# TagParser Class Class to automate parsing Joomla Content Plugin tags (shortcodes). Easy operation, define your tag name, and if it is a self-closing tag Update 4-23-2013 - Added option to use an alternate closing tag. Namespaced DOMDocument, so the class can itself be namespaced, should the application require it. ``` $content = '{plugin param yoyoyo param1="param with a string value containing spaces" param2="2" param3="3" unquotedinteger=4 param4=unquotedstring}plugin content{/plugin}'; $content.= '{plugin}contents{/plugin}'; $parser = new TagParser('plugin'); $parser->parse($content); foreach($parser->tags as $key=>$tag) { $param1 = $tag->getParam('param1','default value'); echo $tag->getContent('default content'); /* of course, you'll want to do something with the tags */ $content = $tag->replace($content,'

'.$param1.'

'); } /* appending the previous $content and using the previous $parser * (adjusting it for a slightly different tag, with an alternate closing tag), * this tag is appended to the taglist of the previous instance */ $content.= "{plugin:detail param1=2 param2=3 param3=1}plugin content2{/plugin}"; $parser->setIdentifier('plugin:detail'); $parser->setOptions(array('alternateclose'=>'plugin')); $parser->parse($content); foreach($parser->tags as $key=>$tag) { echo $tag->getParam('param1','default value'); echo $tag->getContent('default content'); /* we did something else, so we just get rid of this tag entirely */ $content = $tag->replace($content,''); } $content2 = '{plugin2 param param1=1 param2=2 param3=3}'; $parser2 = new TagParser('plugin2',array('selfclosing'=>true)); $parser2->parse($content2); foreach($parser2->tags as $key=>$tag) { echo $tag->getParam('param1','default value'); } $content3 = '[plugin3 param param1=1 param2=2 param3=3]plugin content[/plugin3]'; $parser3 = new TagParser('plugin3',array('bracket'=>'[]')); $parser3->parse($content3); foreach($parser3->tags as $key=>$tag) { echo $tag->getParam('param1','default value'); echo $tag->getContent('default content'); } ``` And here's the class: ```