// include some globals, do some parser stuff that would normally be done in the parent parser function

	global $mStripState;

	$x =& $mStripState;

	// parse the text

	$text = doTableStuff($text);

	return $text;

	$t = explode ( "\n" , $t ) ;

	$td = array () ; # Is currently a td tag open?

	$ltd = array () ; # Was it TD or TH?

	$tr = array () ; # Is currently a tr tag open?

	$ltr = array () ; # tr attributes

	$has_opened_tr = array(); # Did this table open a <tr> element?

	$indent_level = 0; # indent level of the table

	foreach ( $t AS $k => $x )

	{

		$x = trim ( $x ) ;

		$fc = substr ( $x , 0 , 1 ) ;

		if ( preg_match( '/^(:*)\{\|(.*)$/', $x, $matches ) ) {

			$indent_level = strlen( $matches[1] );

			$attributes = unstripForHTML( $matches[2] );

			$t[$k] = str_repeat( '<dl><dd>', $indent_level ) .

				'<table' . fixTagAttributes( $attributes, 'table' ) . '>' ;

			array_push ( $td , false ) ;

			array_push ( $ltd , '' ) ;

			array_push ( $tr , false ) ;

			array_push ( $ltr , '' ) ;

			array_push ( $has_opened_tr, false );

		}

		else if ( count ( $td ) == 0 ) { } # Don't do any of the following

		else if ( '|}' == substr ( $x , 0 , 2 ) ) {

			$z = "</table>" . substr ( $x , 2);

			$l = array_pop ( $ltd ) ;

			if ( !array_pop ( $has_opened_tr ) ) $z = "<tr><td></td></tr>" . $z ;

			if ( array_pop ( $tr ) ) $z = '</tr>' . $z ;

			if ( array_pop ( $td ) ) $z = '</'.$l.'>' . $z ;

			array_pop ( $ltr ) ;

			$t[$k] = $z . str_repeat( '</dd></dl>', $indent_level );

		}

		else if ( '|-' == substr ( $x , 0 , 2 ) ) { # Allows for |---------------

			$x = substr ( $x , 1 ) ;

			while ( $x != '' && substr ( $x , 0 , 1 ) == '-' ) $x = substr ( $x , 1 ) ;

			$z = '' ;

			$l = array_pop ( $ltd ) ;

			array_pop ( $has_opened_tr );

			array_push ( $has_opened_tr , true ) ;

			if ( array_pop ( $tr ) ) $z = '</tr>' . $z ;

			if ( array_pop ( $td ) ) $z = '</'.$l.'>' . $z ;

			array_pop ( $ltr ) ;

			$t[$k] = $z ;

			array_push ( $tr , false ) ;

			array_push ( $td , false ) ;

			array_push ( $ltd , '' ) ;

			$attributes = unstripForHTML( $x );

			array_push ( $ltr , fixTagAttributes( $attributes, 'tr' ) ) ;

		}

		else if ( '|' == $fc || '!' == $fc || '|+' == substr ( $x , 0 , 2 ) ) { # Caption

			# $x is a table row

			if ( '|+' == substr ( $x , 0 , 2 ) ) {

				$fc = '+' ;

				$x = substr ( $x , 1 ) ;

			}

			$after = substr ( $x , 1 ) ;

			if ( $fc == '!' ) $after = str_replace ( '!!' , '||' , $after ) ;

			// Split up multiple cells on the same line.

			// FIXME: This can result in improper nesting of tags processed

			// by earlier parser steps, but should avoid splitting up eg

			// attribute values containing literal "||".

			$after = wfExplodeMarkup( '||', $after );

			$t[$k] = '' ;

			# Loop through each table cell

			foreach ( $after AS $theline )

			{

				$z = '' ;

				if ( $fc != '+' )

				{

					$tra = array_pop ( $ltr ) ;

					if ( !array_pop ( $tr ) ) $z = '<tr'.$tra.">\n" ;

					array_push ( $tr , true ) ;

					array_push ( $ltr , '' ) ;

					array_pop ( $has_opened_tr );

					array_push ( $has_opened_tr , true ) ;

				}

				$l = array_pop ( $ltd ) ;

				if ( array_pop ( $td ) ) $z = '</'.$l.'>' . $z ;

				if ( $fc == '|' ) $l = 'td' ;

				else if ( $fc == '!' ) $l = 'th' ;

				else if ( $fc == '+' ) $l = 'caption' ;

				else $l = '' ;

				array_push ( $ltd , $l ) ;

				# Cell parameters

				$y = explode ( '|' , $theline , 2 ) ;

				# Note that a '|' inside an invalid link should not

				# be mistaken as delimiting cell parameters

				if ( strpos( $y[0], '[[' ) !== false ) {

					$y = array ($theline);

				}

				if ( count ( $y ) == 1 )

					$y = "{$z}<{$l}>{$y[0]}" ;

				else {

					$attributes = unstripForHTML( $y[0] );

					$y = "{$z}<{$l}".fixTagAttributes($attributes, $l).">{$y[1]}" ;

				}

				$t[$k] .= $y ;

				array_push ( $td , true ) ;

			}

		}

	}

	# Closing open td, tr && table

	while ( count ( $td ) > 0 )

	{

		$l = array_pop ( $ltd ) ;

		if ( array_pop ( $td ) ) $t[] = '</td>' ;

		if ( array_pop ( $tr ) ) $t[] = '</tr>' ;

		if ( !array_pop ( $has_opened_tr ) ) $t[] = "<tr><td></td></tr>" ;

		$t[] = '</table></_paragraph_bypass>' ;

	}

	$t = implode ( "\n" , $t ) ;

	# special case: don't return empty table

	if($t == "<table>\n<tr><td></td></tr>\n</table>")

		$t = '';

	return $t ;