How can smilies be linked in a PHP guestbook to appear as specific text in the textarea?

To link smilies in a PHP guestbook to appear as specific text in the textarea, you can create an array that maps the smilies to their corresponding text representations. Then, you can loop through the array and replace the smilies with their text representations in the guestbook message before displaying it in the textarea. 

<?php
// Define an array mapping smilies to their text representations
$smilies = array(
    ':)' => '😊',
    ':D' => '😄',
    ':(' => '☚ī¸'
);

// Sample guestbook message with smilies
$guestbookMessage = 'Hello! This is a test message with :) and :D smilies.';

// Replace smilies with their text representations
foreach ($smilies as $smiley => $text) {
    $guestbookMessage = str_replace($smiley, $text, $guestbookMessage);
}

// Display the guestbook message in a textarea
echo '<textarea>' . $guestbookMessage . '</textarea>';
?>

Keywords

PHP guestbook smilies textarea linking

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