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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+/**
+ * tsmarty2c.php - rips gettext strings from smarty template
+ *
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or             *
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public                *
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either              *
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.        *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,           *
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU         *
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.                           *
+ *                                                                           *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public          *
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software       *
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA *
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ * This command line script rips gettext strings from smarty file, 
+ * and prints them to stdout in C format, that can later be used with the 
+ * standard gettext tools.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ * ./tsmarty2c.php <filename or directory> <file2> <..> > smarty.c
+ *
+ * If a parameter is a directory, the template files within will be parsed.
+ *
+ * @package	smarty-gettext
+ * @version	$Id: tsmarty2c.php,v 1.3 2005/07/27 17:59:39 sagi Exp $
+ * @link	http://smarty-gettext.sf.net/
+ * @author	Sagi Bashari <sagi@boom.org.il>
+ * @copyright 2004-2005 Sagi Bashari
+ */
+
+// smarty open tag
+$ldq = preg_quote('{');
+
+// smarty close tag
+$rdq = preg_quote('}');
+
+// smarty command
+$cmd = preg_quote('t');
+
+// extensions of smarty files, used when going through a directory
+$extensions = array('tpl');
+
+// "fix" string - strip slashes, escape and convert new lines to \n
+function fs($str)
+{
+	$str = stripslashes($str);
+	$str = str_replace('"', '\"', $str);
+	$str = str_replace("\n", '\n', $str);
+	return $str;
+}
+
+// rips gettext strings from $file and prints them in C format
+function do_file($file)
+{
+	$content = @file_get_contents($file);
+
+	if (empty($content)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	global $ldq, $rdq, $cmd;
+
+	preg_match_all(
+			"/{$ldq}\s*({$cmd})\s*([^{$rdq}]*){$rdq}([^{$ldq}]*){$ldq}\/\\1{$rdq}/",
+			$content,
+			$matches
+	);
+	
+	for ($i=0; $i < count($matches[0]); $i++) {
+		// TODO: add line number
+		echo "/* $file */\n"; // credit: Mike van Lammeren 2005-02-14
+		
+		if (preg_match('/plural\s*=\s*["\']?\s*(.[^\"\']*)\s*["\']?/', $matches[2][$i], $match)) {
+			echo 'ngettext("'.fs($matches[3][$i]).'","'.fs($match[1]).'",x);'."\n";
+		} else {
+			echo 'gettext("'.fs($matches[3][$i]).'");'."\n";
+		}
+
+		echo "\n";
+	}
+}
+
+// go through a directory
+function do_dir($dir)
+{
+	$d = dir($dir);
+
+	while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
+		if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		$entry = $dir.'/'.$entry;
+
+		if (is_dir($entry)) { // if a directory, go through it
+			do_dir($entry);
+		} else { // if file, parse only if extension is matched
+			$pi = pathinfo($entry);
+			
+			if (isset($pi['extension']) && in_array($pi['extension'], $GLOBALS['extensions'])) {
+				do_file($entry);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$d->close();
+}
+
+for ($ac=1; $ac < $_SERVER['argc']; $ac++) {
+	if (is_dir($_SERVER['argv'][$ac])) { // go through directory
+		do_dir($_SERVER['argv'][$ac]);
+	} else { // do file
+		do_file($_SERVER['argv'][$ac]);
+	}
+}
+
+?>