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-<?php
-/*
-Plugin Name: Search Hilite
-Plugin URI: http://wordpress.org/#
-Description: When someone is referred from a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or WordPress' own, the terms they search for are highlighted with this plugin. Packaged by <a href="http://photomatt.net/">Matt</a>.
-Version: 1.2
-Author: Ryan Boren
-Author URI: http://rboren.nu
-*/ 
-
-/* Highlighting code c/o Ryan Boren */
-function get_search_query_terms($engine = 'google') {
-	$search = get_query_var('s');
-	$search_terms = get_query_var('search_terms');
-
-	$referer = urldecode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
-	$query_array = array();
-	switch ($engine) {
-	case 'google':
-		// Google query parsing code adapted from Dean Allen's
-		// Google Hilite 0.3. http://textism.com
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/^.*q=([^&]+)&?.*$/i','$1', $referer);
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/\'|"/', '', $query_terms);
-		$query_array = preg_split ("/[\s,\+\.]+/", $query_terms);
-		break;
-
-	case 'lycos':
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/^.*query=([^&]+)&?.*$/i','$1', $referer);
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/\'|"/', '', $query_terms);
-		$query_array = preg_split ("/[\s,\+\.]+/", $query_terms);
-		break;
-
-	case 'yahoo':
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/^.*p=([^&]+)&?.*$/i','$1', $referer);
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/\'|"/', '', $query_terms);
-		$query_array = preg_split ("/[\s,\+\.]+/", $query_terms);
-		break;
-
-    case 'wordpress':
-        // Check the search form vars if the search terms
-        // aren't in the referer.
-        if ( ! preg_match('/^.*s=/i', $referer)) {
-            if (!empty($search_terms)) {
-                $query_array = $search_terms;
-            } else if (isset($search)) {
-                $query_array = array($search);
-            }
-
-            break;
-        }
-
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/^.*s=([^&]+)&?.*$/i','$1', $referer);
-		$query_terms = preg_replace('/\'|"/', '', $query_terms);
-		$query_array = preg_split ("/[\s,\+\.]+/", $query_terms);
-        break;
-	}
-
-	return $query_array;
-}
-
-function is_referer_search_engine($engine = 'google') {
-	$siteurl = get_settings('home');
-    if( empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-	$referer = urldecode($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);
-    //echo "referer is: $referer<br />";
-	if ( ! $engine ) {
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	switch ($engine) {
-	case 'google':
-		if (preg_match('|^http://(www)?\.?google.*|i', $referer)) {
-			return 1;
-		}
-		break;
-
-    case 'lycos':
-		if (preg_match('|^http://search\.lycos.*|i', $referer)) {
-			return 1;
-		}
-        break;
-
-    case 'yahoo':
-		if (preg_match('|^http://search\.yahoo.*|i', $referer)) {
-			return 1;
-		}
-        break;
-
-    case 'wordpress':
-        if (preg_match("#^$siteurl#i", $referer)) {
-            return 1;
-        }
-        break;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-function hilite($text) {
-	$search_engines = array('wordpress', 'google', 'lycos', 'yahoo');
-
-	foreach ($search_engines as $engine) {
-		if ( is_referer_search_engine($engine)) {
-			$query_terms = get_search_query_terms($engine);
-			foreach ($query_terms as $term) {
-				if (!empty($term) && $term != ' ') {
-                    $term = preg_quote($term, '/');
-					if (!preg_match('/<.+>/',$text)) {
-						$text = preg_replace('/(\b'.$term.'\b)/i','<span class="hilite">$1</span>',$text);
-					} else {
-						$text = preg_replace('/(?<=>)([^<]+)?(\b'.$term.'\b)/i','$1<span class="hilite">$2</span>',$text);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return $text;
-}
-
-function hilite_head() {
-	echo "
-<style type='text/css'>
-.hilite {
-	color: #fff;
-	background-color: #f93;
-}
-</style>
-";
-}
-
-// Highlight text and comments:
-add_filter('the_content', 'hilite');
-add_filter('comment_text', 'hilite');
-add_action('wp_head', 'hilite_head');
-
-?>