[asterisk-users] IF else

[Steve Edwards]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Atis Lezdins wrote:

> 1) Start using AEL (remove this context from extensions.conf and add
> to extensions.ael):
>
> context a2billing {
>  _X. => {
>    if("${EXTEN}"="111") {
>      Playback(AR_GetGiveToID);
>      Wait(2);
>      Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:ulaw,,5);
>      Wait(2);
>      Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording);
>      Wait(2);
>      Hangup();
>    } else if("${EXTEN}"="112") {
>      Playback(AR_GetGiveToID);
>      Wait(2);
>      Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:ulaw,,5);
>      Wait(2);
>      Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording);
>      Wait(2);
>      Hangup();
>    } else {
>      DeadAGI(a2billing.php);
>      Wait(2)
>      Hangup();
>    }
> }

You're missing a couple of "semi-colons."

> 2) Start using extension masks (also works with AEL):
>
> [a2billing]
> exten => _111,1,Noop(Dialled 111)
> exten => _111,n,Playback(AR_GetGiveToID)
> exten => _111,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _111,n,Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:ulaw,,5)
> exten => _111,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _111,n,Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording)
> exten => _111,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _111,n,Hangup
>
> exten => _112,1,Noop(Dialed 112)
> exten => _112,n,Playback(AR_GetGiveToID)
> exten => _112,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _112,n,Record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:ulaw,,5)
> exten => _112,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _112,n,Playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording)
> exten => _112,n,Wait(2)
> exten => _112,n,Hangup
>
> exten => _X.,1,Noop(Didn't dial 111 or 112)
> exten => _X.,n,DeadAGI,a2billing.php
> exten => _X.,n,Wait,2
> exten => _X.,n,Hangup

And, just in case the 2 extensions really are supposed to do the exact 
same thing, use extension pattern matching:

context a2billing
         {
         _11[12] =
                 {
                 playback(AR_GetGiveToID);
                 wait(2);
                 record(/tmp/asterisk-recording:ulaw,,5);
                 wait(2);
                 playback(/tmp/asterisk-recording);
                 wait(2);
                 hangup();
                 };
         _x. =
                 {
                 deadagi(a2billing.php);
                 wait(2);
                 hangup();
                 };
         };

(The above is my first attempt at AEL. It parses, but it hasn't actually 
been tested.)

I would question the use of deadagi() in a "non-h" extension. Are signals 
not being trapped correctly in a2billing.php?

Thanks in advance,
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