This better fixes #87

Author: bgrawi

api/generate.php

@@ -184,16 +184,6 @@ function timeStringToMinutes($str) {
     return $hour * 60 + $minute;
 }
 
-/**
- * Checks if a section is a special section (lab/studio/etc)
- * Now also ignores "H" for honors classes, which are separate
- * @param $courseInfo
- * @return int
- */
-function isSpecialSection($courseInfo) {
-	return preg_match('/[A-GI-Z]\d{0,2}$/', $courseInfo['courseNum']) === 1;
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns a cleaned course number, free of special sections or designators
  * @param $courseInfo
@@ -241,8 +231,6 @@ function pruneSpecialCourses($schedules, $courseGroups) {
 					$flattenedSchedule[$course['courseNum']] = array_keys($courseGroups[$cleanCourseNum]);
 				} else {
 					$flattenedSchedule[$course['courseNum']] = true;
-
-					$course['credits'] = '0';
 				}
 			} else {
 				$flattenedSchedule[$course['courseNum']] = false;

inc/databaseConn.php

@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // FUNCTIONS
 
+/**
+ * Checks if a section is a special section (lab/studio/etc)
+ * Now also ignores "H" for honors classes, which are separate
+ * @param $courseInfo
+ * @return int
+ */
+function isSpecialSection($courseInfo) {
+	return preg_match('/[A-GI-Z]\d{0,2}$/', $courseInfo['courseNum']) === 1;
+}
+
 /**
  * Retrieves the meeting information for a section
  * @param	$sectionData	array	Information about a section MUST HAVE:
@@ -52,6 +62,11 @@ function getMeetingInfo($sectionData) {
 		$course['description'] = $sectionData['description'];
 	}
 
+	// Make sure special sections don't get double-counted for their credits
+	if(isSpecialSection($course)) {
+		$course['credits'] = "0"; // string for consistency's sake
+	}
+
     // Now we query for the times of the section
     $query = "SELECT b.code, b.number, b.off_campus, t.room, t.day, t.start, t.end ";
     $query .= "FROM times AS t JOIN buildings AS b ON b.number=t.building ";