[SOLVED] [Quote] system

[convinceme]

i needed some help with ['quote'] system

Currently I am using following code to replace the tags

$string = str_replace("[Quote]", "<table bgcolor=#000000><tr><td>",$string);
$string = str_replace("[/Quote]", "</font></td></tr></table>",$string);

The problem with this is that in case there is no

at the end, the <table> wont end which means it would distort the whole page. Is there a way to ensure that is there in the $string or if its not than just close the table where the string ends.

 

using explode to check if the word exists in the string could be one possible option maybe havent tried it though it think should work.. is there any other?

[SharkBait]

I personally wouldnt use tables. Tables are for TABULAR data.

 

This is what i use for quotes something similar anyway:

 

<?php
function doQuotes($str) {
  $code = array("#\[quote\](.*?)\[/quote\]#is");
  $html = array("<div class\"quote\"<span>Quote:</span>\n\\1</div>");
  $str = preg_replace($code, $html, $str);
   
   return $str;
}

?>

 

So i use regular expressions to find

and

within a str and then replace them with the <div></div> tags that are CSS formatted etc.

 

 

[prime]

css if good, hell it's great.

 

but there are still a few places that tables are better for layout.

 

granted most of these css design flaws are being ironed out in css3 but there's also still some browser problems as well with css support from i.e as there prob will always be.

 

Microsoft have out and out said they don't care about the acid test or standards, that it's not their primary goal.

 

Personally I'd like to see I.E go don the drain