[RESOLVED] Inserting text into a document between tags

[rtcary]

I would like to create a PHP application that will provide the user with the opportunity to insert text/data between predefined tags. For instance, a tag pair could be
<!--[START_SPEAKERS]-->
<!--[END_SPEAKERS]-->

I would like a suggestion for search criteria so that I can find some examples.

Thank you,

Todd

[dagon]

there are some great templateing engines for doing this, better than reinventing the wheel (unless its the wrong colour).

[Krik]

Just thought I would ask why not use something like this

<?php
if (isset($_POST['usercontent'])) {
    $usercontent = $_POST['usercontent'];
    $style = 'block';
}
else{
    $usercontent = '';
    $style = 'none';
}
?>

<div id="user_content" style="display: <?php echo $style; ?>;">
<?php echo  $usercontent; ?>
</div>

Now there may be cases that may not work for you but thought I would suggest it over using something that is more complicated.

Otherwise you could look into using something like [man]str_replace[/man] or [man]preg_replace[/man]. You may also want to look into regular expressions in php.

Also a good search criteria may also be to look up BBcode as what you are trying to do is similar as far as finding certain tags and changing the content.

[rtcary]

Many thanks...

Todd