note 15961 added to function.preg-replace

better solution for the last example: $text="hello [b]this[/b] is a [url=http://www.test.com]link[/url] test with [u]underline[/u] and [i]italic[/i]"; echo($text."-->"); // for [url] $html=preg_replace("/\[url=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/msi","<a href=\"\\1\">\\2</a>",$text); // for [u],[b],[i] $html=preg_replace("/\[(b|u|i)\](.*?)\[\/(\\1)\]/msi","<\\1>\\2</\\1>",$html); echo($html); -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+15961 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+15961 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+15961