Smiley Parser with PHP

Today I am going to share How to make a smiley parser in PHP with few lines of code.

A simple array with key as smiley symbol & value as image is used to parse a smiley using php’s str_replace function

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Smiley Parser PHP Code

$smiles = array(
  'xD'	=> 'devil.png',
  '>:)'	=> 'devil.png',
  'x('	=> 'angry.png',
  ':(('	=> 'cry.png',
  ':*'	=> 'kiss.png',
  ':))'	=> 'laugh.png',
  ':D'	=> 'laugh.png',
  ':-D'	=> 'laugh.png',
  ':x'	=> 'love.png',
  '(:|'	=> 'sleepy.png',
  ':)'	=> 'smile.png',
  ':-)'	=> 'smile.png',
  ':('	=> 'sad.png',
  ':-('	=> 'sad.png',
  ';)'	=> 'wink.png',
  ';-)'	=> 'wink.png'
);

foreach($smiles as $key => $img) {
	$msg = str_replace($key, '<img src="emotions/'.$img.'" height="18" width="18" />', $msg);
}
echo $msg;

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