Dictionary Plug-in

I wanted an easy way to give my user access to definitions of certain words. It checks the body of the message for any words that exist in it's dictionary table. If it finds them it replaces the work with a link that displays a little popup window on mouseover with the definition.

example:
[www.liquidcode.net]

It works really well, but does cause a little slow down on long posts, as you can see in the message below the above one.

I've tested this plugin with Phorum v3.2.11 and MySQL v3.22.27 but it should work with any version of MySQL. Currently it only works with MySQL.

Since I can only attach text, let me know if you want the code fo this plugin.

Please let me know what you think, if you have any problems with it, or if you think it needs anything.

i would love to use it. All support you need is here

I'd be interested in seeing how you did this. Do you
use a flat text (or DB..whichever you prefer) to query
the post prior to insert, then attach appropriate javascript?

Nice idea. Could be developed exceedingly well. If you don't
mind, I'd like to look at the source as well. kyndig@kyndig.com

Kind Regards,
Kyndig
[www.kyndig.com]
Phorum Hacker As Time Permits

i would love to use it. Not only in phorum, but also in my articles

I'm gald you liked it. I've put up a temporary download area on my server so you can get it.

www.liquidcode.net/dictionary/

All the source is there for you to play with. Let me know if you come up with anything that I could use.

The way it works currently is: Phorum calls the plugin with the body of any messages, this text is then parsed looking for any "dictionary" words (the dictionary is kept in the database), if the words are found then the word is converted into a link and the Overlib javascript call is added. I didn't write the Overlib javascript I just wrote the code to use it with Phorum. The dictionary.php script can be used outside of phorum you just need to modify the way the database works and it'll run fine. I originally built it to run on the rest of my site which is going to be a slashdot clone.

I still have a lot of code clean up to do, and I need to work on speeding up the parsing and replacing of the text since it's slow on large messages, and will be slow on a non-threaded message board.

here is idea:
What if we count number of chars in $body and found out that it's too big, then we will use new window jscript. I dont' thinks its' too hard, but it could fix parsing of big messages.

That would speed things up but leave long messages without there dictionary words converted. This would make the site look strange. Especially if the users got used to seeing certain words in different colors and in some messages they aren't. I think there is a better solution, I just need to look for it.

I think I can get some speed increase by optomizing my code. I'm looking at it now and I see a function that I call 3 times for each word in the text and I should just call that once on the entire text block.

Great job! Well documented class workin. Going to modify it abit and place it in the public forums, but as to the time to parse the message, I see no help for this. Other than changing the loop process you have (abit heavy, but I can follow your login behind grabbing each word in order to compare these to your database)

Best bet I'd see if your greatly concerned about a quick memory hike and abit of drag in submission process is store your dictionary in a simple associative array. Since you will be maintaining full control over your dictionary, an associative array will allow for comparison call on the fly during your loop. This keeps you from the overhead of another heavy query and comparison. Drawback: It isn't in the database and thus is hard coded. You could go with phorums style of configuration file handling by parsing the config file itself, just changing your pointers arround through a form or what not.

Theres my ten cents. Thankyou most kindly Rob for a great class
mod! ( and the commenting is just an added bonus ;)

Kyndig

no, there still be link on new page instead of layer.

hmm...i took a look at this feature...its pretty neat...i was thinking maybe using it to show info on the authors and maybe set up a form for them to fill out with their personal info they may want to make public. could workout...the ideas are many =)

Jules

It'd be very easy to convert to that usage. Let me know if you want any help.

True, I guess I missunderstood you. Actually before I found the Overlib javascript library that was how I was building it to work. It's just a matter of changing the $this->link_options, and $this->link_start in the dictionary.php class.

I thought about making the database an include, but since there is only 1 query done when the class in initialized, and I have the class initialized only once I didn't think that the database would be a problem. Unless someone creates a hugh dictionary.

Let me know what you do to the code, or if there is anything I can help you with.

If you downloaded a copy of this plugin you might want to update it. I was informed of a bug where the javascript broke on flat view pages. The bug has been fixed and you can get the updated code at: [www.liquidcode.net]

Is this code still available? I'm getting a 404 trying to hit the page?
Mike

Sorry about that, my server crashed and I haven't gotten everything back up yet. Hopefully by this weekend. Maybe someone who has already downloaded it can send you a copy.

Please someone give me a copy this dictionary.
Send me via email, please.
Thank you.

Ok, I haven't gotten my server completely back up, but I did get the plugin download page back. So if you want it you can get it at:

www.liquidcode.net/dictionary/

I am running 3.3.2a, i have added a inf.php file to the directory so that the plugin can be picked up (this is instead of adding the line in plugins.php , actually i copied the one from the repace plugin and edited it.
I followed the rest of the instructions and it seem sok apart from the java script doesnt seem to be executing on mouse over. i had a look at the code for the page, the code for my higlited entr looks like this:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="./plugin/dictionary/overlib.js"></SCRIPT>
I am thinking about reveneering the dash on my <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="def-text" onMouseOver="return overlib('a real rare breed', CAPTION, 'Definition: Stag', NOCLOSE, AUTOSTATUS, AUTOSTATUSCAP, FGCOLOR, '#C0C0C0', BGCOLOR, '#000080', TEXTCOLOR, '#000000', CAPCOLOR, '#FFFFFF', CLOSECOLOR, '#FFFFFF', TEXTFONT, 'Arial,Helvetica;', CAPTIONFONT, 'Arial,Helvetica;', CLOSEFONT, 'Arial,Helvetica;', TEXTSIZE, '2', CAPTIONSIZE, '3', CLOSESIZE, '2', WIDTH, '40', HEIGHT, '40', CENTER, BORDER, '3', CAPICON, '/icons/script.gif', OFFSETX, '10', OFFSETY, '10')" onMouseOut="nd();"><span class="def-text">Stag</span></a>


any ideas whats wrong.

Thanks

Dave

I have also come across this problem. It seems to only happen on the newest versions of IE6 with internet security set to medium or higher. I don't know how to fix it yet and am trying to figure one out.