I need help with this code! Should be simple!

[fastball1945]

What i want to accomplish is to only replace the [/quote] if there is already an open [quote] tab in the string.

Let me know how to accomplish this please!

Ignore the *'s

$inquote = false;

if (ereg('[*quote*]', $message)){
	$message = str_replace('[*quote*]', $quote_start, $message);
        $inquote = true;
}
if ((ereg('[/*quote*]', $message)) && ($inquote == true)){
	$message = str_replace('[/*quote*]', $quote_close, $message);
$inquote = false;
}
if(ereg('[*QUOTE*]', $message)){
	$message = str_replace('[*QUOTE*]', $quote_start, $message);
        $inquote = true;
}
if ((ereg('[/*QUOTE*]', $message)) && ($inquote == true)){
	$message = str_replace('[/*QUOTE*]', $quote_close, $message);
$inquote = false;
}

[remnant]

I'm not sure I completely understand your request.

Are you just trying to escape quotes with slashes?