note 50003 added to function.preg-replace

on the topic of implementing forum code ([b][/b] to <b></b> etc), i found this worked well... <?php $body = preg_replace('/\[([biu])\]/i', '<\\1>', $body); $body = preg_replace('/\[\/([biu])\]/i', '</\\1>', $body); ?> First line replaces [b] [B] [i] [I] [u] [U] with the appropriate html tags(<b>, <i>, <u>) Second one does the same for closing tags... For urls, I use... <?php $body = preg_replace('/\s(\w+:\/\/)(\S+)/', ' <a href="\\1\\2" target="_blank">\\1\\2</a>', $body); ?> and for urls starting with www., i use... <?php $body = preg_replace('/\s(www\.)(\S+)/', ' <a href="http://\\1\\2" target="_blank">\\1\\2</a>', $body); ?> Pop all these lines into a function that receives and returns the text you want 'forum coded' and away you go:) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+50003 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50003&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50003&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50003&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50003&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+50003&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+50003&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php