Problem with bbcode input

[SirChick]

I have a textarea which is meant to echo the text with bbcode but it is not working...  i got this error:

 

 

<b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to undefined function  bbcode_format() in <b>C:\xampp\htdocs\pendingreports.php</b> on line <b>80</b>

 

This is what i got for the input of the text:

<?php
$Notes =  mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['TextArea1']);
function bbcode_format($Notes){
$Notes = htmlentities($Notes);
$simple_search = array(
                                '/\[b\](.*?)\[\/b\]/is'
                                );

        $simple_replace = array(
                                '<strong>$1</strong>'
                                );

        // Do simple BBCode's
        $Notes = preg_replace ($simple_search, $simple_replace, $Notes);

        return $Notes;
}
If($Notes == ''){
Header("pendingreports.php");
}Else{
	$UPDATE = mysql_query("UPDATE reportedusers SET StaffNotes='$Notes' WHERE RecordID='$RecordID'")
	or die(mysql_error());
	Header("location: pendingreports.php?view=$RecordID");
}
?>

 

 

Then i echo it here:

 

<textarea name="TextArea1" id="TextArea1" style="position:absolute;left:67px;top:31px;width:325px;height:254px;z-index:0" rows="14" cols="33">
<?php=bbcode_format($Notes);?></textarea>

 

[papaface]

<?php=bbcode_format($Notes);?>

 

should be:

 

<?php echo bbcode_format($Notes);?>

 

and make sure the HTML is below your function.

[SirChick]

Is the function needed for inputting into the database? Or only needed for dealing with the echo? Cos that could be why this is not working.

[papaface]

How am I supposed to know....

[SirChick]

Well i presumed u knew as you were helping fix my problem..some one else gave me this function to use but i don't know if its meant to be used before the input to the database or only on the output of an echo. Or both.

 

How ever it didn't work just to add the error no longer appears but the echo comes out blank.