bbcode

I want to support BBCode on my website, but dont know where to start. I am guessing that i need to use regular expressions, which i find horrible :( Can some one help me along with this, thanks!

oh, and does any one know of a good BBCode WYSIWYG editor?

Why not just check and see if your forums software has built in support for it. ;)

the PEAR project has support for BBCode via the HTML_BBCodeParser. I've used it in some projects of mine and it works quite well.

This is a good tutorial on how to use it.

@rob: i am not using forum software.

@sunburnt: i will take a look at that. thanks

I wrote one once. If it's just for your personal use, they can be very simple.

I haven't tried the PEAR parser, but you should learn regular expressions anyway. Granted, they make one's stomach turn at first sight, but they are not hard to learn.

Regular Expressions Tutorial

well it is going to be for a high traffic site...

Did you check the FAQ thread? It has a link to this post about BBCode: http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=246913

thanks for that! it helped a ton!