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This is more of a getting you started piece of code than a copy and paste your board is hacked kind of release. If you don't know how to code in PHP, this hack is NOT for you.


What this "hack" does is it allows you to replace a word in a post with something else. It doesn't replace the word in titles or anywhere else like replacements do. Just in a post.

What I use it for: I replace the word Netflix in every post with a link to my Netflix affilliate.

What you might use it for: affilliate links, swear word replacements with style, pranks, whatever

You will need to modify the function that I have included to set up your own replacement words. You might want to replace more than one thing. It's up to you. Have fun with this and share what you have done.

Demo:

http://www.eaforums.com/forums/showt...threadid=22557

I will help as much as I can in customizing this for you within reason.

[amykhar]

If you lick the install button, nobody else is going to want to touch it to click it.

Amy

[Brad]

Theres a reason we have paper towels .

[Dean C]

This is a very nice idea.. /me likes

- miSt

[SgtSling]

weird
if someone types in Amazon.com it posts it.. but if someone types amazon all lowercase.. it doesn't

[limey]

And to create more words we have to create more functions with:
($text1)
($text2)
($text3)

etc. right?

I'm pretty sure I'm right; just confirming . Very cool btw!

[SgtSling]

yeah but if the poster links to a certain page..
like amazon.com/apage.html
it screws with the hyperlink

[Bane]

Fantastic Idea Amy

[amykhar]

Today at 01:10 AM limey said this in Post #15
And to create more words we have to create more functions with:
($text1)
($text2)
($text3)

etc. right?

I'm pretty sure I'm right; just confirming . Very cool btw!

No. You can actually do all of the replacements in the same function. If you look at the code, you can see that I replaced two different words: Netflix and netflix. You can do yours in the same way if you understand how the code works.

You would add code something along the lines of:

$affiliate_code2="Some other replacement string";
$text = str_replace("word2",$affiliate_code2,$text);

[amykhar]

Today at 01:31 AM SgtSling said this in Post #16
yeah but if the poster links to a certain page..
like amazon.com/apage.html
it screws with the hyperlink

With a bit more work, you could code it to ensure that the word you are replacing is not already in a URL. If I get some time today, I will play with it and give you the code.

Amy

[amykhar]

Today at 12:22 AM SgtSling said this in Post #14
weird
if someone types in Amazon.com it posts it.. but if someone types amazon all lowercase.. it doesn't

That is now fixed. See the new text file. To "upgrade" you will need to change calls of str_replace to stri_replace and add the new function stri_replace at the bottom of functions.php as outlined in the updated text file.

Amy