- $s = str_replace(array('\\**','\\__','\\*','\\_'), array('-^doublestar^-','-^doublescore-^','-^star^-','-^score^-'),$s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\*\*\*(.+?)\*\*\*/", '[b][i]$1[/i][/b]', $s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\_\_\_(.+?)\_\_\_/", '[b][i]$1[/i][/b]', $s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\*\*(.+?)\*\*/", '[b]$1[/b]', $s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\_\_(.+?)\_\_/", '[b]$1[/b]', $s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\*(.+?)\*/", '[i]$1[/i]', $s);
- $s = preg_replace("/\_(.+?)\_/", '[i]$1[/i]', $s);
- $s = str_replace(array('-^doublestar^-','-^doublescore-^','-^star^-','-^score^-'), array('**','__','*','_'), $s);
- $s = preg_replace('/\!\[(.+?)\]\((.+?)\)/','[img]$2[/img]',$s);
- $s = preg_replace('/\[(.+?)\]\((.+?)\)/','[url=$2]$1[/url]',$s);
+ // for testing purposes: Collect raw markdown articles
+ // $file = tempnam("/tmp/friendica/", "markdown");
+ // file_put_contents($file, $s);
+
+ $s = html_entity_decode($s,ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8');
+
+ // Too many new lines. So deactivated the following line
+ // $s = str_replace("\r","\n",$s);
+ // Simply remove cr.
+ $s = str_replace("\r","",$s);
+
+ // <br/> is invalid. Replace it with the valid expression
+ $s = str_replace("<br/>","<br />",$s);
+