# Want to convert this php code to ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-convert-this-php-code-to-ruby/186008>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-convert-this-php-code-to-ruby/186008 "2010-03-30T12:42:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-convert-this-php-code-to-ruby/186008/1 "2010-03-30T12:42:01Z")

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function tooltip($el,$content,$options=array()) {  
if ( substr($content,0,1)!=’$’) $content = “’$content’”;  
if($options) {  
return  
$this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘fancy’],$el,$content,$this-\>\_parseOptions($options))));  
} else {  
return  
$this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘base’],$el,$content)));  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-convert-this-php-code-to-ruby/186008/2 "2010-03-31T06:40:48Z")

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2010/3/30 HUNT HUNT [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> function tooltip($el,$content,$options=array()) {  
> if ( substr($content,0,1)!=‘$’) $content = “‘$content’”;  
> if($options) {  
> return  
> $this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘fancy’],$el,$content,$this-\>\_parseOptions($options))));  
> } else {  
> return  
> $this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘base’],$el,$content)));  
> }  
> }

My advice: try to do it yourself first and post back when you are  
stuck somewhere, explaining what you’ve tried and what went wrong.

Hint: it should looks like

def tooltip(el,content,options=nil)  
your\_code\_goes\_here  
end

Cheers,

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**Author:** ![hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/71e660/32.png) [@hunt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/want-to-convert-this-php-code-to-ruby/186008/3 "2010-03-31T10:15:36Z")

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2010/3/30 HUNT HUNT [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> function tooltip($el,$content,$options=array()) {  
> if ( substr($content,0,1)!=‘$’) $content = “‘$content’”;  
> if($options) {  
> return  
> $this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘fancy’],$el,$content,$this-\>\_parseOptions($options))));  
> } else {  
> return  
> $this-\>Javascript-\>codeBlock($this-\>output(sprintf($this-\>tooltip[‘base’],$el,$content)));  
> }  
> }

Now that you have announced that you want to convert this PHP code to  
Ruby we’ll eagerly await your posting with the outcome.

Kind regards

robert