// do code tags
      $bbcode=eregi_replace("code\\]","code]",$bbcode);  // make lower case
      $bbcode=str_replace("<code>\r\n","</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>",$bbcode);
      $bbcode=str_replace("<code>","</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>",$bbcode);
      $bbcode=str_replace("</code>\r\n","<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>",$bbcode);
      $bbcode=str_replace("</code>","<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>",$bbcode);

      if ($dobbimagecode==1) {
        $bbcode=eregi_replace("\\[img\\]([^\\[]*)\\[/img\\]","<img src=\"\\1\" border=0></a>",$bbcode);
      }


      // get rid of stray <br> tags in the code - upsets older browsers (IE 4.72 reported problems)
      $codebits=explode("</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>",$bbcode);
      list($key,$bbcode)=each($codebits);
      $bbcode=nl2br($bbcode);

      while (list($key,$val)=each($codebits)) {

        $sbbits=explode("<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>",$val);
        $newbits=$sbbits[0]."<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>".nl2br($sbbits[1]);
        $bbcode.="</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>".$newbits;

      }