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PHP : Spintax
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| <?PHP | |
| /** | |
| * Spintax - A helper class to process Spintax strings. | |
| * @name Spintax | |
| * @author Jason Davis - http://www.codedevelopr.com/ | |
| */ | |
| class Spintax | |
| { | |
| public function process($text) | |
| { | |
| return preg_replace_callback( | |
| '/\{(((?>[^\{\}]+)|(?R))*)\}/x', | |
| array($this, 'replace'), | |
| $text | |
| ); | |
| } | |
| public function replace($text) | |
| { | |
| $text = $this->process($text[1]); | |
| $parts = explode('|', $text); | |
| return $parts[array_rand($parts)]; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ?> | |
| <?PHP | |
| $spintax = new Spintax(); | |
| $string = '{Hello|Howdy|Hola} to you, {Mr.|Mrs.|Ms.} {Smith|Williams|Davis}!'; | |
| echo $spintax->process($string); | |
| ?> |
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Thanks, can you help explain the pattern: /{(((?>[^{}]+)|(?R))*)}/x