Variable MyCode?

[PK8]

This is probably a pretty insane idea for a MyCode. Hell, I'm not sure if it was ever thought of before. If I'm not making much sense, I blame me being sleepy when I thought of it. I haven't fully thought everything out as I've just thought of it, but again, I hope it makes some sense.

The MyCode would let users define variables (like variables in various programming languages) and then another can refer to it. The syntax could look a little something like this:

Code:

[variable=([a-z0-9]+)]Information that could later be reused in the post.[/variable] <-- Defining a variable. [variable=([a-z0-9]+)] <-- Referring to a variable.

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Example:

Code:

[variable=lorem]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc id blandit elit. Nullam euismod urna at leo blandit eget pulvinar neque interdum.[/variable] [variable=lorem] [variable=lorem] [variable=lorem]

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I was thinking the variables could be restricted to the post it was defined in, that way other posts can't access them.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

For ease with regular expressions you may wish to use different tags for setting and getting the variable.

Lazy example code (PHP 5.3 only cause I'm extra lazy):

PHP Code:

$postvars = array(); $post['message'] = preg_replace_callback('~\[set\=([a-z0-9]+)\](.*?)\[/set\]~si', function($m) use(&$postvars) { $postvars[strtolower($m[1])] = $m[2]; }, $post['message']); $post['message'] = preg_replace('~\[variable=([a-z0-9]+)\]~ie', '$postvars[strtolower(\'$1\')]', $post['message']);

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