BB Code?

[MrCraig]

Ok, im wanting to do something with bb code..

Would the PHP for it be like...

<?php
 
if(preg_match("[center]",$body) && preg_match("[/center]",$body))
{
preg_replace("[center]","<div align=\"center\">");
preg_replace("[/center]","</div>");
}
?>

[Tomm]

You don't do it like that. It will slow down the script and you are calling uncessery functions. Also preg_replace returns a value and does not automatically update the source value.

Example:

$value = preg_replace('#\[b\](.*?)\[/b\]#i','<strong>$1</strong>',$value); 

[MrCraig]

Ty =]

Does anyone know what the PHP would be for

[font=verdana][color=#006699]Hi There[/color][/font] 

And what would the javascript be for inserting the tags into the textarea? (Called privmsg)

[LegendOfNoob]

hmm well i would search
PHP Font Attributes Tutorial

however you may also find this HTML to bbCode Converter it also translates to other forum codes

http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/html2bbcode/

[MrCraig]

Erm.. I dont need to know how to translate forum codes..

[RichardKnox]

Use str_replace

Eg:

$string = str_replace("[font=", "<font=", $string); 

[Tomm]

Bad idea because you can get unclosed tags.

Use str_replace

Eg:

$string = str_replace("[font=", "<font=", $string); 

[Assassinator]

On your page have

<?php
session_start();
include_once "FILENAMEHERE.php"; ?>

Then in FILENAMEHERE.php..

<?
function replace($txt) {
$txt = str_replace(":D", "HTML Here", $txt);
$txt = str_replace("BB Code Here";
}
?>

And it you want to add two or three

<?
function replace($txt) {
$txt = str_replace(":D", "HTML Here", $txt);
$txt = str_replace("BB Code Here", $txt = str_replace(":D", "HTML Here", $txt);
 $txt = str_replace("BB Code Here";
}
?>

[QuickScriptz]

Well personally I would just use an array....

<?php
$find = array('[u]', '[/u]', '[b]', '[/b]');
$rep = array('<u>', '</u>', '<b>', </b>');
$replace = str_replace($find, $replace);
?>

[Tomm]

I would highly recommend you don't do any of the above and stick with regular expressions using preg_replace. If you want to use arrays, preg_replace also supports indexed arrays.