note 124391 added to function.preg-replace

Sample for replacing bracketed short-codes The used short-codes are purely used for educational purposes for they could be shorter as in 'italic' to 'i' or 'bold' to 'b'. Sample text ---- This sample shows how to have [italic]italic[/italic], [bold]bold[/bold] and [underline]underlined[/underline] and [strikethrough]striked[/striketrhough] text. with this function: <?php function textDecoration($html) { $patterns = [ '/\[(italic)\].*?\[\/\1\] ?/', '/\[(bold)\].*?\[\/\1\] ?/', '/\[(underline)\].*?\[\/\1\] ?/' ]; $replacements = [ '<i>$1</i>', '<strong>$1</strong>', '<u>$1</u>' ]; return preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $html); } $html = textDecoration($html); echo $html; // or return ?> results in: ---- This sample shows how to have <i>italic</i>, <b>bold</b> and <u>underlined</u> and [strikethrough]striked[/striketrhough] text. Notice! There is no [strikethrough]striked[/striketrhough] fallback in the patterns and replacements array ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 185.85.3.195 (proxied: 217.121.48.75) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124391 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124391 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124391 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php