Auto-Close Tags?

[LemonInflux]

No, not PHP or HTML or whatever. BBCode. What I want to know, is whether PHP can go through a written piece of text, count the number of times something is entered (say, ), and the number of times something else is entered (). Then, if there are more of the first than the second, keep adding the second one on the end until they're equal.

 

Alternatively, is there a way to allow bbc to be used, but if a tag isn't closed, it won't affect the rest of the page?

[Wuhtzu]

You would simply search for pairs using your regex so only if they have a proper opening and closing tag they will be replaced with real html:

 

[tag]Some text[/tag] will be replaced with <tag>Some text</tag>

[tag]Some text will not be replaced with <tag>Some text since it is missing a closing tag

 

Then it's up to you if the users improper syntax should be shown or removed.

 

When doing bbcode stuff it's a bad idea to simple search for [tag] and replace with <tab> and afterwards search for [/tag] and replace with </tag>... always search for pairs of opening and closing tags

 

 

Maybe have a look at this tutorial: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/141/0.php

I know it's done with searching for pairs and the problem with non-closed tags have been taken care of

[LemonInflux]

http://reflexprojects.net/dav/functions/test.php o_O

[LemonInflux]

I don't think the code worked..

[Aureole]

Lmao @ what happens when I go to that page and hit "Parse text"... you might wanna restrict access to that it's probably a neat way to DOS your site... it's also great for crashing my Browser, thanks.