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www.m-w.com
by: Seann Alexander
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December 4, 2000
Version: 0.1
Type: Full Script
Category: Other
License: GNU General Public License
Description: Looks up a supplied word from www.m-w.com Needs lynx installed. works best via console (/exec echo "word" > ~/.dicword; php /file/dic.php) .. needs work
<?php
$word_DICT = "Australia";
//$exec_STR = "lynx -source http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=". $word_DICT;
//$exec_STR = "lynx -source http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=". $word_DICT ." | grep \"<b>1</b> <b>:</b>\"";
$exec_STR = "lynx -source http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=". $word_DICT ." | grep \"". $word_DICT ."\"";
exec($exec_STR,$ret_VAL);
exec($exec_STR,$ret_VAL);
$int = count($ret_VAL);
echo "Meaning of life..\n ";
while ($i != $int){
echo trim(strip_tags($ret_VAL[$i]) ."\n");
$i++;
}
?>
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