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<?php function format_text($string) { $string = preg_replace('/(\*\*(.*?)\*\*)/', '<b>\\2</b>', $string); $string = preg_replace('/(##(.*?)##)/', '<em>\\2</em>', $string); return $string; } $before = "Focus on the **user** and all else will ##follow##."; $after = format_text($before); echo $after;
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
Focus on the <b>user</b> and all else will <em>follow</em>.

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