Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/25/07 15:04

Ben wrote:

> replace __abc__ with <b>abc</b> in a string

Assuming this is for a simplified text markup system, don't reinvent the
wheel.

Take a look at:

- Markdown
- Textile
- BB Code
- Wiki markup

There are freely available PHP implementations of each of these. Some are
in PEAR -- you'll need to use Google for the others.

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