Word replacement filter

[Anyoldname]

I've had a look around for a word replacement mod, but I can't seem to find quite what I am after.
I want to find something that works, dare I say it, like my old phpbb2 bad word filter, where I can set a word, for example 'Ugly' and then set a word, or even multiple words to replace it, for example 'not so pretty'. I could put an * either before or after the word to be replaced if I wanted all examples to be replaced, otherwise the exactl word only would be replaced.

Ideally, what I'd like to be able to do is replace words with html or BB code so that I could do this.
Vbulletin mods gets replaced with <a href="http://www.vbulletin.org>Vbulletin mods</a>

The final output to be something like: I have some Vbulletin mods (http://www.vbulletin.org) on my forum.

Anyone know of any kind of mod that might be able to do this? It would be great for creating internal links to particular FAQ when people type common questions. :)

[Dismounted]

<a href="http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/replacements_intro" target="_blank">Replacement Variables</a>

[Anyoldname]

Thanks
I did look at using replacement variables, but they would affect the entire forum so I'm not sure that it would work.
For example if I changed the word "stick" into "stone". If I typed "sticky", it would output "stoney" right?

I need to be able to distinguish the word on its own rather than the string of letters within other words.

[Lynne]

plugin at postbit_display_complete:


$find = array(
'Vbulletin mods',
'Ugly',
);

$replace = array(
'<a href="http://www.vbulletin.org">Vbulletin mods</a>',
'not so pretty',
);

$this->post['message'] = str_ireplace($find, $replace, $this->post['message']);

[Joey Link]

plugin at postbit_display_complete:


$find = array(
'Vbulletin mods',
'Ugly',
);

$replace = array(
'<a href="http://www.vbulletin.org">Vbulletin mods</a>',
'not so pretty',
);

$this->post['message'] = str_ireplace($find, $replace, $this->post['message']);

What's this mean Lynne?

[Lynne]

What does it mean? It's a sample plugin for replacing a couple of words/terms in posts. Although, it looks like I forgot a " in there (which I will now go fix).

[Joey Link]

Is this different/better than going to the Replacement Variable Manager and adding terms?

[Lynne]

It really depends on what you are trying to do. The plugin I listed will only replace words in posts. Replacement Variables replace words/code throughout the entire site.

[Joey Link]

Ok, so it sounds like what you posted is definitely what I want. I'm just looking to replace bad words with words I specify (or rather, one word). Will this work retroactively or only from the time I install it?

Also, I'm not entirely sure where I put the code. I see it says postbit_display_complete but I don't see that style template.

[BlueNinjaGo]

The plugin I listed will only replace words in posts.

Would that add much (or any) extra work on the server? Enough to be noticeable is what I'm asking....

[Lynne]

Ok, so it sounds like what you posted is definitely what I want. I'm just looking to replace bad words with words I specify (or rather, one word). Will this work retroactively or only from the time I install it?

Also, I'm not entirely sure where I put the code. I see it says postbit_display_complete but I don't see that style template.
postbit_display_complete is a hook location.

This replaces words as the post is viewed, not as it is made. So, it should replace words retroactively.

Would that add much (or any) extra work on the server? Enough to be noticeable is what I'm asking....
I didn't notice any change on my server. However, I also changed it a bit so it is only to be used on Moderator/Admin Posts (so we can write things in shorthand but have it spit out a bunch of stuff).

Also, if someone hits Quote, the original word(s) are still there because, as I said, it doesn't replace the words as the post is made.

[Joey Link]

Is there a tutorial somewhere on how to use hooks or hook locations? I've never heard of that before. It'd really be great if you could lay it out step by step how to incorporate the code you posted above. I'm sure there are probably quite a few people looking for this information. I really appreciate all your help lynne ;)

[Lynne]

There is a section about products and plugins in the manual (link under Quick Links and in my sig). Also, there are quite a few articles written about plugins in our articles forums (tab in upper right corner).

[Joey Link]

Awesome, I got it. Thanks so much. Just one more thing, if you don't mind.

Is there a way I can make it replace an exact word, instead of a word containing the letters of a bad word? For example, if I want all my bad words to be replaced with flower, and I want to ban the word that's also another name for donkey, 'class' becomes 'clflower'. In the censorship options I can ban that particular word by typing {***}, so it only bans it when it's only those letters, not when it's part of another word. Is there any way to do this?

[Lynne]

You can go take a look at the other php string replacement functions and see if there is a better one to use for your purposes. You could also put in " donkey " (as an example) as the word with a space on either side of it so it only gets replaced if it is a standalone word.

[mdawg]

Okay I did find this, but this is not going to make say, whenever someone types in the word "yahoo" that it creates a hyperlink for http://www.yahoo.com

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=211693

Right?

[Lynne]

Replacement Variables will replace every instance of "yahoo" on your site with whatever you say to replace "yahoo" with - which may be a link if that is what you put in the Replace Text box.

[mdawg]

I don't think so. The plugins you describe (and replacement variables) will replace a given text with another text.

That will work for my "obscenity" issue, say switching the word b*tch for woman, but in the case of switching say the word yahoo for http://www.yahoo.com I don't think it will simply change the single word yahoo into a blue hyperlink like this: yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) - rather, it will change the five letters of yahoo for the twenty characters of http://www.yahoo.com and it may not even make the twenty characters a hyperlink.

Try it, you'll see what I mean.

[Lynne]

It works just fine. And it gave me a hyperlink because I told it to. You need to enter *exactly* what you want it to be replaced with.

Search for: yahoo
Replace with: <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>

[mdawg]

I found out that vbSEO acronym expander does what I was looking for all along. But they had to modify their code for me so that it worked for HTTPS (not just HTTP) urls.

[Lynne]

Just a note to anyone else who comes across this thread... doing the above search/replace on "yahoo" will cause problems on your site if you use the yahoo yui clientscript in your pages. So, don't search/replace that word if you do!

[mdawg]

Is there a way to change the code in vb5 to make certain words automatically hyperlinks? In posts only not in titles.

[hosamalzagh]

hello i used

$this->post['message'] = str_replace('<img', '<img alt="'.$post['title'].'"', $this->post['message']);

in postbit_display_complete to add tags to images my vbulletin is 3

pls can help me to add tages img in replay of thread

[Lynne]

Add tags? What do you mean by that? What is the original link and what is the link you want to see? We need examples in order to help.

[hosamalzagh]

Add tags? What do you mean by that? What is the original link and what is the link you want to see? We need examples in order to help.

this $this->post['message'] for Article (thread ) pls give me a variable name used in replay post number 2 ,post 3 , 4,5 and last post

[Lynne]

I do not understand what you are asking at all.