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+<?php
+/**
+ * Check if skip links are present on block themes
+ *
+ * @package Theme Check
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Check if skip links are present on block themes
+ */
+class Skip_Links_Check implements themecheck {
+	/**
+	 * Error messages, warnings and info notices.
+	 *
+	 * @var array $error
+	 */
+	protected $error = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the theme is a block theme.
+	 *
+	 * @var array $is_block_theme
+	 */
+	protected $is_block_theme = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * The WP_Theme instance being checked.
+	 *
+	 * @var WP_Theme $wp_theme
+	 */
+	protected $wp_theme = false;
+
+	function set_context( $data ) {
+		if ( isset( $data['theme'] ) ) {
+			$this->wp_theme       = $data['theme'];
+			$this->is_block_theme = wp_is_block_theme();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check that return true for good/okay/acceptable, false for bad/not-okay/unacceptable.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $php_files File paths and content for PHP files.
+	 * @param array $css_files File paths and content for CSS files.
+	 * @param array $other_files Folder names, file paths and content for other files.
+	 */
+	public function check( $php_files, $css_files, $other_files ) {
+
+		$info                       = '';
+		$templates_without_main_tag = array();
+
+		foreach ( $other_files as $php_key => $file ) {
+			// if the file is a template, print the name of the file
+			if ( strpos( $php_key, 'templates/' ) !== false ) {
+
+				$file_name    = tc_filename( $php_key );
+				$has_main_tag = strpos( $file, '<main' ) !== false;
+
+				if ( ! $has_main_tag ) {
+					$pattern_slugs = $this->template_has_patterns( $file );
+					if ( $pattern_slugs ) {
+						foreach ( $pattern_slugs as $slug ) {
+							$has_main_tag = $this->pattern_has_tag( $slug );
+							if ( ! $has_main_tag ) {
+								if ( ! in_array( $file_name, $templates_without_main_tag ) ) {
+									$templates_without_main_tag[] = $file_name;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					} else {
+						if ( ! in_array( $file_name, $templates_without_main_tag ) ) {
+							$templates_without_main_tag[] = $file_name;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		$info = implode( ', ', $templates_without_main_tag );
+
+		if ( $info !== '' ) {
+			$this->error[] = sprintf(
+				'<span class="tc-lead tc-required">%s</span> %s ',
+				__( 'REQUIRED', 'theme-check' ),
+				sprintf(
+					__( 'Skip links are missing from the following templates: %s Please make sure the templates have a &lt;main&gt; tag.', 'theme-check' ),
+					$info
+				)
+			);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	function template_has_patterns( $contents ) {
+		$pattern = '/<!-- wp:pattern \{"slug":"([^"]+)"\} \/-->/';
+		if ( preg_match_all( $pattern, $contents, $matches ) ) {
+			$slugs = $matches[1];
+			return $slugs;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	function pattern_has_tag( $slug ) {
+		$directory = 'patterns';
+		$theme_dir = $this->wp_theme->get_stylesheet_directory();
+
+		if ( ! is_dir( $theme_dir . '/' . $directory ) ) {
+			$directory = 'block-patterns';
+		}
+		if ( ! is_dir( $theme_dir . '/' . $directory ) ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$files = glob( $theme_dir . '/' . $directory . '/*.php' );
+
+		$has_tag = false;
+
+		foreach ( $files as $file ) {
+			if ( is_file( $file ) ) {
+				$contents = file_get_contents( $file );
+				$pattern  = '/\* Slug: ' . preg_quote( $slug, '/' ) . '\b/';
+				if ( preg_match( $pattern, $contents ) ) {
+					$has_tag = strpos( $contents, '<main' ) !== false;
+					if ( ! $has_tag ) {
+						$nested_patterns_slugs = $this->template_has_patterns( $contents );
+						if ( $nested_patterns_slugs ) {
+							foreach ( $nested_patterns_slugs as $slug ) {
+								$has_tag = $this->pattern_has_tag( $slug );
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $has_tag;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get error messages from the checks.
+	 *
+	 * @return array Error message.
+	 */
+	public function getError() {
+		return $this->error;
+	}
+}
+
+$themechecks[] = new Skip_Links_Check();