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-<?php
-/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
-/**
- * GLOBAL Plugin function (Garvin Hicking).
- * ---------------
- *
- * THIS FILE PROVIDES BASIC FUNCTIONS TO USE IN OTHER PLUGINS!
- *
- * The basic filename usage for any plugin, residing in the libraries/transformations directory is:
- *
- * -- <mime_type>_<mime_subtype>__<transformation_name>.inc.php
- *
- * The function name has to be the like above filename:
- *
- * -- function PMA_transformation_<mime_type>_<mime_subtype>__<transformation_name>.inc.php
- *
- * Please use short and expressive names. For now, special characters which aren't allowed in
- * filenames or functions should not be used.
- *
- * Please provide a comment for your function, what it does and what parameters are available.
- *
- * @version $Id: global.inc.php 10142 2007-03-20 10:32:13Z cybot_tm $
- */
-
-/**
- *
- */
-function PMA_transformation_global_plain($buffer, $options = array(), $meta = '') {
-    return htmlspecialchars($buffer);
-}
-
-function PMA_transformation_global_html($buffer, $options = array(), $meta = '') {
-    return $buffer;
-}
-
-function PMA_transformation_global_html_replace($buffer, $options = array(), $meta = '') {
-    if (!isset($options['string'])) {
-        $options['string'] = '';
-    }
-
-    if (isset($options['regex']) && isset($options['regex_replace'])) {
-        $buffer = preg_replace('@' . str_replace('@', '\@', $options['regex']) . '@si', $options['regex_replace'], $buffer);
-    }
-
-    // Replace occurences of [__BUFFER__] with actual text
-    $return = str_replace("[__BUFFER__]", $buffer, $options['string']);
-    return $return;
-}
-
-?>