evaluation issue

[makeshift_theory]

Okay I'm trying to detect the tag [s id=image.gif] and change it to <img src="image.gif"> here is the code:

[code]
$sbegin = '/(\[s id=)(.*)(\])/';
$slink = '<img src="${2}">';
[/code]

When it runs it is picking up the closing bracket of [s id=image.gif]  any advice?

[effigy]

What do you mean by picking up? It works OK for me. You can change[tt] (.*) [/tt]to[tt] ([^]]*)[/tt]to be more precise. Also, why bother capturing what you don't need?

[makeshift_theory]

I switched from using that method to the smilie method.  I had to take that tag and convert it BBCODE style.