thefnool
01-07-2010, 01:44 PM
On my forum, until recently I was using YouTube bbcode with the following formatting:
XXXXXX
Where XXXXXX is the variable at the end of a youtube URL.
My new formatting is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
However, with the change I am left with lots of posts containing unparsed embedded videos using the old code. I'm trying to work out a way to use replacement variables to alter every instance of the old formatting to the new formatting.
The way I see it, I need to globally replace with
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
As this would mean that the closing tag would be left intact, and all old videos would then parse correctly.
What would the formatting be for a replacement variable that would replace all instances of [youtube=Anything goes here] with [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ?
If this is impossible, are there any plugins/products that would facilitate such a change? Or, is it possible to do a similarly specifically-targeted find/replace in my database?
XXXXXX
Where XXXXXX is the variable at the end of a youtube URL.
My new formatting is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX
However, with the change I am left with lots of posts containing unparsed embedded videos using the old code. I'm trying to work out a way to use replacement variables to alter every instance of the old formatting to the new formatting.
The way I see it, I need to globally replace with
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
As this would mean that the closing tag would be left intact, and all old videos would then parse correctly.
What would the formatting be for a replacement variable that would replace all instances of [youtube=Anything goes here] with [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ?
If this is impossible, are there any plugins/products that would facilitate such a change? Or, is it possible to do a similarly specifically-targeted find/replace in my database?