I posted this to a thread but it’s a better fit for Code Exchange: If you install the latest PHP package from the outstanding Marc Liyanage [http://www.entropy.ch/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=137], then you can incorporate PHP directly into AppleScript which opens up an amazing amount of versatility. There are plenty of sites devoted to PHP code and great libraries for incorporating PDF, MySQL, and lots, lots more.
OS version: OS X
--this is just one of thousands of things PHP can easily add to your scripts
set the_string to "This is a very long line of text that keeps going and going..."
set max_chars_per_line to 15
set the_code to "echo wordwrap(\"" & the_string & "\", " & (max_chars_per_line as string) & ");"
set the_string to my php_execute(the_code)
(*
my php_execute(the_code) --exceute PHP code
my php_execute_su(the_code) --execute PHP code as admin
my php_validate_file(the_file) --validate a PHP text file
my php_get_help() --get help with the PHP CLI
my php_get_info() --get info on the installed PHP package
my php_get_modules() --get the names of all installed PHP modules
my php_get_module_functions(the_module) --get the functions of a specific module
my php_get_all_functions() --return all the functions of all the installed PHP modules, not very speedy...
my php_search_manual(the_term) --search the online maunal for a PHP term
*)
-- ***********************************-- main php calls --***********************************--
on php_execute(the_code)
try
return do shell script "/usr/local/php/bin/php -r " & (quoted form of the_code)
on error the_err
return {the_err, the_code}
end try
end php_execute
on php_execute_su(the_code)
try
return do shell script "/usr/local/php/bin/php -r " & (quoted form of the_code) with administrator privileges
on error the_err
set root_pw to ""
return {the_err, the_code}
end try
end php_execute_su
on php_validate_file(the_file)
try
return do shell script "/usr/local/php/bin/php -l " & (quoted form of POSIX path of the_file)
on error the_err
return the_err
end try
end php_validate_file
on php_get_help()
try
return do shell script "/usr/local/php/bin/php -h"
on error the_err
return the_err
end try
end php_get_help
on php_get_info()
return my php_execute("echo phpinfo();")
end php_get_info
on php_get_modules()
return my string_to_list((my php_execute("echo implode(get_loaded_extensions(), \", \");")), ", ")
end php_get_modules
on php_get_module_functions(the_module)
return my string_to_list((my php_execute("echo implode(get_extension_funcs(\"" & the_module & "\"), \", \");")), ", ")
end php_get_module_functions
on php_get_all_functions()
set the_modules to my php_get_modules()
set all_functions to {}
repeat with i from 1 to count of the_modules
set all_functions to all_functions & my php_get_module_functions(item i of the_modules)
end repeat
return all_functions
end php_get_all_functions
on php_search_manual(the_term)
open location ("http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=" & the_term & "?=en")
end php_search_manual
on string_to_list(the_string, the_delim)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {the_delim}
set the_list to every text item of the_string as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
return the_list
end string_to_list