Creating Links using [url]

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A lot of forums use this type of linking system, as to prevent users from inputting html.

 

If I wanted to include something similar in my news posting script, how would I go about this? I am not very fluent with php, I know basics, but when it comes to manipulating strings, etc, I am very new... as you can probably tell with my previous questions.

 

Anyways, to further elaborate and explain my question, I want to know how to make links like so:

 

[link url=http://xxxx](link text goes here)[/link] 

 

Furthermore, what if I wanted to do the same thing with images? Such as:

 

http://[/img] 

 

Now, I realize that I will most likely have to do

str_replace("[/img]", "</img>", $string);

 

However, I guess my real question would be how to extract the URLs into variables and place them in the right place. If this is confusing I appologize, but I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

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http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/simple-and-complex-bbcode-with-php

 

or

 

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/bb-code-php-application

 

Or if you have access to install packages

http://pecl.php.net/package/bbcode

 

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