[zoliky]

I have the following function to filter bad words:

PHP Code:

function filterBadWords($str)

{

    $badwords = array("dog");

    $replacements = "*";

    

    for($i=0; $i < count($badwords); $i++)

    {

        $str = eregi_replace($badwords[$i], $replacements, $str);

    }

    

    return $str;

} 

I call the function with :

PHP Code:

print filterBadWords("dogma"); 

And php show the following output :

Code:

*ma

I need to see this output :

Code:

***ma

"dog" has 3 charachter. I need to show 3 asterisk.. If another bad word has 7 charachters, an example: "bastarduser" and I filter "bastard" I need to see :
7 asterisk.

What I need to do to solve this problem ?

Thanks !

[Nico]

PHP Code:

foreach ($badwords AS $badword)

{

    eregi_replace($badword, str_repeat('*', strlen($badword)), $str);

} 

[zoliky]

Thanks nico, I appreciate your help !

PHP Code:

function filterBadWords($str)

{

    $badwords = array("dog");

    $replacements = "*";

    

    foreach ($badwords AS $badword)

    {

          $str = eregi_replace($badword, str_repeat('*', strlen($badword)), $str);

    }  

    

    return $str;

} 

I have the last question.

Now I filter word "dog" and I have the following word : "dogish" the filtered result is "***ish"

Ok, I want to add an extra option, more accurate filtering. When I filter the word "{dog}" instead of "dog" I want to see "***" and "dogish" appear without filtering.

Exist a way to do this ?

[zoliky]

I need something like Vbulletin forum word filtering :

Code:

Type all words you want censored in the field below. Do not use commas to separate words, just use spaces. For example, type "dog cat boy", rather than "dog, cat, boy."

If you type "dog", all words containing the string "dog" would be censored (dogma, for instance, would appear as "***ma"). To censor more accurately, you can require that censors occur only for exact words. You can do this by placing a censor word in curly braces, as in {dog}. Signifying "dog" in the curly braces would mean that dogma would appear as dogma, but dog would appear as "***". Thus your censor list may appear as: cat {dog} {barn} barn

Do not use quotation marks and make sure you use curly braces, not parentheses, when specifying exact words.