Fix #4407

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/text_helper.php b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
index 1fdbedda5..79aaf1492 100644
--- a/system/helpers/text_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/text_helper.php
@@ -275,13 +275,28 @@ if ( ! function_exists('word_censor'))
 
 		foreach ($censored as $badword)
 		{
+			$badword = str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword, '/'));
 			if ($replacement !== '')
 			{
-				$str = preg_replace("/({$delim})(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword, '/')).")({$delim})/i", "\\1{$replacement}\\3", $str);
+				$str = preg_replace(
+					"/({$delim})(".$badword.")({$delim})/i",
+					"\\1{$replacement}\\3",
+					$str
+				);
 			}
-			else
+			elseif (preg_match_all("/{$delim}(".$badword."){$delim}/i", $str, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE))
 			{
-				$str = preg_replace("/({$delim})(".str_replace('\*', '\w*?', preg_quote($badword, '/')).")({$delim})/ie", "'\\1'.str_repeat('#', strlen('\\2')).'\\3'", $str);
+				$matches = $matches[1];
+				for ($i = count($matches); $i >= 0; $i--)
+				{
+					$length = strlen($matches[$i][0]);
+					$str = substr_replace(
+						$str,
+						str_repeat('#', $length),
+						$matches[$i][1],
+						$length
+					);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 372261efd..a3fed6af3 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0.5
 -  Fixed a bug (#4399) - :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` methods ``insert_batch()``, ``update_batch()`` produced confusing error messages when called with no data and *db_debug* is enabled.
 -  Fixed a bug (#4401) - :doc:`Query Builder <database/query_builder>` breaks ``WHERE`` and ``HAVING`` conditions that use ``IN()`` with strings containing a closing parenthesis.
 -  Fixed a regression in :doc:`Form Helper <helpers/form_helper>` functions :php:func:`set_checkbox()`, :php:func:`set_radio()` where "checked" inputs aren't recognized after a form submit.
+-  Fixed a bug (#4407) - :doc:`Text Helper <helpers/text_helper>` function :php:func:`word_censor()` doesn't work under PHP 7 if there's no custom replacement provided.
 
 Version 3.0.4
 =============