By using something like $var = preg_replace( "!<(i|b|small|big|code)>(.+)</\\1>!isU", "<\\1>\\2</\\1>", $var); you can accomplish a solution where only closed tags will be reconverted. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php