blog smilies

sabbietabbie

hi, was wondering if anyone can tell me how to add smilies to my blog with simple keys instead of using <im src> tag? thanks! 🙂

LordShryku

"simple keys" ??

sabbietabbie

hihi, thanks for responding.
erm, i mean just keying commas, brackets and stuff to get smilies on the blog, just like wads happening here and in tag boards etc. 🙂 and progs that i must download?

thanks! 😉

LordShryku

No, it's just simple replacement.

$string = str_replace(":)", "<img src=\"smile.gif\">", $string);

sabbietabbie

hi, um.. the image wouldn't load.. and the word "string..")" came out???

tude-marie

You will of course need to change the code he postet to match your own.

In your code you retrieve the blog from the database into a variable, well actually into an array.

What you want to do is something like this, but with your own code!

// Add this function to your code
function add_smile($str)
{
   return str_replace(":)", "<img src=\"YOUR_IMG_DIRECTORY/smile.gif\">", $str);
}


// Your code
$data = mysql_query("SELECT column_name, column_name FROM table_name WHERE blabla = 'blabla'");

while($rs = mysql_fetch_array($data))
{
   // Runs the function on the variable (replaces all the smilies 
   // with the image code.)
   echo add_smile($rs['column_name']); 
}

This is not straight out copy paste!