Help!

[Matt*is*thick]

I have tried over and over again to get this code to work but it just won't!!!


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<i>$post[username] leans back and flaps about a bit, accidentally freezing Phoebe and Prue in the process...</i>

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I want people to be able to type in [power=freeze] and for the code above to appear in its pace, but it won't. How EXACTLY should I type this into the 3 top boxes? I have the param option selected...


Someone suggested coming here...please help I need this urgently :)

[tubedogg]

Actually Ed said he wrote a small regex to do it, and he suggested searching for his code here.

Also, did you try my replacement variable idea?

[Matt*is*thick]

I made a replacement variable, now what do I do?

I typed {freeze} in a post and nothing happened....

[tubedogg]

OK I just tried a replacement variable. It sort-of worked. It replaced {freeze} with the text I had indicated, but it did not parse $post[username] (as I kind of suspected it wouldn't).

So, let's try this.

In showthread.php, find
if ($post['receivepm'] and $enablepms==1) {
eval("\$post[pmlink] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_sendpm")."\";");
} else {
$post[pmlink] = "";
}
Right below that, add this:
$post[message] = str_replace("[power=freeze]","<i>$post[username] leans back and flaps about a bit, accidentally freezing Phoebe and Prue in the process...</i>",$post[message]);
You can change [power=freeze] to whatever you want your users to enter, and change the stuff in the second quotes to whatever you want to display. You could also do this multiple times, changing the power=freeze to power=spell or whatever and change what is displayed, but the idea is the same.

[Matt*is*thick]

Its still not working :(

[tubedogg]

Whoops, I messed up. Try my code again (I changed it slightly).

[Matt*is*thick]

It still doesn't appear to be working....

oh and by the way is there a way of having brackets and invisible text (text that is the same colour as the background color of the post) so that people can't see it untilt hey highlight it?

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[Matt*is*thick]

Please someone help with my first query! :( :(