Custom Formatting and Nested Lists

[ucahg]

Hello,

I'm trying to create a content formatting function that will allow for nested lists. Basically where I'm stuck is the nested lists part . For every opening list tag, I want to find the correct closing list tag {to make sure it's there and to replace it with the correct HTML tag (<UL>,<OL>)}. How would I match the nested tags so it doesn't just find the first closing list tag that comes around, but finds the one that corresponds with the original opening tag. I hope I'm being clear enough.

Thanks for reading this and I hope you can help shed some light to as what I should do.

[Karl]

In your while loop (or for loop etc.) that you use to go through the records, create a variable called $tag, in tag store:

ol>
ul>

etc. for the tag you are currently using, then when you print the first item you can do:

echo '<'.$tag;

when you print the last item you can do:

echo '</'.$tag;

I hope this is something like what you mean.

[ucahg]

So far I was using simple eregi_replaces, so I have no loops.

Could you either help me put it into a while (or for) loop, or tell me where I could find a premade formatting script like this (because I'm sure there must be some).

Thanks!

[ucahg]

*bump up*

there must be some premade scripts/functions out there. or could someone please point me in the right direction into how I would make my own. Thanks!