# Auto-converting friends' names into links #
by annia

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20050223133044/http://cafelog.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1145

A simple hack of the smiley converter script which makes it work as an auto converter for your friends' names.
Just copy and past the codes below into the intended *.php files (you find them all in the b2-include folder).

b2vars.php > the friends array.. customize it to your own friends:
[Code]
$friendstrans = array(
      'daynah'      => 'girl.daynah.net',
      'dodo'      => 'www.pure-essence.net',
      'sigg3'      => 'www.sigg3.net');
[/code]
Please note that the last line does not have a comma afterwards.


b2vars.php > copy and paste:
[code]
# generates friends' search & replace arrays
foreach($friendstrans as $friend => $url) {
   $friendssearch[] = $friend;
   $friend_masked = '';
   for ($ii = 0; $ii < strlen($friend); $ii = $ii + 1) {
      $friend_masked .= substr($friend, $ii, 1);
   }
   $b2_friendsreplace[] = "<a href='http://$url' target='_blank'>$friend_masked</a>";
}
[/code] 


In b2functions.php copy and paste:
[code]
function convert_friends($content) {
   
   global $friendssearch, $b2_friendsreplace;
   
      $content = str_replace($friendssearch, $b2_friendsreplace, $content);
   
   return ($content);
}
[/code]


In b2template.functions.php search for the function the_content and simply add the line $content=convert_friends($content); .. it should look like this:
[code]
function the_content($more_link_text="(more...)",$stripteaser="0",$more_file="") {
   $content = get_the_content($more_link_text,$stripteaser,$more_file);
   $content = convert_bbcode($content);
   $content = convert_gmcode($content);
   $content = convert_smilies($content);
   $content=convert_friends($content);
   $content = convert_chars($content,"html");
   echo $content;
}
[/code]

And that's it!

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20050223133044/http://cafelog.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1145