would it be preg_replace

[sabret00the]

basically i'm extracting data from the database for a preview of some posts, however in doing so if it contains a quote it goes all pear shaped due to the fact that the tag doesn't close, if their anyway to just cut that code out and just include what comes after and before?

[Andreas]

$text = strip_quotes($text)

?

[sabret00the]

works perfectly, thank you :)