Figlet Extension

Integrate figlet text into wiki pages using figletlink in a custom Mediawiki extension:

this is a first untestedversion with justmonkey knolage of how to make it work

Syntax

<figlet>text</figlet>

Example

<figlet>moo</figlet>

example Result

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| | | | | | (_) | (_) |
|_| |_| |_|\___/ \___/ 

(not installed on anything this is only beta i dont have figlet installed on this server)

Source

<?php
# Figlet Mediawiki extension
# using shell figlet 
# by DrOwl 21.06.2005
#modded from
# by mutante 25.03.2005

#install extension hook
$wgExtensionFunctions[] = "wfFigletExtension";


#extension hook callback function
function wfFigletExtension() { 
  global $wgParser;
 
  #install parser hook for <figlet> tags
  $wgParser->setHook( "figlet", "renderFiglet" );
}

function renderFiglet( $input ) {
global $wgOutputEncoding;
 
    # $input = mysql_escape_string($input);
    
if (!$input) $input = "mu"; #ifno input then mu

$input =~ /[Aa-Zz]|[1-0];
# $input = mysql_escape_string($input);
$figlet = passthru('echo $input | /home/drowl/figlet/figlet -d /home/drowl/figlet/fonts');
$output="<pre>";
$output.="$figlet";
$output.="<nowiki>

</nowiki>";

return $output;

}

?>