From adams tutorials on CSM, i went and download the ones he recommended and i installed it but it doesnt seem to output anything but the code

for example

I put ----------  [b] test[/b]

and then what gets out put it is [b] test[/b] not the actual word going bold.

Do they come with parsers?

http://php-login-script.com/bbdemo.php

check this out

see if this thread helps

http://www.developphp.com/forum/view_topic.php?cat=2&otid=1867&title=HTML%20WYSIWYG%20Editor

getting errors mate, i tried it... below is the php part of the blab form, highlighted blue is the bit that parses the shitty little bbcode lol but doesnt work and the errors comes up. what should i do exactly?

: htmlentities() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in /home/glob/public_html/profile.php on line 133

<?php
$the_blab_form = "";
if (isset($_SESSION['id'])) {
 
 if ($_SESSION['id'] == $id){
    
  $the_blab_form = '
  ' . $blab_outout_msg . '
<form action="profile.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="blab_from">
<script>edToolbar("blab_field"); </script>
<textarea name="blab_field" rows="3" style="width:100%;" class="ed"></textarea>
PirtaBox  (220 char max) <input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" class="button" />
</form>';

         require_once("bbCode/nbbc.php");
         $bbcode = new BBCode; 
   $makeEntities = htmlentities($bbcode);
   $readyForDisplay = html_entity_decode($makeEntities);
         $bbcode->Parse($_POST["blab_field"]);
        
  
      
        echo $makeEntities;
        echo "<br /><br />";
        echo $readyForDisplay;
 

 }
}

?>