Using PHP 4.3.x or do you have
PEAR installed. By adding the
Net_Dict package, you can provide links to the dictionary.
Try it outBy : bigphish
<!-- dictlink.php
<?php
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;
}
/* Start page content */
$page = "";
$page .= "<html>\n<head>\n<title>Text links</title>\n</head>\n\n";
$page .= "<body>\n";
$page .= "<form action=\"$PHP_SELF\" method=\"POST\">\n";
/* 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.
*/
/* PHinish off page content */
$page .= "\t\t</td>\n\t</tr>\n</table>\n";
$page .= "</body>\n";
$page .= "</html>\n\n";
/* Print to browser */
echo $page;
?>
<!-----------------------------------
<!-----------------------------------
<!-----------------------------------
<!-- mydict.php
<?php
require_once '/usr/local/lib/php/Net/Dict.php';
$keyword = $_GET['searchfor'];
/* 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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