Shoutbox

For some reason, I need to do the same to a nickname in PHP, what I can do with a nickname in MPL JScript using MsgPlus.RemoveFormatCodes. So, what I need is a PHP implementation of this function. Where can I find such, or get the necessary info to create my own?

Choli's 4 multi-format parser functions (supports no BBCode though) may be of help, but I think there's a better way - to do it through regular expression.