How can BBCode be automatically included in PHP files without defining functions for each string?

To automatically include BBCode in PHP files without defining functions for each string, you can use a regular expression to search for BBCode tags in the strings and replace them with the corresponding HTML tags. This can be achieved by using the `preg_replace()` function in PHP to search for specific patterns and replace them with desired content. 

function parseBBCode($string) {
    $patterns = array(
        '/\[b\](.*?)\[\/b\]/is',
        '/\[i\](.*?)\[\/i\]/is',
        '/\[u\](.*?)\[\/u\]/is',
        '/\[url\=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/is'
    );
    
    $replacements = array(
        '<strong>$1</strong>',
        '<em>$1</em>',
        '<u>$1</u>',
        '<a href="$1">$2</a>'
    );
    
    return preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $string);
}

$string = "This is a [b]bold[/b] and [i]italic[/i] text with a [url=https://www.example.com]link[/url].";
echo parseBBCode($string);

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