[Wikitech-l] Wiki-to-XML pseudo-parser in PHP

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Here it is! The millionth pseudo-parser I wrote for wiki(p|m)edia! :-)

Written as a single class, it takes a MediaWiki-style markuped (is that a word?) source and generates the XML flavor Timwi and I have been using in all our unfinished projects! ;-)

Try it out at

http://www.magnusmanske.de/wikipedia/wiki2xml.php

Just paste a wiki source text in, and get the XML. As you will notice, it wasn't written for speed.

It is not a "real" parser, but the structure is simlar to what a parser generator would make, except taking a few shortcuts here and there.

This could be the heart of a *real* export function. Just write a XML-to-PDF generator (and replace the templates, and get rid of the categories and language links) and you're done! :-)

Magnus