function link_to_dict($myarticle){ /* Take the text block and convert it into seperate variables */ $newcontent = ""; $articles = explode(" ",$myarticle); foreach($articles as $item){ $cont = true;
/* If $item is a monetary amount or has numbers or hyphens or underscores, disregard */ if (preg_match("(^\\$|[0-9]|-|_)",$item)){ $cont = false; }
/* If there is a "." "," "?" "!" in $item, get rid of it before we do the lookup */ if (preg_match("/\./",$item)){ $srch_item = preg_replace("(\\.|\\,|\\!|\\?)","",$item); } else { $srch_item = $item; }
/* If $item is longer than 5 letters, provide a link to give the dictionary */ if (strlen($item) > 4 && $cont == true){ $newcontent .= "<a href=\"#\" onClick=\"window.open('./mydict.php?searchfor=$srch_item','Results','toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=400')\">$item</a> "; } else { $newcontent .= "$item "; } } return $newcontent; }
/* Textbox for conversion */ $page .= "<textarea name=\"convertme\" rows=10 cols=100 /></textarea>\n<input type=\"submit\" />\n"; $page .= "</form>\n"; $page .= "<pre> Paste a selection of text into the text area above and click Submit</pre>\n";
/* Seperate the page, print the output if we have POSTed info */ $page .= "<hr>\n\n"; $page .= "<table width=\"80%\">\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td>\n";
/* Grab POSTed text and pass it to the function */ $textblock = $_POST['convertme']; if ($textblock) $page .= nl2br(link_to_dict($textblock)); /* Pass text string to function, add <br>'s in linebreaks * so we keep everything on one page. */
/* Creates a new instance of Net_Dict */ $myDict = new Net_Dict; $myDict->connect();
/* Search for keyword and print output to browser */ $defs = $myDict->define($keyword); foreach ($defs as $def) { echo "<pre>" . $def['definition'] . "</pre>"; }
/* Close up instance */ $myDict->quit();
?>
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