function replaceImage( &$row, $maxchars, $showimage, $width = -1, $height = -1 ) {
global $database, $_MAMBOTS, $current_charset;

// expression to search for
$regex = '/{mosimage\s*.*?}/i';

$image = $showimage?processImage ( $row, $width, $height ):"";
$row->introtext = trim($row->introtext);
$row->introtext = preg_replace( $regex, '', $row->introtext );

$row->introtext1 = strip_tags($row->introtext);
if ($maxchars && strlen ($row->introtext) > $maxchars) {
$row->introtext1 = substr ($row->introtext1, 0, $maxchars) . "...";
}
// clean up globals
return $image;
}

function processImage ( &$row, $width, $height ) {
global $mosConfig_absolute_path, $mosConfig_live_site;

// split on \n the images fields into an array
$row->images = explode( "\n", $row->images );
$img = trim( $row->images[0] );

// split on pipe the attributes of the image
if ( $img ) {
$attrib = explode( '|', trim( $img ) );
// $attrib[0] image name and path from /images/stories

// $attrib[1] alignment
if ( !isset($attrib[1]) || !$attrib[1] ) {
$attrib[1] = '';
}

// $attrib[2] alt & title
if ( !isset($attrib[2]) || !$attrib[2] ) {
$attrib[2] = 'Image';
} else {
$attrib[2] = htmlspecialchars( $attrib[2] );
}

// $attrib[3] border
if ( !isset($attrib[3]) || !$attrib[3] ) {
$attrib[3] = 0;
}

$attrib[4] = '';
$border = 0;

// $attrib[5] caption position
if ( !isset($attrib[5]) || !$attrib[5] ) {
$attrib[5] = '';
}

// $attrib[6] caption alignment
if ( !isset($attrib[6]) || !$attrib[6] ) {
$attrib[6] = '';
}

// image size attibutes

// assemble the <image> tag
$image = '<img src="'. $mosConfig_live_site .'/images/stories/'. $attrib[0] .'"';
// no aligment variable - if caption detected
if ( !$attrib[4] ) {
$image .= $attrib[1] ? ' align="'. $attrib[1] .'"' : '';
}
$image .=' alt="'. $attrib[2] .'" title="'. $attrib[2] .'" border="'. $border .'" '. (($width != -1) ? 'width="'. $width . '"' : '') .(($height != -1) ? ' height="'. $height .'"' : '').' />';

$img = $image;
}
return $img;