[rufopr]

ok i tried what snak9 suggested (since i know nothing about perl)

$thetext = "go to ultrashock! or [LINK]http://www.identd.org/[/link]";
preg_replace("s/\(.*?)\[\/LINK\]/gi", "<a href=\"$1\">$2</a>", $thetext);
preg_replace("s/\[LINK\](.*?)\[\/LINK\]/gi", "<a href=\"$1\">$1</a>", $thetext);
print $thetext."\n";

after testing this is the error i get

Warning: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/mysticspace.net/web_users/rufo/phpTests/ereg.php on line 11

Warning: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/mysticspace.net/web_users/rufo/phpTests/ereg.php on line 12

go to ultrashock! or [LINK]http://www.identd.org/

what is s/ and /gi anyway? is that like ^ (beginning) and $ (end) on a ereg function?

oh and about the backslashes... stripslashes didn't work i've already tried it like this

$thetext = "double quotes in my posts \"suck\"!";
$thetext = stripslashes($thetext);
print $thetext."\n";

and just got this printed
double quotes in my posts \"suck\"!

i'd appretiate if someone could clarify things for me