Allow x nested quotes

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how can I modify this function to allow x amount of nested quotes?

// ###################### Start strip_quotes #######################
function strip_quotes($text)
{
	$lowertext = strtolower($text);

	// find all [quote tags
	$start_pos = array();
	$curpos = 0;
	do
	{
		$pos = strpos($lowertext, '[quote', $curpos);
		if ($pos !== false)
		{
			$start_pos["$pos"] = 'start';
			$curpos = $pos + 6;
		}
	}
	while ($pos !== false);

	if (sizeof($start_pos) == 0)
	{
		return $text;
	}

	// find all [/quote] tags
	$end_pos = array();
	$curpos = 0;
	do
	{
		$pos = strpos($lowertext, '[/quote]', $curpos);
		if ($pos !== false)
		{
			$end_pos["$pos"] = 'end';
			$curpos = $pos + 8;
		}
	}
	while ($pos !== false);

	if (sizeof($end_pos) == 0)
	{
		return $text;
	}

	// merge them together and sort based on position in string
	$pos_list = $start_pos + $end_pos;
	ksort($pos_list);

	do
	{
		// build a stack that represents when a quote tag is opened
		// and add non-quote text to the new string
		$stack = array();
		$newtext = '';
		$substr_pos = 0;
		foreach ($pos_list AS $pos => $type)
		{
			$stacksize = sizeof($stack);
			if ($type == 'start')
			{
				// empty stack, so add from the last close tag or the beginning of the string
				if ($stacksize == 0)
				{
					$newtext .= substr($text, $substr_pos, $pos - $substr_pos);
				}
				array_push($stack, $pos);
			}
			else
			{
				// pop off the latest opened tag
				if ($stacksize)
				{
					array_pop($stack);
					$substr_pos = $pos + 8;
				}
			}
		}

		// add any trailing text
		$newtext .= substr($text, $substr_pos);

		// check to see if there's a stack remaining, remove those points
		// as key points, and repeat. Allows emulation of a non-greedy-type
		// recursion.
		if ($stack)
		{
			foreach ($stack AS $pos)
			{
				unset($pos_list["$pos"]);
			}
		}
	}
	while ($stack);

	return $newtext;
}

would this work?

// ###################### Start strip_quotes #######################
function strip_quotes($text)
{
	$nestlevel = 3;
        $lowertext = strtolower($text);

	// find all [quote tags
	$start_pos = array();
	$curpos = 0;
        $nestcount = 0;
	do
	{
		$pos = strpos($lowertext, '[quote', $curpos);
		if ($pos !== false)
		{
			$start_pos["$pos"] = 'start';
			$curpos = $pos + 6;
                        $nestcount++;
		}
	}
	while (($pos !== false) && ($nestcount < $nestlevel));

	if (sizeof($start_pos) == 0)
	{
		return $text;
	}

	// find all [/quote] tags
	$end_pos = array();
	$curpos = 0;
        $nestcount = 0;
	do
	{
		$pos = strpos($lowertext, '[/quote]', $curpos);
		if ($pos !== false)
		{
			$end_pos["$pos"] = 'end';
			$curpos = $pos + 8;
                        $nestcount++;
		}
	}
	while (($pos !== false) && ($nestcount < $nestlevel));

	if (sizeof($end_pos) == 0)
	{
		return $text;
	}

	// merge them together and sort based on position in string
	$pos_list = $start_pos + $end_pos;
	ksort($pos_list);

	do
	{
		// build a stack that represents when a quote tag is opened
		// and add non-quote text to the new string
		$stack = array();
		$newtext = '';
		$substr_pos = 0;
		foreach ($pos_list AS $pos => $type)
		{
			$stacksize = sizeof($stack);
			if ($type == 'start')
			{
				// empty stack, so add from the last close tag or the beginning of the string
				if ($stacksize == 0)
				{
					$newtext .= substr($text, $substr_pos, $pos - $substr_pos);
				}
				array_push($stack, $pos);
			}
			else
			{
				// pop off the latest opened tag
				if ($stacksize)
				{
					array_pop($stack);
					$substr_pos = $pos + 8;
				}
			}
		}

		// add any trailing text
		$newtext .= substr($text, $substr_pos);

		// check to see if there's a stack remaining, remove those points
		// as key points, and repeat. Allows emulation of a non-greedy-type
		// recursion.
		if ($stack)
		{
			foreach ($stack AS $pos)
			{
				unset($pos_list["$pos"]);
			}
		}
	}
	while ($stack);

	return $newtext;
}