Text Replace - HowTo?

[tylercruz]

Hi,

I would like to be able to have the forum automatically change a word in a post to something else when posted..

For example, somebody types the post:

Hello, everyone go to yahoo.

And have it changed to:

Hello, everyone go to http://www.Yahoo.com.

How can I do this?

Thanks a lot!

[Ahmad]

Originally Posted by tylercruz

Hi,

I would like to be able to have the forum automatically change a word in a post to something else when posted..

For example, somebody types the post:

Hello, everyone go to yahoo.

And have it changed to:

Hello, everyone go to http://www.Yahoo.com.

How can I do this?

Thanks a lot!

If I recall correctly, it can be done as a smilie. Or maybe that was in a dream.

[Xenon]

nope, not with smilies, but with the replacement vars

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Xenon

nope, not with smilies, but with the replacement vars

You can do it with replacements BUT when the word Yahoo is in the title it replaes that as well messing things up on the page.

Can it be done in the showthread only and not on the forumhome?

Thanks

[Xenon]

hmm, well, then you have to hack the bbcodeparse function a little bit:

open functions_bbcodeparse.php

find:

PHP Code:

        if ($isimgcheck)
        { // do this since we're only checking for smilies and IMG code
            $dobbcode = 0;
        }
        return parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br); 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

        if ($isimgcheck)
        { // do this since we're only checking for smilies and IMG code
            $dobbcode = 0;
        }
        return str_replace('yahoo', '<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>', parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br)); 


that way it's hardcoded, but will work

[Ahmad]

I thought that replacement variables do not act on post content. Maybe that was in the same dream, sorry

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Xenon

hmm, well, then you have to hack the bbcodeparse function a little bit:

open functions_bbcodeparse.php

find:

PHP Code:

        if ($isimgcheck)
        { // do this since we're only checking for smilies and IMG code
            $dobbcode = 0;
        }
        return parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br); 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

        if ($isimgcheck)
        { // do this since we're only checking for smilies and IMG code
            $dobbcode = 0;
        }
        return str_replace('yahoo', '<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>', parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br)); 


that way it's hardcoded, but will work

YOU DA MAN!!! Thanks!

[ryancooper]

Originally Posted by Ahmad

I thought that replacement variables do not act on post content. Maybe that was in the same dream, sorry

To add more than one??

return str_replace('yahoo', '<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>',return str_replace('google', '<a href="http://www.google.com">google</a>', parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br)));


???

[Xenon]

@Ahmad: nah, it weas jsut in vb2 some of the replacementvars (those which started with an {) were not parsed inside posts, but all others have been all the time

@ryan: you should then use array replacement:

PHP Code:

$links = array(
'search' => array('yahoo', 'google', 'astalavista'),
'replace' => array('<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">yahoo</a>', '<a href="http://www.google.com">google</a>', '<a href="http://www.altavista.com">Altavista</a>'));
return str_replace($links['search'], $links['replace'], parse_bbcode2($bbcode, $dohtml, $dobbimagecode, $dosmilies, $dobbcode, $iswysiwyg, $donl2br));