Convert [b][/b] to &lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;

Convert [b][/b] to <b></b>

Dysan

Hi,

I have a textbox within a form, that contains the following:

[ b ]This is bold text[ /b ]

Upon submitting the form, how do I convert the [ b ] tags into <b></b> tags, to display all the text bold? - Like below?

This is bold text

CRichardson

Something like:

function BBCode($text){
$BBCode = array("&" => "&amp;",
"<" => "&lt;",
">" => "&gt;",
"[b]" => "<b>",
"[/b]" => "</b>",
"[i]" => "<i>",
"[/i]" => "</i>",
"[u]" => "<u>",
"[/u]" => "</u>",
"[img]" => "<img src='",
"[/img]" => "'>");
$parsedtext = str_replace(array_keys($BBCode), array_values($BBCode), $text);
return $parsedtext;
}
$text = "[b]This is bold text[/b]

http://www.shadow-fox.net/tutorial/Building-a-BBCode-Function
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=gyL&q=bbcode+function+php&btnG=Search&meta=

Dysan

How would I retrieve the data from a textbox. e.g. "This text is bold"

CRichardson

Dysan wrote:
How would I retrieve the data from a textbox. e.g. "This text is bold"

For example:

If your text box was called "txtComment" you would use the following code:

$boldText = BBCode($_POST['txtComment']);
echo $boldText;

Hope this helps.
Chris.

NogDog

PEAR HTML_BBCodeParser package or PECL BBCode extension could be used.