Converting image tags [img=url] to [img]url[/img]

[trhoppe]

From reading, sounds like cleaner.php is my best solution, but what exactly is the regular expression that I need to run inside of cleaner to conver [img=urlGoesHere] to [img]urlGoesHere[/img]

Thanks!

[Jerry]

This should help, the img regex there should do what you're after :

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282129

[trhoppe]

This should help, the img regex there should do what you're after :

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282129

That doesn't quite get what I needed.

The url of the image is INSIDE the [img=] so it looks like [img=http://imagepathhere]

I need to grab that image path and put it into regular [img][/img] tags.

-Tom

[dave683]

That doesn't quite get what I needed.

The url of the image is INSIDE the [img=] so it looks like [img=http://imagepathhere]

I need to grab that image path and put it into regular [img][/img] tags.

-Tom

Try that. Back up ur data first XD

$text = preg_replace('#\[img=(.*)\]#siU', '[img]$1[/img]' ,$text); 

[Jerry]

Which would be :

$text = preg_replace('#\[img=(.*)\](.*)\[/img]#siU', '[img]$1[/img]', $text); 

[Jerry]

Try that. Back up ur data first XD

$text = preg_replace('#\[img=(.*)\]#siU', '[img]$1[/img]' ,$text); 

Close, though that won't clean out what is in between the tags and match-to-replace the origional closing one.

[trhoppe]

Close, though that won't clean out what is in between the tags and match-to-replace the origional closing one.

Actually $text = preg_replace('#\[img=(.*)\]#siU', '[img]$1[/img]', $text); was it

I now understand a bit more about reg exps but I still have no idea what "$1" is in the replacement and how that works.

The other one which had preg_replace('#\[img=(.*)\](.*)\[/img]#siU' never matched as the dumb megaBBS board never had closing img tags.

Jerry, thanks for all the help with the import, this thread and the others that you answered had great advice and help!

dave683, thanks for the help with that statement

-Tom

[Jerry]

Ah yes, my bad, I didn't read it fully and missed that there was no closing [/img] tag ..... !

[dave683]

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