-function ldap_check_password($username, $password){
-    $ldap = ldap_get_connection();
-    if(!$ldap){
-        return false;
-    }
-    $entry = ldap_get_user($username);
-    if(!$entry){
-        return false;
-    }else{
-        $config = ldap_get_config();
-        $config['binddn']=$entry->dn();
-        $config['bindpw']=$password;
-        if(ldap_get_connection($config)){
-            return true;
-        }else{
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * get an LDAP entry for a user with a given username
- * 
- * @param string $username
- * $param array $attributes LDAP attributes to retrieve
- * @return string DN
- */
-function ldap_get_user($username,$attributes=array()){
-    $ldap = ldap_get_connection();
-    $filter = Net_LDAP2_Filter::create(common_config('ldap','nickname_attribute'), 'equals',  $username);
-    $options = array(
-        'scope' => 'sub',
-        'attributes' => $attributes
-    );
-    $search = $ldap->search(null,$filter,$options);
-    
-    if (PEAR::isError($search)) {
-        common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Error while getting DN for user: '.$search->getMessage());
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if($search->count()==0){
-        return false;
-    }else if($search->count()==1){
-        $entry = $search->shiftEntry();
-        return $entry;
-    }else{
-        common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Found ' . $search->count() . ' ldap user with the username: ' . $username);
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/README b/plugins/SphinxSearch/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a2c063bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/README
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+You can get a significant boost in performance using Sphinx Search
+instead of your database server to search for users and notices.
+<http://sphinxsearch.com/>.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+In StatusNet's configuration, you can adjust the following settings
+under 'sphinx':
+
+enabled: Set to true to enable. Default false.
+server: a string with the hostname of the sphinx server.
+port: an integer with the port number of the sphinx server.
+
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+To use a Sphinx server to search users and notices, you also need
+to install, compile and enable the sphinx pecl extension for php on the
+client side, which itself depends on the sphinx development files.
+"pecl install sphinx" should take care of that. Add "extension=sphinx.so"
+to your php.ini and reload apache to enable it.
+
+You can update your MySQL or Postgresql databases to drop their fulltext
+search indexes, since they're now provided by sphinx.
+
+
+You will also need a Sphinx server to serve the search queries.
+
+On the sphinx server side, a script reads the main database and build
+the keyword index. A cron job reads the database and keeps the sphinx
+indexes up to date. scripts/sphinx-cron.sh should be called by cron
+every 5 minutes, for example. scripts/sphinx.sh is an init.d script
+to start and stop the sphinx search daemon.
+
+
+Server configuration
+--------------------
+scripts/gen_config.php can generate a sphinx.conf file listing MySQL
+data sources for your databases. You may need to tweak paths afterwards.
+
+  $ plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php > sphinx.conf
+
+If you wish, you can build a full config yourself based on sphinx.conf.sample
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a27a4c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/SphinxSearchPlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: 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/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Plugin
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Brion Vibber <brion@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+// Set defaults if not already set in the config array...
+global $config;
+$sphinxDefaults =
+    array('enabled' => true,
+          'server' => 'localhost',
+          'port' => 3312);
+foreach($sphinxDefaults as $key => $val) {
+    if (!isset($config['sphinx'][$key])) {
+        $config['sphinx'][$key] = $val;
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Plugin for Sphinx search backend.
+ *
+ * @category Plugin
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Brion Vibber <brion@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ * @link     http://twitter.com/
+ */
+
+class SphinxSearchPlugin extends Plugin
+{
+    /**
+     * Automatically load any classes used
+     *
+     * @param string $cls the class
+     * @return boolean hook return
+     */
+    function onAutoload($cls)
+    {
+        switch ($cls) {
+        case 'SphinxSearch':
+            include_once INSTALLDIR . '/plugins/SphinxSearch/' .
+              strtolower($cls) . '.php';
+            return false;
+        default:
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create sphinx search engine object for the given table type.
+     *
+     * @param Memcached_DataObject $target
+     * @param string $table
+     * @param out &$search_engine SearchEngine object on output if successful
+     * @ return boolean hook return
+     */
+    function onGetSearchEngine(Memcached_DataObject $target, $table, &$search_engine)
+    {
+        if (common_config('sphinx', 'enabled')) {
+            if (!class_exists('SphinxClient')) {
+                throw new ServerException('Sphinx PHP extension must be installed.');
+            }
+            $engine = new SphinxSearch($target, $table);
+            if ($engine->is_connected()) {
+                $search_engine = $engine;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        // Sphinx disabled or disconnected
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d5a00b6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/gen_config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.     See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.     If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../..'));
+
+$longoptions = array('base=', 'network');
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_TRIM_HELP
+Generates sphinx.conf file based on StatusNet configuration.
+    --base               Base dir to Sphinx install
+                         (default /usr/local)
+    --network            Use status_network global config table
+                         (non-functional at present)
+
+
+END_OF_TRIM_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR . '/scripts/commandline.inc';
+require dirname(__FILE__) . '/sphinx-utils.php';
+
+
+$timestamp = date('r');
+print <<<END
+#
+# Sphinx configuration for StatusNet
+# Generated {$timestamp}
+#
+
+END;
+
+sphinx_iterate_sites('sphinx_site_template');
+
+print <<<END
+
+indexer
+{
+    mem_limit               = 300M
+}
+
+searchd
+{
+    port                    = 3312
+    log                     = {$base}/log/searchd.log
+    query_log               = {$base}/log/query.log
+    read_timeout            = 5
+    max_children            = 30
+    pid_file                = {$base}/log/searchd.pid
+    max_matches             = 1000
+    seamless_rotate         = 1
+    preopen_indexes         = 0
+    unlink_old              = 1
+}
+
+END;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Build config entries for a single site
+ * @fixme we only seem to have master DB currently available...
+ */
+function sphinx_site_template($sn)
+{
+    return
+        sphinx_template($sn,
+            'profile',
+            'SELECT id, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(created) as created_ts, nickname, fullname, location, bio, homepage FROM profile',
+            'SELECT * FROM profile where id = $id') .
+        sphinx_template($sn,
+            'notice',
+            'SELECT id, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(created) as created_ts, content FROM notice',
+            'SELECT * FROM notice where notice.id = $id AND notice.is_local != -2');
+}
+
+function sphinx_template($sn, $table, $query, $query_info)
+{
+    $base = sphinx_base();
+    $dbtype = common_config('db', 'type');
+
+    print <<<END
+
+#
+# {$sn->sitename}
+#
+source {$sn->dbname}_src_{$table}
+{
+    type                    = {$dbtype}
+    sql_host                = {$sn->dbhost}
+    sql_user                = {$sn->dbuser}
+    sql_pass                = {$sn->dbpass}
+    sql_db                  = {$sn->dbname}
+    sql_query_pre           = SET NAMES utf8;
+    sql_query               = {$query}
+    sql_query_info          = {$query_info}
+    sql_attr_timestamp      = created_ts
+}
+
+index {$sn->dbname}_{$table}
+{
+    source                  = {$sn->dbname}_src_{$table}
+    path                    = {$base}/data/{$sn->dbname}_{$table}
+    docinfo                 = extern
+    charset_type            = utf-8
+    min_word_len            = 3
+}
+
+
+END;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..23c60ced7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/index_update.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, 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__) . '/../../..'));
+
+$longoptions = array('base=', 'network');
+
+$helptext = <<<END_OF_TRIM_HELP
+Runs Sphinx search indexer.
+    --rotate             Have Sphinx run index update in background and
+                         rotate updated indexes into place as they finish.
+    --base               Base dir to Sphinx install
+                         (default /usr/local)
+    --network            Use status_network global config table for site list
+                         (non-functional at present)
+
+
+END_OF_TRIM_HELP;
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR . '/scripts/commandline.inc';
+require dirname(__FILE__) . '/sphinx-utils.php';
+
+sphinx_iterate_sites('sphinx_index_update');
+
+function sphinx_index_update($sn)
+{
+    $base = sphinx_base();
+    
+    $baseIndexes = array('notice', 'profile');
+    $params = array();
+    
+    if (have_option('rotate')) {
+        $params[] = '--rotate';
+    }
+    foreach ($baseIndexes as $index) {
+        $params[] = "{$sn->dbname}_{$index}";
+    }
+    
+    $params = implode(' ', $params);
+    $cmd = "$base/bin/indexer --config $base/etc/sphinx.conf $params";
+    
+    print "$cmd\n";
+    system($cmd);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bbc25270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx-utils.php
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.     See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.     If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+function sphinx_use_network()
+{
+    return have_option('network');
+}
+
+function sphinx_base()
+{
+    if (have_option('base')) {
+        return get_option_value('base');
+    } else {
+        return "/usr/local/sphinx";
+    }
+}
+
+function sphinx_iterate_sites($callback)
+{
+    if (sphinx_use_network()) {
+        // @fixme this should use, like, some kind of config
+        Status_network::setupDB('localhost', 'statusnet', 'statuspass', 'statusnet');
+        $sn = new Status_network();
+        if (!$sn->find()) {
+            die("Confused... no sites in status_network table or lookup failed.\n");
+        }
+        while ($sn->fetch()) {
+            $callback($sn);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (preg_match('!^(mysqli?|pgsql)://(.*?):(.*?)@(.*?)/(.*?)$!',
+                common_config('db', 'database'), $matches)) {
+            list(/*all*/, $dbtype, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbhost, $dbname) = $matches;
+            $sn = (object)array(
+                'sitename' => common_config('site', 'name'),
+                'dbhost' => $dbhost,
+                'dbuser' => $dbuser,
+                'dbpass' => $dbpass,
+                'dbname' => $dbname);
+            $callback($sn);
+        } else {
+            print "Unrecognized database configuration string in config.php\n";
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx.sh b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx.sh
index b8edeb302..b8edeb302 100755
--- a/scripts/sphinx.sh
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/scripts/sphinx.sh
diff --git a/sphinx.conf.sample b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinx.conf.sample
index 3de62f637..3de62f637 100644
--- a/sphinx.conf.sample
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinx.conf.sample
diff --git a/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71f330828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/SphinxSearch/sphinxsearch.php
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 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/>.
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+class SphinxSearch extends SearchEngine
+{
+    private $sphinx;
+    private $connected;
+
+    function __construct($target, $table)
+    {
+        $fp = @fsockopen(common_config('sphinx', 'server'), common_config('sphinx', 'port'));
+        if (!$fp) {
+            $this->connected = false;
+            return;
+        }
+        fclose($fp);
+        parent::__construct($target, $table);
+        $this->sphinx = new SphinxClient;
+        $this->sphinx->setServer(common_config('sphinx', 'server'), common_config('sphinx', 'port'));
+        $this->connected = true;
+    }
+
+    function is_connected()
+    {
+        return $this->connected;
+    }
+
+    function limit($offset, $count, $rss = false)
+    {
+        //FIXME without LARGEST_POSSIBLE, the most recent results aren't returned
+        //      this probably has a large impact on performance
+        $LARGEST_POSSIBLE = 1e6;
+
+        if ($rss) {
+            $this->sphinx->setLimits($offset, $count, $count, $LARGEST_POSSIBLE);
+        }
+        else {
+            // return at most 50 pages of results
+            $this->sphinx->setLimits($offset, $count, 50 * ($count - 1), $LARGEST_POSSIBLE);
+        }
+
+        return $this->target->limit(0, $count);
+    }
+
+    function query($q)
+    {
+        $result = $this->sphinx->query($q, $this->remote_table());
+        if (!isset($result['matches'])) return false;
+        $id_set = join(', ', array_keys($result['matches']));
+        $this->target->whereAdd("id in ($id_set)");
+        return true;
+     }
+
+    function set_sort_mode($mode)
+    {
+        if ('chron' === $mode) {
+            $this->sphinx->SetSortMode(SPH_SORT_ATTR_DESC, 'created_ts');
+            return $this->target->orderBy('created desc');
+        }
+    }
+
+    function remote_table()
+    {
+        return $this->dbname() . '_' . $this->table;
+    }
+
+    function dbname()
+    {
+        // @fixme there should be a less dreadful way to do this.
+        // DB objects won't give database back until they connect, it's confusing
+        if (preg_match('!^.*?://.*?:.*?@.*?/(.*?)$!', common_config('db', 'database'), $matches)) {
+            return $matches[1];
+        }
+        throw new ServerException("Sphinx search could not identify database name");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-cron.sh b/scripts/sphinx-cron.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bc537af1a..000000000
--- a/scripts/sphinx-cron.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# StatusNet - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
-
-# Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 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/>.
-
-# This program tries to start the daemons for StatusNet.
-# Note that the 'maildaemon' needs to run as a mail filter.
-
-/usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx.conf --all --rotate
-
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-indexer.sh b/scripts/sphinx-indexer.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ec0826be..000000000
--- a/scripts/sphinx-indexer.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# StatusNet - a distributed open-source microblogging tool
-
-# Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 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/>.
-
-# This program tries to start the daemons for StatusNet.
-# Note that the 'maildaemon' needs to run as a mail filter.
-
-/usr/local/bin/indexer --config /usr/local/etc/sphinx.conf --all
-