PHP Snippet: BBS Code Converter: This script will convert Bulletin Board Code into readable HTML, good for comments, forums, etc.

PHP Bulletin Board Code to HTML Converter.php

<?php


  function text2bbc($text)
  {

    $find = array
    (

      '~\[b\](.*?)\[/b\]~s',

      '~\[i\](.*?)\[/i\]~s',

      '~\[u\](.*?)\[/u\]~s',

      '~\[size=(.*?)\](.*?)\[/size\]~s',

      '~\[color=(.*?)\](.*?)\[/color\]~s'

    );


    $replace = array
    (

      '<b>$1</b>',

      '<i>$1</i>',


      '<span style='text-decoration:underline;'>$1</span>',

      '<span style='font-size:$1px;'>$2</span>',

      '<span style='color:$1;'>$2</span>'

    );



    return preg_replace($find,$replace,$text);

  }


  echo text2bbc
    ('this is some bold text[/b]
      and this is [color=#FF0000]Red text[/color]');


  echo'<br>';

  echo text2bbc('this text is italic[/i] and this is not');

  echo'<br>';

  echo text2bbc('here we have underlined[/u] text');

  echo'<br>';

  echo text2bbc('this is [size=24]24px[/size] font');


?>