BBCode - live on page, regex replace?

[PC Nerd]

Hi,

 

Im looking for an easy way to replace bbCode tags with html.

 

my current setup is:

 

function bb2html(text) {
//bb = new Array("[b]", "[/b]");
//html = new Array("[<b>", "</b>");

text = text.replace("[b]", "<b>");
text = text.replace("[/b]", "</b>");

text = text.replace("[i]", "<i>");
text = text.replace("[/i]", "</i>");

text = text.replace("[u]", "<u>");
text = text.replace("[/u]", "</u>");

text = text.replace("
[left]", "<div style = 'text-align: left;'>");
text = text.replace("[/left]
", "</span>");

text = text.replace("
[center]", "<div style = 'text-align: center;'>");
text = text.replace("[/center]
", "</span>");

text = text.replace("
[right]", "<div style = 'text-align: right;'>");
text = text.replace("[/right]
", "</span>");

text = text.replace("[u]", "<u>");
text = text.replace("[/u]", "</u>");

return text;
}

 

 

however as soon as i get tags such as "text" - that sort of code wont work.

 

I beleive ill hav eot use regex to match the [color= part, but then how can i save the hexidecimal code?

 

Thanks

 

NOTE:

the text value passed to the function is along the lines of:

text = "This is some text More text";

 

 

[PC Nerd]

ok - ive realised that the text i passed at teh end and after the code has accidently been executed as bbcode for the forum:

 

[*COLOR*=*ff00ff*] Text [*/*COLOR*]

 

ignore the "*" for the value passed etc.

Thanks