BB like font color changing.

Kudose

I have this form where you can submit a DJ line up for an event. I want the user to be able to change the font color whenever they wish, and when they hit enter, for it to skip a line. I would like the to be able to do this without them knowing how to use the and commands. Kind of like you see on a phpBB board or something. Anyideas on how to write this? Thanks in advance.

swapnamaria

hi,

You can replace the new line character by a " " using preg_replace to capture an enter press and then convert in to a line break.

$value = $HTTP_POST_VARS['value'];

if (preg_match ("/\n/",$value))
{
$value=preg_replace ("/\n/"," ",$value);
}

Here $value is the value entered in a textarea in a form.

"I want the user to be able to change the font color whenever they wish.." - I think somebody has already answered this question in this forum...

Hope this helps..

jebster

Here grabbed this from my guest book! The first one do html tags as you can see & the last does new lines! Just remove the spaces in the bbcode tags ([ i]) 😉 Had to put them there cause there forum software kept phrasing them.

$poster_message = str_replace('[ b]', '<b>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /b]', '</b>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ i]', '<i>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /i]', '</i>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ u]', '<u>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /u]', '</u>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = nl2br($poster_message);

Kudose

So I just take the code that you gave me, remove the spcaces, I am at work so I dont have my code with me, but I want it to be used in a textarea and posts to my DB. How would I go about that?

Kudose

I think, maybe, I am slightly grasping this concept.

I think I would somehow put this into a form where if they clicked the proper button, it would insert the proper bb text command:

$poster_message = str_replace('[ b]', '<b>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /b]', '</b>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ i]', '<i>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /i]', '</i>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ u]', '<u>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = str_replace('[ /u]', '</u>', $poster_message);
$poster_message = nl2br($poster_message);

But is there a way to make this button, and when the click it, it keeps the text that they have already entered into the textarea adds a [ i ] or whater and then when they click the button again, it inserts the [/ i ] without altering the text they already typed. Keep in mind that I have searched for some sort of code to pick apart and teach myself from, but have come up with nothing, so I am in the dark on this subject. Any help is always greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Kudose

it would be much like the forum this site uses if that helps any, but without the pop-up windows to enter your text in, just a click button that throws the code in.

jebster

I have also been looking for a similiar thing but haven't found anything yet! 🙁

effovex

Originally posted by swapnamaria
hi,

You can replace the new line character by a " " using preg_replace to capture an enter press and then convert in to a line break.

$value = $HTTP_POST_VARS['value'];

if (preg_match ("/\n/",$value))
{
$value=preg_replace ("/\n/"," ",$value);
}

Why not use Nl2Br() ?

driverdave

You want this

http://www.joshdura.com/texteditor/Text%20Editor.swf

and you can download it here

http://www.joshdura.com/archives/000163.php

I just got done building something similar with flash. If you don't know Flash, well, time to learn.

It's sweet. It's like the Hotmail Active X rich text editor, only cross platform.