[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23625: Add function to extract or parse chat as structured data

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#23625: Add function to extract or parse chat as structured data
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic   |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Post Formats     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch        |
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Comment (by obenland):

 I was looking at your second diff:

 Testing with a copy/paste from Skype was initially unsuccessful, due to
 the whitespace check in author names. May I ask why they shouldn't contain
 whitespaces?

 I also noticed that Skype prepends every line with a timestamp like so:
 `[3/5/13 11:41:02 AM]`. So I added a preg replace before the initial trim
 of each line to remove that:

 `$line = preg_replace( '/\[.+\]\s/', '', $line ); // Skype`

 My regex-skills are lacking at best, so I'm sure this could be optimized.
 Is this something you'd consider adding in the function?

 I found the naming of `get_the_chat()` confusing, initially I expected a
 single chat.

 This is how I would use it as it currently stands:

 {{{
 #!php
 <?php
         $chats = get_the_chat();
         $chat = array_shift( $chats );
         foreach ( $chat as $row ) :
                 $message = make_clickable( $row['message'] );
 ?>
         <div class="row">
                 <strong class="author"><?php echo $row['author'];
 ?>:</strong>
                 <span class="message"><?php echo $message; ?></span>
         </div>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 }}}

 I hope you find the feedback constructive. Overall I am super psyched
 about the way you implemented this! Chats come finally to life for me! :)

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