[Lynne]

I wrote a mod where I needed to process the bbcode (View all your social group messages) and I copied/modified a function to parse the bbcode:

PHP Code:

function process_message_preview($message)
{
    global $vbulletin, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show;

    require_once(DIR . '/includes/class_bbcode.php');
    $bbcode_parser =& new vB_BbCodeParser($vbulletin, fetch_tag_list());

    $previewhtml = '';
    if ($previewmessage = $bbcode_parser->parse($message['pagetext'], 'socialmessage', $message['disablesmilies'] ? 0 : 1))
    {
        $previewhtml = $previewmessage;
    }

    return $previewhtml;
} 


The call in the code was something like:

PHP Code:

query
then
    while ($message = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($messagelist))
    {
.....
        
        $message['pagetext'] = process_message_preview($message);
eval template that uses $message['pagetext'];
} 


So, you look like you are on the right track. You would need to add the call to the function/code prior to the eval statement (like I show above).