Re: Problem with RegEx for BBCode

On 27-11-10 18:44, Asmann, Roland wrote: > On 27-11-10 17:24, Daniel P. Brown wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 08:57, Asmann, Roland <Roland.Asmann@adesso.at> > > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am playing around with PHP and BBCodes and have found some regex's > > > that should transform my BBCode into correct HTML when rendering. > > > However, I have found that if the BBCode is not correct (eg missing > > > closing tag), the regex completely eats my input and my page is empty! > > [snip!] > > > > > > What I would like is that when no closing tag is found, the opening tag > > > should just be shown as-is. Anybody have any idea how I can do this? > > > > > > Have you checked into the built-in BBCode library? > > > > http://php.net/bbcode > > I'm afraid that is not an option, I don't have that package installed > and am not allowed to install anything on the server either... Besides, what I don't really understand is WHY does this happen? Any other language that has RegEx doesn't match a thing in my example and just returns the original input. Why is PHP different in this regard? -- Roland Asmann Senior Software Engineer adesso Austria GmbH Floridotower 26. Stock T +43 1 2198790-27 Floridsdorfer Hauptstr. 1 F +43 1 2198790-927 A-1210 Wien M +43 664 88657566 E roland.asmann@adesso.at W www.adesso.at ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> business. people. technology. <<< -------------------------------------------------------------