I needed an emoticon engine, so I made one (tired of writing a ‘new’ one everytime a client needs one). How to use it:

• Include the class file
• Edit it as required (suggest a url for the path to the files)
• Then do something like:

$dpe = new DPEmoticonEngine();
$content = $dpe->parseText($content);

• And its done!

If you have a lot of icons, or lots of different sets of icons then you may want to pre-load the emoticon variable.

• Set the class file as required
• Then so something like:

$dpe = new DPEmoticonEngine();
$evar = $dpe->getEmoticons();

• Save $evar in a database, create as many different setups as you like, just edit the class file each time.
• To use the saved setup:

$evar = …
$dpe = new DPEmoticonEngine($evar);

• And everything else as normal

Have fun. (and Happy New Year)

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