php preg_replace problem

[Guernica]

I have this little function to change phpbb bbcode to regular:

 

	// Change phpbb bbcode to regular
	$search = array(
	'/\[([a-z]{1})\:^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,}$\]/is',
	'/\[\/([a-z]{1})\:^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,}$\]/is');
	$replace = array(
	'[$1]',
	'[/$1]');
	return preg_replace($search,$replace,$str);

 

But it just returns the exact thing that's input.

 

Input:

[i:14wft08h][url:14wft08h]http://www.000webhost.com/216468.html[/url:14wft08h][/i:14wft08h]

Output:

[i:14wft08h][url:14wft08h]http://www.000webhost.com/216468.html[/url:14wft08h][/i:14wft08h]

 

Any help, thanks!

[.josh]

remove the ^ and $

[Guernica]

Edit: I got it working, nevermind.

 

Thank you very much!

[.josh]

well now your problem is that you are just performing the preg_replace on $str and assigning it to $thisBbcode over and over again.  since you are not making any changes to $str, you created an infinite loop.