public static function parse($string)
{
// execute the global replacement
self::$_PES = array();
// simulate the _patterns.toSTring of Dean
$regexp = '/';
foreach (self::$_PPP as $reg) {
$regexp .= '(' . substr($reg[self::_PEX], 1, -1) . ')|';
}
$regexp = substr($regexp, 0, -1) . '/';
$regexp .= self::$_PIC ? 'i' : '';
$string = self::_parse_escape($string, self::$_PEC);
$string = preg_replace_callback($regexp, array('self', '_parse_replace'), $string);
$string = self::_parse_unescape($string, self::$_PEC);
return preg_replace(self::$_PPD, '', $string);
}
