Fix(Rule): do not import locations in preview mode

src/Rule.php

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class Rule extends CommonDBTM
     public $criterias             = [];
    /// Rules can be sorted ?
     public $can_sort              = false;
+    // preview context ?
+    protected $is_preview = false;
    /// field used to order rules
     public $orderby               = 'ranking';
 
@@ -2195,11 +2197,13 @@ public function showMinimalActionForm($fields, $canedit, $rand)
      **/
     public function showRulePreviewResultsForm($target, $input, $params)
     {
-
         $actions       = $this->getAllActions();
         $check_results = [];
         $output        = [];
 
+        // specify that we are in a test context
+        $this->is_preview = true;
+
        //Test all criteria, without stopping at the first good one
         $this->testCriterias($input, $check_results);
        //Process the rule
@@ -2690,6 +2694,13 @@ public function getActionValue($ID, $type, $value)
                         return $this->displayAdditionRuleActionValue($value);
                     }
 
+                    if ($this->is_preview && !is_numeric($value)) {
+                        // In preview mode, if the value corresponds to a string
+                        // that does not match an existing dropdown entry,
+                        // it will not be imported and therefore tha value will not correspond to a dropdown valid ID.
+                        return $value;
+                    }
+
                    // $type == assign
                     $name = Dropdown::getDropdownName($action["table"], $value);
                     return (($name == ' ') ? NOT_AVAILABLE : $name);

src/RuleLocation.php

@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@ public function executeActions($output, $params, array $input = [])
                                 $action->fields["value"],
                                 $regex_result
                             );
-                            $compute_entities_id = $input['entities_id'] ?? 0;
-                            $location = new Location();
-                            $output['locations_id'] = $location->importExternal($regexvalue, $compute_entities_id);
+
+                            // from rule test context just assign regex value to key
+                            if ($this->is_preview) {
+                                $output['locations_id'] = $regexvalue;
+                            } else {
+                                $compute_entities_id = $input['entities_id'] ?? 0;
+                                $location = new Location();
+                                $output['locations_id'] = $location->importExternal($regexvalue, $compute_entities_id);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     break;

tests/functional/RuleLocation.php

@@ -349,4 +349,62 @@ public function testSubIPCIDR()
         $all_locations = getAllDataFromTable($location->getTable());
         $this->integer(count($all_locations))->isIdenticalTo($count_locations);
     }
+
+
+    public function testActionsFromTestContext()
+    {
+        $this->login();
+
+        $location = new \Location();
+        $locations_id = $location->add([
+            'name' => 'Location_Test',
+        ]);
+        $this->integer($locations_id)->isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        $rule = new \Rule();
+        $input = [
+            'is_active' => 1,
+            'name'      => 'location rule test context',
+            'match'     => 'AND',
+            'sub_type'  => 'RuleLocation',
+            'ranking'   => 1
+        ];
+        $rules_id = $rule->add($input);
+        $this->integer($rules_id)->isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        $rulecriteria = new \RuleCriteria();
+        $input = [
+            'rules_id'  => $rules_id,
+            'criteria'  => "tag",
+            'pattern'   => "/(.*)/",
+            'condition' => \RuleImportEntity::REGEX_MATCH
+        ];
+        $this->integer($rulecriteria->add($input))->isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        $ruleaction = new \RuleAction();
+        $input = [
+            'rules_id'    => $rules_id,
+            'action_type' => 'regex_result',
+            'field'       => 'locations_id',
+            'value'       => "#0"
+        ];
+        $this->integer($ruleaction->add($input))->isGreaterThan(0);
+
+        // test rule like rule.test.php
+        $rule = new \RuleLocation();
+        $rule->getRuleWithCriteriasAndActions($rules_id, 1, 1);
+
+        $params = $rule->addSpecificParamsForPreview([]);
+        $input = $rule->prepareAllInputDataForProcess(['tag' => 'testtag'], $params);
+
+        // intercepts the output of echo functions
+        // as showRulePreviewResultsForm is also in charge of displaying the result (in addition to testing the rule)
+        ob_start();
+        $rule->showRulePreviewResultsForm($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], $input, $params);
+        ob_end_clean();
+
+        // check that location was not created
+        $location = new \Location();
+        $this->boolean($location->getFromDBByCrit(['name' => 'testtag']))->isNotTrue();
+    }
 }