# getInput The `getInput` function is used to receive a value for a parameter, specified in `const PARAMETERS` ```PHP $this->getInput('your input name here'); ``` `getInput` will either return the value for your parameter or `null` if the parameter is unknown or not specified. # getKey The `getKey` function is used to receive the key name to a selected list value given the name of the list, specified in `const PARAMETERS` Is able to work with multidimensional list arrays. ```PHP // Given a multidimensional array like this const PARAMETERS = [[ 'country' => [ 'name' => 'Country', 'type' => 'list', 'values' => [ 'North America' => [ 'Mexico' => 'mx', 'United States' => 'us' ], 'South America' => [ 'Uruguay' => 'uy', 'Venezuela' => 've' ], ] ] ]], // Provide the list name to the function $this->getKey('country'); // if the selected value was "ve", this function will return "Venezuela" ``` `getKey` will either return the key name for your parameter or `null` if the parameter is unknown or not specified. # getContents The `getContents` function uses [cURL](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php) to acquire data from the specified URI while respecting the various settings defined at a global level by RSS-Bridge (i.e., proxy host, user agent, etc.). This function accepts a few parameters: | Parameter | Type | Optional | Description | --------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | `url` | string | *required* | The URL of the contents to acquire | `header` | array | *optional* | An array of HTTP header fields to set, in the format `array('Content-type: text/plain', 'Content-length: 100')`, see [CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) | `opts` | array | *optional* | An array of cURL options in the format `array(CURLOPT_POST => 1);`, see [curl_setopt](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php) for a complete list of options. | `returnFull` | boolean | *optional* | Specifies whether to return the response body from cURL (default) or the response body, code, headers, etc. ```PHP $header = array('Content-type:text/plain', 'Content-length: 100'); $opts = array(CURLOPT_POST => 1); $html = getContents($url, $header, $opts); ``` # getSimpleHTMLDOM The `getSimpleHTMLDOM` function is a wrapper for the [simple_html_dom](http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/) [file_get_html](http://simplehtmldom.sourceforge.net/manual_api.htm#api) function in order to provide context by design. ```PHP $html = getSimpleHTMLDOM('your URI'); ``` # getSimpleHTMLDOMCached The `getSimpleHTMLDOMCached` function does the same as the [`getSimpleHTMLDOM`](#getsimplehtmldom) function, except that the content received for the given URI is stored in a cache and loaded from cache on the next request if the specified cache duration was not reached. Use this function for data that is very unlikely to change between consecutive requests to **RSS-Bridge**. This function allows to specify the cache duration with the second parameter (default is 24 hours / 86400 seconds). ```PHP $html = getSimpleHTMLDOMCached('your URI', 86400); // Duration 24h ``` **Notice:** Due to the current implementation a value greater than 86400 seconds (24 hours) will not work as the cache is purged every 24 hours automatically. # returnError **Notice:** Whenever possible make use of [`returnClientError`](#returnclienterror) or [`returnServerError`](#returnservererror) The `returnError` function aborts execution of the current bridge and returns the given error message with the provided error number: ```PHP returnError('Your error message', 404); ``` Check the [list of error codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes) for applicable error numbers. # returnClientError The `returnClientError` function aborts execution of the current bridge and returns the given error message with error code **400**: ```PHP returnClientError('Your error message') ``` Use this function when the user provided invalid parameter or a required parameter is missing. # returnServerError The `returnServerError` function aborts execution of the current bridge and returns the given error message with error code **500**: ```PHP returnServerError('Your error message') ``` Use this function when a problem occurs that has nothing to do with the parameters provided by the user. (like: Host service gone missing, empty data received, etc...) # defaultLinkTo Automatically replaces any relative URL in a given string or DOM object (i.e. the one returned by [getSimpleHTMLDOM](#getsimplehtmldom)) with an absolute URL. ```php defaultLinkTo ( mixed $content, string $server ) : object ``` Returns a DOM object (even if provided a string). **Remarks** * Only handles `` and `` tags. **Example** ```php $html = ''; $html = defaultLinkTo($html, 'https://www.github.com/rss-bridge/rss-bridge'); // Using custom server $html = defaultLinkTo($html, $this->getURI()); // Using bridge URL // Output // ``` # backgroundToImg Replaces tags with styles of `backgroud-image` by `` tags. ```php backgroundToImg(mixed $htmlContent) : object ``` Returns a DOM object (even if provided a string). # extractFromDelimiters Extract the first part of a string matching the specified start and end delimiters. ```php function extractFromDelimiters(string $string, string $start, string $end) : mixed ``` Returns the extracted string if delimiters were found and false otherwise. **Example** ```php $string = '
Post author: John Doe
'; $start = 'author: '; $end = '<'; $extracted = extractFromDelimiters($string, $start, $end); // Output // 'John Doe' ``` # stripWithDelimiters Remove one or more part(s) of a string using a start and end delimiter. It is the inverse of `extractFromDelimiters`. ```php function stripWithDelimiters(string $string, string $start, string $end) : string ``` Returns the cleaned string, even if no delimiters were found. **Example** ```php $string = 'foobar'; $start = ''; $cleaned = stripWithDelimiters($string, $start, $end); // Output // 'foobar' ``` # stripRecursiveHTMLSection Remove HTML sections containing one or more sections using the same HTML tag. ```php function stripRecursiveHTMLSection(string $string, string $tag_name, string $tag_start) : string ``` **Example** ```php $string = 'foo
ads
ads
bar'; $tag_name = 'div'; $tag_start = '
'; $cleaned = stripRecursiveHTMLSection($string, $tag_name, $tag_start); // Output // 'foobar' ``` # markdownToHtml Converts markdown input to HTML using [Parsedown](https://parsedown.org/). ```php function markdownToHtml(string $string) : string ``` **Example** ```php $input = <<RELEASE-2.8

//
    //
  • Share QR code of a token
  • //
  • Dark mode improvemnet
  • //
  • Fix some layout issues
  • //
  • Add shortcut to launch the app with screenshot mode on
  • //
  • Translation improvements
  • //
```