PHP convert quake colour codes to html <font> tags.

<?php
  // function to convert quake engine/source engine colour codes into html <font> tags.
  function quakeColourConvert($var) {
    $var = "<font color=\"white\">" . $var;
    while (preg_match("/\^([0-7])/", $var)) {
      foreach (array("black", "red", "darkgreen", "yellow", "blue", "cyan", "deeppink", "white") as $num_color => $name_color) {
        if (preg_match("/\^([0-7])(.*)\^([0-7])/", $var)) {
          $var = preg_replace("#\^" . $num_color . "(.*)\^([0-7])#Usi", "<font color=\"" . $name_color . "\">$1</font>^$2", $var);
        } else {
          $var = preg_replace("#\^" . $num_color . "(.*)$#Usi", "<font color=\"" . $name_color . "\">$1</font>", $var);
        }
      }
    }
    return $var;
  }
?>