[Giveit2u43]

Well the other code was more flexible for customization as it removed each code seperately, but I found it did add quite a bit to the creation time for the download page, doing it with less preg_replaces is quicker (at least in my tests)

And yes that code will remove EVERYTHING in [ ]'s BBCode or Otherwise, and I`ve made a point of adding a notice to the post pages informing all users that text in [ ]'s is stripped from the downloaded thread's so they shouldn`t be used... (not that they have ever been used for anything but bbcodes, but well now people know *g*)

I`m really just a beginner and wanted something effective that would stop users from complaining, this worked and in my test the only ill effect is that URL`s are stripped so if a URL is posted in a thread it`ll just display the name that was used not the URL, and I haven`t quite found a workaround for that which looks okay.. I can get it to display:

http://www.domain.com]Link Name

but can`t replace that ] with a space or a : to make the layout nicer.. maybe a better answer will come as I continue to investigate the PHP stripping, trimming, replacing functions..

Thanks for your comments..