[Resolved] I don't uderstand...

[kaos057]

Here is my code:

function news_parse(&$message, $parse_quotes = true) {
// [loot]loot_name[/loot]
$pattern = "#[loot](.*?)[/loot]#si";
$loot_name = "\1";
$loot_number = FindItem($loot_name);
$replacement = "<a href=\"javascript:popUp('view_item.php?id=".$loot_number."')\" />".$loot_name."</a>";

$message = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $message);
return $message;
}

$loot_name gets the correct assignment but $loot_number gets no assignment.

If I type the loot name instead of using the variable like this:
$loot_number = FindItem('Item Name Here');
It works just fine.

I can also do:
$loot_name = "Item Name Here";
$loot_number = FindItem(loot_name);
and that works fine.

but even though $loot_name is being assigned the right value, (tested with echo) FindItem() won't use it unless I actually type the value into it like in my last example.

Any suggestions?

[ZibingsCoder]

A few suggestions.

1) Use the PHP tags! Please 🙁

2) This should be a little bit more accurate.

function news_parse ( &$message, $parse_quotes = true )
{
	$pattern = "#\[loot\](.*?)\[/loot\]#si";

preg_match($pattern, $message, $match);

$loot_name = $match[1];
$loot_number = FindItem($loot_name);

$replacement = "<a href=\"java script:popUp('view_item.php?id=".$loot_number."')\" />".$loot_name."</a>";

$message = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $message);

return($message);
}

Hope this helps.

[kaos057]

Thank you!!! Worked like a charm. And I used php format when I made the post but it removed some of the /'s so I took them off. Thanks again!