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<?php $string = 'ê[B]éîøoo[/B]åaí'; $isMatch = preg_match( '/\[(\w++)([=]?)([^\]]*?)\]([^\[]*?)\[\/\1\]|\[(HR|\*)\]/', $string, $matches ); if($isMatch) { echo str_replace( "[{$matches[1]}]{$matches[4]}[/{$matches[1]}]", "<b>{$matches[4]}</b>", $string ); }
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, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
ê<b>éîøoo</b>åaí

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236.29 ms | 406 KiB | 311 Q