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I want to add a bbcode that requires a PHP script. I figured it out on vBulletin, but is it doable on MyBB?

Can you explain a bit further?

This is code discussion, so I'll move it to the right section of this forum...

Like, I have a certain bbcode called [mana]. It processes the string entered in the tags, and if it matches certain characters it produces a certain image. And I have the PHP code needed for it in base form, I just need to figure out how to connect it to MyBB.
I imagine I could do it with MyCode and regex, but that would be insanely tedious and I'm not sure how to work in an if-statement.

I think you would have to add a custom MyCode.

You need to program a plugin using the parse_message hook.

Something like this may be what you want:

Regular Expression:

\[mana\](char1|something else|blah)\[/mana\]

Replacement:

<img src="images/mana/$1.png" alt="" />

In the above, users can enter "char1", "something else" or "blah" to point to the relevant image. Hope you understand the above.

What does that mean in the code bars?
@tecchie: little more info?

"|" refers to multiple possibilities.
For the above, a user could enter:

[mana]char1[/mana]

or

[mana]something else[/mana]

for example.

Yeah, but the idea is that there are a few dozen possibilities and that mana will pick up a combination of them and spit out that many; like [mana]1ubg[/mana] will enter , while [mana]ggg[/mana] would give off ... I'd give the actual php code, but I'd rather keep it something of a secret (competition, etc). It suffices to say it uses if clauses and the .= command a lot.

Aaaand necro.

Can anyone help me with this? It's an issue again...