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Created January 28, 2013 14:34
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Speak Pirate plugin for WordPress
<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Speak Pirate
* Plugin URI:
* Description: translates text in a shortcode into the equivalent text spoken as a pirate
* Author: ericjuden
* Author URI: http://ericjuden.com
* Version: 1.0
*/
class Speak_Pirate {
function __construct(){
// Constructor...actions and filters go here
add_shortcode('speak_pirate', array($this, 'speak_pirate'), 10, 2);
}
function speak_pirate($args, $content = null){
// Check if there is any content
if($content == null){
return;
}
// URL encode our "pirate" text
$text = urlencode($content);
// Set the url for our web service. Found API from apihub.com
$url = sprintf('http://isithackday.com/arrpi.php?text=%s', $text);
// Retrieve response from web service
$response = wp_remote_get($url);
// Return translated string. If nothing found, returns empty string
return wp_remote_retrieve_body($response);
}
}
// Create an instance of the class so it will run
$speak_pirate = new Speak_Pirate();
?>
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