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BBCODE_CREATE(3)							 1							  BBCODE_CREATE(3)

bbcode_create - Create a BBCode Resource

SYNOPSIS
resource bbcode_create ([array $bbcode_initial_tags = NULL]) DESCRIPTION
This function returns a new BBCode Resource used to parse BBCode strings. PARAMETERS
o $bbcode_initial_tags - An associative array containing the tag names as keys and parameters required to correctly parse BBCode as their value. The fol- lowing key/value pairs are supported: o$flags optional - a flag set based on the BBCODE_FLAGS_* constants. o$type required - an int indicating the type of tag. Use the BBCODE_TYPE_* constants. o$open_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the open tag. o$close_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the close tag. o$default_arg optional - use this value as the default argument if none is provided and tag_type is of type OPTARG. o$content_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the content. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name (string $content, string $argument) o$param_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the argument. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name (string $content, string $argument) o$childs optional - List of accepted children for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string. If the list starts with ! it will be the list of rejected children for the tag. o$parent optional - List of accepted parents for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string. RETURN VALUES
Returns a BBCode_Container EXAMPLES
Example #1 bbcode_create(3) example <?php $arrayBBCode=array( ''=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_ROOT, 'childs'=>'!i'), 'i'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<i>', 'close_tag'=>'</i>', 'childs'=>'b'), 'url'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_OPTARG, 'open_tag'=>'<a href="{PARAM}">', 'close_tag'=>'</a>', 'default_arg'=>'{CONTENT}', 'childs'=>'b,i'), 'img'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<img src="', 'close_tag'=>'" />', 'childs'=>''), 'b'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<b>', 'close_tag'=>'</b>'), ); $text=<<<EOF [b]Bold Text[/b] [i]Italic Text[/i] [url]http://www.php.net/[/url] [url=http://pecl.php.net/][b]Content Text[/b][/url] [img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img] [url=http://www.php.net/] [img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img] [/url] EOF; $BBHandler=bbcode_create($arrayBBCode); echo bbcode_parse($BBHandler,$text); ?> The above example will output: <b>Bold Text</b> [i]Italic Text[/i] <a href="http://www.php.net/">http://www.php.net/</a> <a href="http://pecl.php.net/"><b>Content Text</b></a> <img src="http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif" /> <a href="http://www.php.net/"> [img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img] </a> PHP Documentation Group BBCODE_CREATE(3)
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