BBCode Functions
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bbcode_create

Create a BBCode Resource

Description

resource bbcode_create ([ array $bbcode_initial_tags = NULL ] )

This function returns a new BBCode Resource used to parse BBCode strings.

Parameters

bbcode_initial_tags

An associative array containing the tag names as keys and parameters required to correctly parse BBCode as their value. The following key/value pairs are supported:

  • flags optional - a flag set based on the BBCODE_FLAGS_* constants.
  • type required - an int indicating the type of tag. Use the BBCODE_TYPE_* constants.
  • open_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the open tag.
  • close_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the close tag.
  • default_arg optional - use this value as the default argument if none is provided and tag_type is of type OPTARG.
  • content_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the content. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name(string $content, string $argument)
  • param_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the argument. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name(string $content, string $argument)
  • childs optional - List of accepted children for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string. If the list starts with ! it will be the list of rejected children for the tag.
  • parent optional - List of accepted parents for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string.

Return Values

Returns a BBCode_Container

Examples

Example #1 bbcode_create example

<?php
$arrayBBCode=array(
    ''=>         array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_ROOT,  'childs'=>'!i'),
    'i'=>        array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<i>',
                    'close_tag'=>'</i>', 'childs'=>'b'),
    'url'=>      array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_OPTARG,
                    'open_tag'=>'<a href="{PARAM}">', 'close_tag'=>'</a>',
                    'default_arg'=>'{CONTENT}',
                    'childs'=>'b,i'),
    'img'=>      array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG,
                    'open_tag'=>'<img src="', 'close_tag'=>'" />',
                    'childs'=>''),
    'b'=>        array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<b>',
                    'close_tag'=>'</b>'),
);
$text=<<<EOF
[b]Bold Text[/b]
[i]Italic Text[/i]
[url]http://www.php.net/[/url]
[url=http://pecl.php.net/][b]Content Text[/b][/url]
[img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
[url=http://www.php.net/]
[img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
[/url]
EOF;
$BBHandler=bbcode_create($arrayBBCode);
echo bbcode_parse($BBHandler,$text);
?>

The above example will output:

<b>Bold Text</b>
[i]Italic Text[/i]
<a href="http://www.php.net/">http://www.php.net/</a>
<a href="http://pecl.php.net/"><b>Content Text</b></a>
<img src="http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif" />
<a href="http://www.php.net/">
[img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
</a>