diff --git a/phpBB/develop/write_lang_files.php b/phpBB/develop/write_lang_files.php
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-<?php
-// -------------------------------------------------------------
-//
-// $Id$
-//
-// FILENAME  : write_lang_files.php
-// STARTED   : Sat Nov 01 2003
-// COPYRIGHT : © 2003 phpBB Group
-// WWW       : http://www.phpbb.com/
-// LICENCE   : GPL vs2.0 [ see /docs/COPYING ] 
-// 
-// -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-/*
-	This script writes down all $user->lang occurrences used by php files.
-*/
-
-//
-// Security message:
-//
-// This script is potentially dangerous.
-// Remove or comment the next line (die(".... ) to enable this script.
-// Do NOT FORGET to either remove this script or disable it after you have used it.
-//
-die("Please read the first lines of this script for instructions on how to enable it");
-
-$phpfiles_directories = array('../', '../includes/', '../includes/acm/', '../includes/auth/', '../includes/mcp/', '../includes/ucp/');
-$ext = 'php';
-$store_dir = '../store/main/';
-
-if (!is_writable($store_dir))
-{
-	die("Directory $store_dir is not writeable!");
-}
-
-// Open Language File
-include('../language/en/lang_main.php');
-include('../language/en/lang_admin.php');
-
-$files_to_parse = $php_files = array();
-
-$num = 0;
-foreach ($phpfiles_directories as $directory)
-{
-	$dhandler = opendir($directory);
-	if (!$dhandler)
-	{
-		die("Unable to open $directory");
-	}
-
-	while ($file = readdir($dhandler))
-	{
-		if (is_file($directory . $file) && preg_match('#\.php$#i', $file))
-		{
-			$php_files[$num]['filename'] = $directory . $file;
-			$php_files[$num]['single_filename'] = $file;
-			$num++;
-		}
-	}
-	closedir($dhandler);
-}
-
-echo '<br>Parsing PHP Files';
-
-$dependency = array();
-
-// Parse PHP Files and get our filenames
-foreach ($php_files as $file_num => $data)
-{
-	echo '.';
-	flush();
-	$contents = implode('', file($data['filename'], filesize($data['filename'])));
-
-	$lang_entries = array();
-	preg_match_all('#' . preg_quote('$user->lang[\'') . '([A-Za-z0-9\-_]*?)' . preg_quote("']") . '#s', $contents, $lang_entries);
-	$php_files[$file_num]['lang_entries'] = array_unique($lang_entries[1]);
-	foreach ($php_files[$file_num]['lang_entries'] as $var)
-	{
-		$dependency[$var][] = $data['single_filename'];
-	}
-}
-
-// Not only write down all language files, place them into a specific array, named by the template file
-// All Language vars assigned to more than one template will be placed into a common file
-$entry = array();
-$merge = array('ucp', 'mcp', 'functions');
-$common_fp = fopen($store_dir . 'lang_common.php', 'w');
-fwrite($common_fp, "<?php\n\n \$lang = array(\n");
-
-echo '<br>Write Language Files';
-
-asort($dependency);
-ksort($dependency);
-
-foreach ($dependency as $lang_var => $filenames)
-{
-	$var = $lang_var;
-	
-	if (sizeof($filenames) != 1)
-	{
-		fwrite($common_fp, (($entry['common']) ? ",\n" : '') . "\t'$var' => '" . $lang[$var] . "'");
-		$entry['common'] = true;
-	}
-	else if (sizeof($filenames) == 1)
-	{
-		// Merge logical - hardcoded
-		$fname = (preg_match('#^(' . implode('|', $merge) . ')#', $filenames[0], $match)) ? $match[0] . '.php' : $filenames[0];
-
-		if (!$lang_fp[$fname])
-		{
-			$lang_fp[$fname] = fopen($store_dir . 'lang_' . $fname, 'w');
-			fwrite($lang_fp[$fname], "<?php\n\n\$lang = array(\n");
-			$entry[$fname] = false;
-		}
-		fwrite($lang_fp[$fname], (($entry[$fname]) ? ",\n" : '') . "\t'$var' => '" . $lang[$var] . "'");
-		$entry[$fname] = true;
-	}
-}
-
-fwrite($common_fp, ")\n);\n?>");
-fclose($common_fp);
-
-foreach ($lang_fp as $filepointer)
-{
-	fwrite($filepointer, ")\n);\n?>");
-	fclose($filepointer);
-}
-
-echo '<br>Finished!';
-flush();
-
-?>
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