Most likely a preg_replace question?

It's hard to explain so i'll provide an example:

If someone types "/me says hello" in a textbox, how can i parse this (using preg_replace) so that it will be displayed as:

<font color="red">* da_silvy says hello</font>

In a shoutbox?

Can someone please tell me the code for this :D

well you would have to get the /me to be exchanged with the user name.

preg_replace('/(\/me)(.*)/U','$username //2, $string);

didn't seem to work :(

Also, i want it to work for that line, so that when a /me appears on the start of the line, it will add a tag at the front and a tag at the end of the line..

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Originally posted by da_silvy
It's hard to explain so i'll provide an example:

If someone types "/me says hello" in a textbox, how can i parse this (using preg_replace) so that it will be displayed as:

<font color="red">* da_silvy says hello</font>

In a shoutbox?

Can someone please tell me the code for this :D

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Code:

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$string = preg_replace("/\me(*.)/\n", '<font color="read">' . $username . '\\1</font>', $string);

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I'm not sure how to fit the newline in there, though. :(

If I you haven't gotten a proven answer by the time I get home from school, I'll give it a shot.

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Originally posted by da_silvy
didn't seem to work :(

Also, i want it to work for that line, so that when a /me appears on the start of the line, it will add a tag at the front and a tag at the end of the line..

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sorry fogot to add that.

preg_replace('/(\/me)(.*)/U','<font color=red>'.$username.' //2</font>, $string);

Error Correction on phpman's code:

PHP Code:

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preg_replace('/(\/me)(.*)/U','<font color=red>'.$username.' //2</font>', $string); 


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(forgot a ')