<?php function text2bbc($text){ $find = array( '~\[b\](.*?)\[/b\]~s', '~\[i\](.*?)\[/i\]~s', '~\[u\](.*?)\[/u\]~s', '~\[size=(.*?)\](.*?)\[/size\]~s', '~\[color=(.*?)\](.*?)\[/color\]~s' ); $replace = array( '<b>$1</b>', '<i>$1</i>', '<span style="text-decoration:underline;">$1</span>', '<span style="font-size:$1px;">$2</span>', '<span style="color:$1;">$2</span>' ); return preg_replace($find,$replace,$text); } echo text2bbc('this is some [b]bold text[/b] and this is [color=#FF0000]Red textThis will convert Bulletin Board Code into readable HTML, good for comments, forums, etc. '); echo'<br>'; echo text2bbc('this text is [i]italic[/i] and this is not'); echo'<br>'; echo text2bbc('here we have [u]underlined[/u] text'); echo'<br>'; echo text2bbc('this is [size=24]24px[/size] font'); ?> PHP: