Stripping bbcode tags with ereg replace...

[Remy]

Hi.. This is my first post. I would like to ask a question to all of you php wizards

I only have a novice - intermediate knowledge of PHP

I am curious as to how to strip the 'bbcode' tags out of a post on my forum.

bbcodes are always represented as "[<code>]" so i would need to write code to replace everything from the 1st bracket to the 2nd bracket with an empty string. I have tried using

$msg = ereg_replace("[[*]]", "", $msg);

however this doesnt work (I think because the brackets are reserved characters.

I also tried escaping around the brackets:

$msg = ereg_replace("[[*]]", "", $msg);

but that didnt work either.

I hope someone on here has an idea

Thanks

[AQHost]

Hi Remy,

This should do it I think:

$msg = ereg_replace("[([a-zA-Z0-9\]*)]", "", $msg);

Best wishes,
Simon.

[AQHost]

Or more simply:

$msg = ereg_replace("[(.*)]", "", $msg);

Bad hair day 😃

Simon.