Regular expression for word filter

Lsha · Post by **Lsha** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:32 pm

is there anyway we can use regular expression for word filter

Exclusive · Post by **Exclusive** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:19 am

Do you mean word censoring?

Lsha · Post by **Lsha** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 6:55 am

yes, word censoring

i6eal · Post by **i6eal** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 12:31 pm

I would do it like so:

create an array with all the bad words ["fuck","shit", ...], create a funktion to run after the post/comment is created and iterate through the bad words array and censor all the bad words with i.E. ******.

canonknipser · Post by **canonknipser** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:18 pm

That function is builtin with phpBB and is called "word censoring", working when any part of a word contains a censored word.

I guess the OP wants something working with regular expressions, which will be beyond the scope of a regular phpBB admin

Lsha · Post by **Lsha** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 7:21 pm

@canonknipser

thanks for the confirmation