How to convert
to [div style="xyz"] with preg_replace php

Question

I have an html string

$html = '<div style="background-color:#000;border:1px solid #000">
<b>Some Text</b></div><span>I have amount > 1000 USD</span>';

I want to convert it to this

$html = '[div style="background-color:#000;border:1px solid #000"]
[b]Some Text[/b][/div][span]I have amount > 1000 USD[/span]';

I have searched a lot on google to get some php script to convert html to bbcode but could not find. I don't know the regex. If you give me some idea, with example code, It will give me the startup.

If it could be done with some other php function, please suggest me that.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 12:27

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use this

$html = '<div style="background-color:#000;border:1px solid #000">
<b>Some Text</b></div><span>This is an other text</span>';

echo str_replace(array("<",">"),array("[","]"),$html);

http://codepad.org/kjKVCzjw

output

[div style="background-color:#000;border:1px solid #000"]
[b]Some Text[/b][/div][span]This is an other text[/span]

answered Mar 28 '13 at 12:27

Yogesh Suthar

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But It will also replace other "<" or ">" in the html string that user has used, I only need to replace tags. – Munib Mar 28 '13 at 12:30
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@user2207240 Users mustn't use `<` or `>`. They should use `>` or `<`. – hjpotter92 Mar 28 '13 at 12:50
"but it will also replace tags, i only want to replace tags" – vladkras Mar 28 '13 at 12:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '13 at 12:28

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You could use str_replace:

$html = str_replace(array('<', '>'), array('[', ']'), $html);

answered Mar 28 '13 at 12:28

billyonecan

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But It will also replace other "<" or ">" in the html string that user has used. – Munib Mar 28 '13 at 12:29

hjpotter92 · Answer 3 · 2013-03-28T12:51:32.487

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All you need is replace < with [ and > with ]. Simply use str_replace().

$newString = str_replace( "<", "[", str_replace(">", "]", $StringInput) );

edited Mar 28 '13 at 12:51

answered Mar 28 '13 at 12:28

hjpotter92

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How to convert to [div style="xyz"] with preg_replace php

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How to convert
to [div style="xyz"] with preg_replace php