phpreplacetext-parsingbbcode

Convert BBCode [url] tags into clickable HTML <a href> links

I was using str_replace() for other BBCodes, but I'm stuck with the url portion.

I need to convert:

[url=http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=brits+pub&near=Pasadena,+CA&fb=1&cid=0,0,17926180203917841249&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image]Brits[/url]

to

<a href="ttp://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&q=brits+pub&near=Pasadena,+CA&fb=1&cid=0,0,17926180203917841249&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image">Brits</a>
Solution

  • Why don't you take a look at other BBCode parsers?

    Just replacing tags isn't sufficient anyways, since this can (and will) lead to incorrect markup.