What is BBCode Tools?

This module aims to provide a set of basic BBCode-related tools including a BBCode toolbar and parsing functionality. At current, it supports the following tags:

    Bold - [b]text[/b]
    Italic - [i]text[/i]
    Underline - [u]text[/u]
    Strikethrough - [s]text[/s]
    Unordered List - [list][*]text[/*][/list]
    Ordered List - [list=1][*]text[/*][/list]
    Quote - [quote]text[/quote]
    Code - [code]text[/code]
    Link - [url=url]text[/url]
    Image - [img]url[/img]
    Center - [center]text[/center]
    YouTube Video - [youtube]video URL[/youtube]
    Change text color - [color=color]text[/color]

How do I use it?

There are two available actions: 'toolbar' and 'parse'. The toolbar action displays a BBCode toolbar that can be associated with a textarea element, and the parse action replaces all supported BBCode tags in a string with their respective HTML tags, then outputs the result.

Usage examples:

{BBCode action='toolbar' input='some_textarea_id'}
{BBCode action='parse' input='[b]this is bold[/b]'}

Additionally, you can use the parse function in your own UDTs or modules like so:

   global $gCms;
   $db = &$gCms->db;

   $text = $params['text'];

   $bbcode =& $gCms->modules['BBCode']['object'];
   $output = $bbcode->BBCParse($text);

   echo $output;

Support

You can find the project on the CMSMS forge at http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/bbcode. Feature requests and bug reports should also be directed there.

Alternatively, you can PM me directly on the forums (my username is Ricko97).
Copyright and License

Copyright © 2010 Ricko Mann http://www.rickomann.me.uk/.

This module has been released under the GNU Public License. You must agree to this license before using the module.
Parameters

    (optional) lang="en_US" -
    action="toolbar" - Name of the action to perform ("toolbar" or "parse"). Required.
    input="content" - Applicable to both actions. With the toolbar action: ID of the textarea to integrate the BBCode Toolbar with. With the parse action: the string to parse and output. Required.