note 72843 added to function.preg-replace

I have a free text field, and I wanted users to be able to style it up a bit with color using <color>some text</color> for a couple common colors. When the field is displayed as readonly, I wanted to replace these tags, which can be nested, with the appropriate html markup. Here we go: <?php $value = "Some <red>value with <green>nested</green> colors <black>!!!!!</black></red>"; //Add more html compliant colors as required :-) $colors = "blue|black|brown|cyan|gray|green|orange|pink|purple|red|yellow"; do{ $value = preg_replace("/<($colors)>(.*)</\\1>/i", "<font style='color: $1;'>$2</font>", $value, -1, $count); }while($count); ?> ---- Server IP: 216.235.15.211 Probable Submitter: 216.9.243.111 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72843 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72843 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72843 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php