# bbcode_create

(PECL bbcode:0.9.0-0.9.1)

bbcode_create — Create a BBCode Resource

### Description

resource bbcode_create ([ array `$bbcode_initial_tags` ] )

This function returns a new BBCode Resource used to parse BBCode strings.

### Parameters

`bbcode_initial_tags`

  An associative array containing the tag names as keys and parameters required to correctly parse BBCode as their value. The following key/value pairs are supported:

  - flags optional - a flag set based on the BBCODE_FLAGS_* constants.
  - type required - an int indicating the type of tag. Use the BBCODE_TYPE_* constants.
  - open_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the open tag.
  - close_tag required - the HTML replacement string for the close tag.
  - default_arg optional - use this value as the default argument if none is provided and tag_type is of type OPTARG.
  - content_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the content. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name(string $content, string $argument)
  - param_handling optional - Gives the callback used for modification of the argument. Object Oriented Notation supported only since 0.10.1 callback prototype is string name(string $content, string $argument)
  - childs optional - List of accepted child for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string. If the list starts with ! it will be the list of rejected child for the tag.
  - parent optional - List of accepted child for the tag. The format of the list is a comma separated string.

### Return Values

Returns a BBCode_Container

### Examples

Example#1 bbcode_create() example

`<?php
$arrayBBCode=array(
''=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_ROOT, 'childs'=>'!i'),
'i'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<i>',
'close_tag'=>'</i>', 'childs'=>'b'),
'url'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_OPTARG,
'open_tag'=>'<a href="{PARAM}">', 'close_tag'=>'</a>',
'default_arg'=>'{CONTENT}',
'childs'=>'b,i'),
'img'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG,
'open_tag'=>'<img src="', 'close_tag'=>'" />',
'childs'=>''),
'b'=> array('type'=>BBCODE_TYPE_NOARG, 'open_tag'=>'<b>',
'close_tag'=>'</b>'),
);
$text=<<<EOF
[b]Bold Text[/b]
[i]Italic Text[/i]
[url]http://www.php.net/[/url]
[url=http://pecl.php.net/][b]Content Text[/b][/url]
[img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
[url=http://www.php.net/]
[img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
[/url]
EOF;
$BBHandler=bbcode_create($arrayBBCode);
echo bbcode_parse($BBHandler,$text);
?>`

The above example will output:

    <b>Bold Text</b>
    <i>Italic Text</i>
    <a href="http://www.php.net/">http://www.php.net/</a>
    <a href="http://pecl.php.net/"><b>Content Text</b></a>
    <img src="http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif" />
    <a href="http://www.php.net/">
    [img]http://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif[/img]
    </a>