news-script/Source/Source.php

<?php
namespace Source;

use \PHPHtmlParser\Dom;
use \Game;

abstract class Source {
  public $title;
  protected $dom;
  protected $period;
  protected $markdown;
  protected $output;
  public function __construct() {
    $this->dom = new Dom;
    $this->period = strtotime("1 week ago");
    $this->markdown = new \cebe\markdown\Markdown();
    $this->output = '';
  }
  /**
   * Function to start the section.
   * @param whether to return or print the text
   */
  protected function startSection($return = false) {
    $text = "#### ".$this->title."\n";
    if ($return) {
      return $text;
    }
    $this->output .= $text;
  }
  protected function endSection() {}
  abstract protected function parse();
  public function print() {
    $this->startSection();
    $this->parse();
    $this->endSection();
    if ($this->output === $this->startSection(true)) // nothing to print
      return;
    echo $this->markdown->parse($this->output);
  }
}