diff --git a/util/po2php.php b/util/po2php.php
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+<?php
+
+function po2php_run($argv, $argc) {
+
+	if ($argc!=2) {
+		print "Usage: ".$argv[0]." <file.mo>\n\n";
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	$mofile = $argv[1];
+	$outfile = dirname($mofile)."/strings.php";
+	
+	if (!file_exists($mofile)){
+		print "Unable to find '$mofile'\n";
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	print "Out to '$outfile'\n";
+	
+	$out="<?php\n\n";
+	
+	$infile = file($mofile);
+	$k="";
+	$arr = False;
+	
+	foreach ($infile as $l) {
+		$len = strlen($l);
+		if (substr($l,0,15)=='"Plural-Forms: '){
+			$match=Array();
+			preg_match("|nplurals=([0-9]*); plural=(.*);|", $l, $match);
+			$cond = str_replace('n','$n',$match[2]);
+			$out .= 'function string_plural_select($n){'."\n";
+			$out .= '	return '.$cond.';'."\n";
+			$out .= '}'."\n";
+		}
+		
+		if (substr($l,0,6)=="msgid "){
+			if ($k!="") $out .= $arr?");\n":";\n";
+			$arr=False;
+			$k = substr($l,6, $len-7);
+			if ($k != '""' ) {
+				$out .= '$a->strings['.$k.'] = ';
+			} else {
+				$k = "";
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($k!="" && substr($l,0,7)=="msgstr "){
+			$v = substr($l,7,$len-8);
+			$out .= $v;
+		}
+		if ($k!="" && substr($l,0,7)=="msgstr["){
+			if (!$arr) {
+				$arr=True;
+				$out .= "array(\n";
+			}
+			$match=Array();
+			preg_match("|\[([0-9]*)\] (.*)|", $l, $match);
+			$out .= "\t". $match[1]." => ". $match[2] .",\n";
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	if ($k!="") $out .= $arr?");\n":";\n";
+	
+	file_put_contents($outfile, $out);
+	
+}
+
+if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
+  po2php_run($argv,$argc);
+}
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