[akanevsky]

The original poster has dissappeared so I did not post the solution.

Since you want it, here you go.

In ./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php, find:

PHP Code:

if (!$dohtml)
{
    $smilie_find[] = htmlspecialchars_uni(trim($smilie['smilietext']));
}
else
{
    $smilie_find[] = trim($smilie['smilietext']);
} 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

if (!$dohtml)
{
    $smilie_find[] = " ".htmlspecialchars_uni(trim($smilie['smilietext']))." ";
}
else
{
    $smilie_find[] = " ".trim($smilie['smilietext'])." ";
} 


P.S. I would suggest that Jelsoft adds this into his next vBulletin release....