replace string to link

[Stylewriter]

hi!
this time my question how I can replace a string into a link?
the problem is:
I'm doing a forum and has now disabled html with "htmlentities();"!
But now I want, that the user also can format his post.

perhaps this way:
the user writes: [.U.R.L.=http://www.vbforums.com] //without the dots!
and the post should be schown as:
http://www.vbforums.com

And even the way this forum is doing it:
[.U.R.L.=http://www.vbforums.com]Click Me[./.U.R.L.] //also without the dots

shown as:
Click Me

these are the two ways I'd like to put into my forum, but I've no idea how I could manage it...
I hope you are able to help me!

thanx a lot

[phpman]

little lost here. you have a forum that uses htmlentities() to turn off html? and you want to circumvent this?

to do what you want you would have to make various edits to the orignal script. it can take hours if you don't know how.

what forum software are you using?

[The Hobo]

Wait a minute...

Is this a forum you're making or one you're trying to modify? If you're trying to modify one, then phpman is right. It could be hell trying to find the right stuff to modify/replace in the code.

[Stylewriter]

I got it...
I am writing a forum - not trying to modify one...
I did it with the preg_replace(); function.
very easy

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by Stylewriter
I got it...
I am writing a forum - not trying to modify one...
I did it with the preg_replace(); function.
very easy