# BBcode - PHP
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbcode-php/45072
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [March 10, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbcode-php/45072 "2004-03-10T18:16:48Z")
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### Author:  [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bbcode-php/45072/1 "2004-03-10T18:16:48Z")
I have been doing searches on BBcode. I get the definition and some examples, like [-b] make this bold [-/b]
I didn’t even know BBcode existed and am eager to learn more about it. Like it says in a previous post, I want to give the users the option to bold, italize, underline, change font style, font size, font color and to parse URLs.
But how can I achieve this with BBcode? Isn’t the same:
\ bold this \
as
[-b] bold this [-/b]
How can I add buttons to format whatever is highlighted? If I can do this with BBcode, how? :puzzle:
PD
I’m doing this for a Content Management System, not a Forum.
Sorry. I added the dash so the text wouldn’t get bolded and you could see the tag.