Don't know much about the app you're writing, but does this do the trick for you? echo preg_replace ('! ( \[quote (?:=[^\]]*)? \] ) # Capture the [quote=xxx] part \n* # Eliminate any extra newlines here (.+) # Get contents \n* # Eliminate any extra newlines here (\[/quote\]) # Capture this part \n* # Eliminate any extra newlines here !x', "\$1\$2\$3\n\n", $string); HTH, Marco -- BeebleX - The PHP Search Engine http://beeblex.com On 8/4/05 9:44 AM, "Sebastian" <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [quote=user] > foo > [/quote] > > <bunch of extra lines> > > more text... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php