/**
* Public function parseContent
* @param $array is the array of values you want to place into separate bins.
* @operates by comparing against a static set of bins
* TODO: Add a dynamic binninng system that will allow the computer to grow its number of bins based upon what data it collects.
* TODO: Currently all items not binned get deleted, ideally they should be tagged with the ID of Links and separated.
* @return an ARRAY containing all the binned values in the form of array(array(binned_value, category), array(binned_value, ...)...)
*/
public static function parseContent($array)
{
$sportsArray = array("badminton", "baseball", "basketball", "bowling", "boxing", "cross country", "fencing", "field hockey", "football", "golf", "gymnastics", "ice hockey", "track", "lacrosse", "rifle", "rowing", "skiing", "soccer", "softball", "swimming", "diving", "tennis", "volleyball", "water polo", "wrestling");
$greekClubsArray = array("alpha", "beta", "delta", "zeta", "theta", "kaapa", "sigma", "tau", "omega");
$proffessionTags = array("professor", "doctor");
$researchArray = array("research", "laboratory", "institute", "institution");
$artsArray = array("orchestra", "music", "harmonics", "visual arts", "a cappella");
$completeArray = array_merge($sportsArray, $greekClubsArray, $proffessionTags, $artsArray);
// print_r($completeArray);
$filteredArray = array();
$linksArray = array();
// print_r(count($array));
// print_r(count($completeArray));
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {
for ($j = 0; $j < count($completeArray); $j++) {
$subString = stristr($array[$i], $completeArray[$j]);
if ($subString !== false) {
$filteredArray[] = $array[$i];
break;
} else {
$linksArray[] = $array[$i];
}
}
}
//checkpoint: the $filteredArray should have an array of all the valid values; Next step is to parse them into categories...
// print_r($filteredArray);
$finalArray = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < count($filteredArray); $i++) {
if (parser::findStringInArray($filteredArray[$i], $sportsArray)) {
$finalArray[] = array($filteredArray[$i], "sports");
}
if (parser::findStringInArray($filteredArray[$i], $proffessionTags)) {
$finalArray[] = array($filteredArray[$i], "professor");
}
if (parser::findStringInArray($filteredArray[$i], $greekClubsArray)) {
$finalArray[] = array($filteredArray[$i], "clubs");
}
if (parser::findStringInArray($filteredArray[$i], $researchArray)) {
$finalArray[] = array($filteredArray[$i], "research");
}
if (parser::findStringInArray($filteredArray[$i], $artsArray)) {
$finalArray[] = array($filteredArray[$i], "arts");
}
}
return $finalArray;
}
