preg_replace

[AN-net]

well i heard preg_replace is a very hard thing in php but i thought i would give a swing at it, i did with a simple phrase already and it worked great but i cant get this one to work with variables and what nots..

heres my error:

Warning: Compilation failed: missing terminating ] for character class at offset 21 in /home2/animati/public_html/dev/testphp.php on line 24


my php

$string= "black";
$pattern= "#/[bold\](.*)\[/bold\]#esiU";
$replace= "<b>$1</b>";
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $string);

[Xenon]

the [ is a special char in regular expressions, so you have to escape it if you want it to be the actual character:

$pattern= "#\[bold\](.*)\[/bold\]#esiU";

i assume you meant to use the backslash but used a normal slash instead ;)

[AN-net]

more errors, yeah!!!>_<


Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /home2/animati/public_html/dev/testphp.php(24) : regexp code on line 1

Fatal error: Failed evaluating code: black in /home2/animati/public_html/dev/testphp.php on line 24

[Xenon]

remove the 'e' from 'esiU'

you'r not executing a callback function are you? ^^

[AN-net]

i just copied that from functions_bbcodeparse.php lol! so what does that exactly do? #siU?

i tried understanding the way php.net explains it but im just confused>_<

[Xenon]

i -> ignore cases
e -> execute a callback function (like vb does if there is a handle_bbcode()..)
s -> means a dot can be every character
not really sure about the U, i never used it right now ^^