URLs in posts, need expert help on a regex for finding them

[Chris]

Nov 16, 2014 8:17:59 GMT -8 DarkPikachu said:

then can you provide me with PB's regex please, because this is allowed:
tcll5850.proboards.com

^that link obviousely works here, but does not work in the code you provided me.

I'm going for EXACT PB behavior in my plugin :/

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Nov 17, 2014 10:45:18 GMT -8 DarkPikachu said:

so... anything??

you guys know I can't get the src for how PB handles links...

and no return notification while left hanging on the hook has me on delay...

do you want my plugin to display posts like PB displays them??
or do you want users to experience incompatibilities with my plugin??

I may be the developer, but the ones to blame here are the srcs for development...
(that meaning who/what I'm developing for is to blame for not instructing me properly)


I don't see what's so hard with just handing me the (proper) code so I can do stuff right.
(what Eaton posted earlier I was mislead to believe was how PB validates it's links)
^ obviousely that was proven false when tcll5850.proboards.com didn't work in that code.

so... what... we just stop there??
forcing me to use a code I found that seems to validate more links than PB validates??
is that how you guys what my plugin to behave??
causing many noobs to complain to me about things not working like PB with my plugin...

you realize I'll have to direct them here to show them the poor help I'm getting right??
I don't think that'd look good on PB's rep...
I'm trying to avoid that, but if this keeps up, I'll have no choice but to go through with that. :/

logic... people... :/

Keep in mind Proboards does that conversion on the backend and therefore is not limited to using javascript's regular expressions which is considered "light" on features compared to implementations in other languages which is why I mentioned a token parser. I get that you are trying to build a better mousetrap and with Proboards you're easily able to use something other than cheese for bait if it suits your needs, but when you want to redesign the entire trap then you can't get mad when the mousetrap company doesn't offer up schematics for their spring loaded system, you just need to come up with your own.

[Wormopolis]

Nov 17, 2014 10:45:18 GMT -8 DarkPikachu said:

so... anything??

you guys know I can't get the src for how PB handles links...

and no return notification while left hanging on the hook has me on delay...

do you want my plugin to display posts like PB displays them??
or do you want users to experience incompatibilities with my plugin??

I may be the developer, but the ones to blame here are the srcs for development...
(that meaning who/what I'm developing for is to blame for not instructing me properly)


I don't see what's so hard with just handing me the (proper) code so I can do stuff right.
(what Eaton posted earlier I was mislead to believe was how PB validates it's links)
^ obviousely that was proven false when tcll5850.proboards.com didn't work in that code.

so... what... we just stop there??
forcing me to use a code I found that seems to validate more links than PB validates??
is that how you guys what my plugin to behave??
causing many noobs to complain to me about things not working like PB with my plugin...

you realize I'll have to direct them here to show them the poor help I'm getting right??
I don't think that'd look good on PB's rep...
I'm trying to avoid that, but if this keeps up, I'll have no choice but to go through with that. :/

logic... people... :/

Nov 17, 2014 11:20:29 GMT -8 DarkPikachu said:

Nov 17, 2014 10:50:12 GMT -8 Boy_Wonder said:

demanding PB 'fixes' things that aren't broken

ok for one... I've stopped that whole trying to break rules stuff a while back ok.
and sorry for that.

but for the point of that quote, I'd say PB's visual previewer is pretty broken, so much so that it's better to just remove it altogether... heh
but that's just me, I know other people don't post PB's BBC on other forums.

other forums don't support [ font color] or [ a], they only support [ color] or [ url].
PB's previewer breaks my BBC in that the same code I intend to post on other forums [ color] and [ url] gets changed to PB's code.
that's one reason I'm building this plugin.

another is because RTEs generally break or duplicate BBC no matter how you use them.


but as for patience, ok, maybe I lost my cool a little too soon... I mean, my last post was only last night, and this IS a forum environment...
sorry for that...
but do keep in mind with stuff like that, I'm autistic, meaning I don't keep my mind-frame but for only a tad before switching to another major project.


and one last thing, I don't hate PB... they don't make nearly as poor decisions as MS.
but there are poor decisions made by PB which shouldn't simply be ignored.
>>> do stuff right and make things easy, and I won't have anything to complain about.


I'm not trying to threaten either... I'm simply stating what is...
I'll have to direct those noobs here to show them why my plugin does that...
that's just logic... it's not a threat... :/

Nov 17, 2014 12:33:21 GMT -8 DarkPikachu said:

._.
ok well I'm NOT trying to threaten...
but I have to give those noobs SOME fallback...

anyways... why change the code in the first place...
I'm on about 37 forums (1/3 of those being PB-based) and no other non-PB forum I'm on gives me any hastle with BBC when I have to preview it.
(because no other non-PB forum I'm on accepts [ font] or [ a], PB borks my BBC, and it shouldn't)

plus, why should I have to undo what PB does... I use the formal BBC when I write my posts [ color] [ url]... and I expect it to remain when I submit the post.
I have no problems here when I don't use the visual editor, my BBC is exactly how I want it, and stays in support for other forums as well)

the visual editor is broken, and most of my members don't even use it. (thanks to my real-time BBC previewer)
but to me, it's not good enough to release until it can display posts EXACTLY like PB displays them.

Im going to tell you this once, and hopefully it stays with you the rest of the time you are here.  You need to improve your attitude when dealing with volunteer helpers, especially since they are already taking the time to try and help you.  Im doing a lot of restraining right now typing this based on the private conversation we have had before concerning how you interact. 

If you have a problem with the way Proboards core code operates, then the proper course is to make a post in the support board so VS Admin or Tim Camara or Vinh or any of the other red names could address your issue.  playing the card of "This is YOUR fault my stuff doesnt work" is petty and confusing and just plain will not be tolerated in the code support section.  Eton is not obligated to develop your code FOR you.  If you cannot get something to work, you do what everyone else does and ask more questions.  even me.  the tantrums will not happen again.  I will not argue with you on this.

[DarkPikachu]

Wormy: yes, I know, and I appologized earlier for it.
I honestly don't know what got into me yesterday, it wasn't just here I was acting up, but quite a few other places...

I do try to control that...
at least now I've gotten better at catching it, but it's still difficult... heh

if you guys want to continue to yell at me for it, I'm not encouraging it, but feel free.
again, sorry it got out of hand.


being mislead is one thing that sets that off, and I even have another occurrence to back that up with as I yelled at one of my best buddies.

let's just forgive and forget ok, hopefully I'll be able to catch this sooner next time, and rather, not post at all.
(as the old saying goes, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all)

@eaton:
but I don't want to make it better, I want to build the same exact mouse trap with the same exact calibrations.
I'd use my found code which catches regex101.com if I wated to make it better. :/

EDIT:
I'll try asking this way

could a high-end coder PLEEEASE get me the src I need to get this working EXACTLY like PB.

ugh... that sounds demanding >_<
curse my autism getting in the way of how I word things...

EDIT2:
Wormy: perhapse the darkness is trying to control me after all
lolol

[DarkPikachu]

Nov 17, 2014 21:36:42 GMT -8 Wormopolis said:

Eton is not obligated to develop your code FOR you.

wait a minute... (bout time my brain kicked into gear)

not that I'm trying to revive a dead horse or anything...
but I'm not asking Eton to lay a single finger on my src...
that's my stuff for me to work on, if I wanted him to touch it, I'd share it with him. (preferrably synced development)

in any case, like I said, I'm not reviving a dead horse...
I'm taking you up on what you said, though it's pretty known as to what I need...

if I could get the PHP src that handles URLs that would be lovely.
(that's actually what I expected since I wrote the first post)


what I'm asking for is exact reference.
again, I'm not asking him to work on my code, I'm asking him for the resources he may have better access to.
('may' because I never questioned if he had access to the PHP)
^ that's prbly better left to one of those red names you mentioned wormy.


anyways... late post is late... (autism (and other projects) got in the way and slowed me down)