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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;
+}
+
+?>