[GavoTrav]

Kh99 has already answered but this is another way!

NON-VB

Add it to the top of the template where it shows/pastes

PHP Code:


Just include the string
<?php include 'bb2html.php';?>
And to call it simply write
<?php $htmltext = bb2html($bbtext);?>
[/code]

Then upload this file:

Call it: bb2html.php
[code]
<?php

// A simple FAST parser to convert BBCode to HTML
// Trade-in more restrictive grammar for speed and simplicty
//
// Syntax Sample:
// --------------
// [img]http://pvhax.com/images/star.gif[/img]
// [url="http://pvhax.com"]PvHax[/url]
// [mail="webmaster@pvhax.com"]Webmaster[/mail]
// [size="25"]HUGE[/size]
// [color="red"]RED[/color]
// [b]bold[/b]
// [i]italic[/i]
// [u]underline[/u]
//[list][*]item[*]item[*]item[/list]// [code]value="123";[/code]
// [quote]John said yadda yadda yadda[/quote]
//
// Usage:
// ------
// <?php include 'bb2html.php'; ?>
// <?php $htmltext = bb2html($bbtext); ?>


function bb2html($text)
{
  $bbcode = array("<", ">",
                "[list]", "[*]", "[/list]", 
                "[img]", "[/img]", 
                "[b]", "[/b]", 
                "[u]", "[/u]", 
                "[i]", "[/i]",
                '[color="', "[/color]",
                "[size=\"", "[/size]",
                '[url="', "[/url]",
                "[mail=\"", "[/mail]",
                "[code]", "[/code]",
                "[quote]", "[/quote]",
                '"]');
  $htmlcode = array("&lt;", "&gt;",
                "<ul>", "<li>", "</ul>", 
                "<img src=\"", "\">", 
                "<b>", "</b>", 
                "<u>", "</u>", 
                "<i>", "</i>",
                "<span style=\"color:", "</span>",
                "<span style=\"font-size:", "</span>",
                '<a href="', "</a>",
                "<a href=\"mailto:", "</a>",
                "<code>", "</code>",
                "<table width=100% bgcolor=lightgray><tr><td bgcolor=white>", "</td></tr></table>",
                '">');
  $newtext = str_replace($bbcode, $htmlcode, $text);
  $newtext = nl2br($newtext);//second pass
  return $newtext;
}
?>