[SOLVED] preg_replace and line breaks

[sarathi]

Here is the php I'm using to create simple bbcode tags:

 

$text="bolded text";

$tagCodes = array('/(\)(.+)(\[\/b\])/');

$replace = array('<span style="font-weight:bold;">\\2</span>');

$codedText = preg_replace($tagCodes, $replace, $text);

 

This works fine when there is one line, but when I add line breaks into it, it does not replace the tags anymore. Does anyone have any idea as to how I might fix this? 

 

Thanks!

[fooDigi]

i think your post may be missing a part of the regex for some reason. is this line supposed to be ...

 

$tagCodes = array('/(\[b\])(.+)(\[\/b\])/');

 

anyway, this code worked for me...

 

$text="[b]bolded[/b] text\nmore [b]bolded[/b] text";
$tagCodes = array('/(\[b\])(.+)(\[\/b\])/');
$replace = array('<span style="font-weight:bold;">\\2</span>');
$codedText = preg_replace($tagCodes, $replace, $text);
echo $codedText;

[fooDigi]

Here is the php I'm using to create simple bbcode tags:

 

$text="bolded text";

$tagCodes = array('/(\[b\])(.+)(\[\/b\])/');

$replace = array('<span style="font-weight:bold;">\\2</span>');

$codedText = preg_replace($tagCodes, $replace, $text);

 

This works fine when there is one line, but when I add line breaks into it, it does not replace the tags anymore. Does anyone have any idea as to how I might fix this? 

 

Thanks!

 

just checking, i think there was a missing backslash. i see the error when the post is in the textarea....

[sarathi]

yes, thanks for pointing out the missing backslash.

I am try to make this work for entering the tags into a text area, and then having it posted into a div, but if I enter a line break into the text area this shows up in the div:

 

[b]bolded text
more bolded text[/b]

 

Is there a way to remove the line breaks, and then add them in after?

[fooDigi]

actually you can just add the modifier "s" at the end of the regex, which will also match newlines...

 

$tagCodes = array('/(\[b\])(.+)(\[\/b\])/s');

 

just learned this myself, good to know...

[sarathi]

That works perfectly, thank you for the help fooDigi!