--- "CPT John W. Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh... my turn to disagree again. You can do a simple str_replace() > to convert "<b>" back into "<b>", but you're going to have to > do it for each case. Also by doing that blindly, you can end up with > orphaned tags affecting the rest of your page (making it all bold, > for example).
How does bbcode make this easier or even different? It seems to me that <b> and [b] are a lot alike; they're both specific strings that you want to be converted to <b>. The difference is relying on the user to learn a markup language specific to your application. With no real benefit in doing so, this is an unnecessary complication. Slash uses regular HTML, and unlike any of our PHP equivalents (unfortunately), it is actually a nice CMS that isn't plagued with security vulnerabilities. So, my opinion isn't unique. Maybe I'm just the only non-Perl guy who thinks this way. :-) > Your turn. :) Heh. :-) I don't think taking turns will help. We're probably both too stubborn to yield our respective positions. This isn't a new topic to me, and unless someone can bring up a point I haven't considered before, my opinion was made long ago. Chris ===== Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/ PHP Security Handbook Coming mid-2004 HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ RAMP Training Courses http://www.nyphp.org/ramp -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
