[SOLVED] using preg_match to get a value

[GuitarGod]

Hello,

 

I'm working on some sort of BB code system, and I'm having a little bit of trouble with the colouring on font.

 

[color=??????][/color]

 

I need preg_match to check if a string has the code above, and, more importantly, return the value of ??*??*?? (without the *)

 

Any help is, as always, much appreciated.

[GuitarGod]

Ok, i figured part of it out:

 

if ( preg_match( '/\[color\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/color\]/is', $entry, $matches ) )

 

When i use 'print_r( $matches )', it works great. But if I used $match[0][0], it only returns the first character of what I want.

 

Any help?

[MadTechie]

<?php
$entry = "[color=AABBCCDD]The Text[/color]";
if ( preg_match( '/\[color\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/color\]/i', $entry, $matches ) )
{
echo "color: ".$matches[1]; //Color
echo "<br>text: ".$matches[2]; //text
}

?>

[GuitarGod]

That works to some extent, but if I have

 

[color=000000]some text[/color] and [color=FF0000]other text[/color]

 

It will only handle the first color, how do I make it handle more?

 

[MadTechie]

ahh use preg_match_all

<?php
$entry = "[color=000000]some text[/color] and [color=FF0000]other text[/color]";

preg_match_all('%\[color\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/color\]%si', $entry, $result, PREG_SET_ORDER);
foreach($result as $r)
{
echo "color: ".$r[1]; //Color
echo "<br>text: ".$r[2]; //text
echo "<br>---<br>";
}

?>

[GuitarGod]

Thanks man worked like a treat!

 

* solved *