<?PHP
/**
 * patTemplate modifier that quotes LaTeX special chars
 *
 * $Id: QuoteLatex.php 10381 2008-06-01 03:35:53Z pasamio $
 *
 * @package		patTemplate
 * @subpackage	Modifiers
 * @author		Stephan Schmidt <schst@php.net>
 */

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defined('JPATH_BASE') or die();

/**
 * patTemplate modifier that quotes LaTeX special chars
 *
 * This is useful when creating PDF documents with patTemplate
 *
 * @package		patTemplate
 * @subpackage	Modifiers
 * @author		Stephan Schmidt <schst@php.net>
 * @link		http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
 */
class patTemplate_Modifier_QuoteLatex extends patTemplate_Modifier
{
	/**
	 *
	 *
	 */
	var $_chars = array(
						'%' => '\%',
						'&' => '\&',
						'_' => '\_',
						'$' => '\$'
					);

	/**
	* modify the value
	*
	* @access	public
	* @param	string		value
	* @return	string		modified value
	*/
	function modify( $value, $params = array() )
	{
		return strtr($value, $this->_chars);
	}
}
?>
