1This PHP Etherpad Lite class allows you to easily interact with Etherpad Lite API with PHP.  Etherpad Lite is a collaborative editor provided by the Etherpad Foundation.  http://etherpad.org
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3#1 Basic usage
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5    <pre>
6    include 'etherpad-lite-client.php';
7    $instance = new EtherpadLiteClient('EtherpadFTW,http://beta.etherpad.org/api');
8    $revisionCount = $instance->getRevisionsCount('testPad');
9    $revisionCount = $revisionCount->revisions;
10    echo "Pad has $revisionCount revisions\n\n";
11    </pre>
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13#2 Examples
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15See it live here http://beta.etherpad.org/example_big.php
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17Examples are located in examples.php and example_big.php.  examples.php contains an example for each API call.  example_big.php contains a UI for managing pads.
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19This example is the most commonly used, the example displays a pads text on the screen:
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21    <pre>
22    $padContents = $instance->getText('testPad');
23    echo "Pad text is: <br/><ul>$padContents->text\n\n</ul>";
24    echo "End of Pad Text\n\n<hr>";
25    </pre>
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27#3 License
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29Apache License
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31#4 Other stuff
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33The Etherpad Foundation also provides a jQuery plugin for Etherpad Lite.  This can be found at http://etherpad.org/2011/08/14/etherpad-lite-jquery-plugin/
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