Removing bbcode uid (user id)

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Hey, I'm creating a very simple Content Management System in which I will be pulling out the first 200 characters from every topic in a certain forum for which the subject is "Weekly Update: %" (% being wildcard,) my question is this:  when someone enters some post into the forum, it stores it in the database with a post_id, all bbcode is then appended with a unique uid, it looks something like this:

 

[img:d4fa0dddab]http://claninfectionist.com/images/misc/deadcount21000.png[/img:d4fa0dddab]

 

I want to remove the :% (again, using % as wildcard) from the bbcode to display it normally, I will then do str_replace to replace all bbcode tags with their html counterparts, or at least the more important ones, like bold, italic, underline, image, and link.  Any idea how I can do this?

 

PS. I don't know how to use wildcards in str_replace, but I have seen something of them, will this work with this:

 

$result = str_replace("[img:^(.*)]", "[img]", $result)

 

This example uses just the image tag, but would that work?

 

Edit: This doesn't work, I tried it, and the uid is still there.  Anything else I can try?

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Please? anyone?

[fert]

try this

$result = preg_replace("[img:(.*)]", "[img]", $result);

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Uuuurgh, it...kinda works.  It replaces it, but it turns:

 

[img:868416aced]http://claninfectionist.com/tutorials/photoshop/FireText/untitled18.png[/img:868416aced]

 

Into:

 

[

 

For some reason.

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Can someone please help me?

[sasa]

try

<?php
$result ='
[img:868416aced]http://claninfectionist.com/tutorials/photoshop/FireText/untitled18.png[/img:868416aced]';
echo $result1 = preg_replace("[[/]*img:[^\]]+]", "img", $result);
echo "\nor";
echo $result2 = preg_replace("[img:[^\]]+]", "img", $result);
?>

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

The second one, it worked like a freaking charm, thank you.  I had to midify it just a bitm but it worked great.