diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index cbe19de54a..9abc7c4396 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 	// Perform URL Search
 
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/", '$1<a href="$2" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/([^\]\=]|^)(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)/ism", '$1<a href="$2" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
 
-	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/m", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$1</a>', $Text);
-	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/m", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
-	//$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/m", '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$2</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/ism", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$1</a>', $Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\](.*?)\[\/url\]/ism", '<a href="$1" target="external-link">$2</a>', $Text);
+	//$Text = preg_replace("/\[url\=([$URLSearchString]*)\]([$URLSearchString]*)\[\/url\]/ism", '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$2</a>', $Text);
 
 
 	// Perform MAIL Search
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 //	$Text = str_replace("[*]", "<li>", $Text);
 
 	// Check for font change text
-	$Text = preg_replace("/\[font=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/font\]/m","<span style=\"font-family: $1;\">$2</span>",$Text);
+	$Text = preg_replace("/\[font=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/font\]/sm","<span style=\"font-family: $1;\">$2</span>",$Text);
 
 	// Declare the format for [code] layout
 
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index cad72122b8..e5d4eea820 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	// embedded bookmark in post? convert to regular url and set bookmark flag
 
 	$bookmark = 0;
-	if(preg_match_all("/\[bookmark\=([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/m",$body,$match)) {
+	if(preg_match_all("/\[bookmark\=([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/ism",$body,$match)) {
 		$bookmark = 1;
-		$body = preg_replace("/\[bookmark\=([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/m",'[url=$1]$2[/url]',$body);
+		$body = preg_replace("/\[bookmark\=([^\]]*)\](.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/ism",'[url=$1]$2[/url]',$body);
 	}
 
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	 * Fold multi-line [code] sequences
 	 */
 
-	$body = preg_replace('/\[\/code\]\s*\[code\]/m',"\n",$body); 
+	$body = preg_replace('/\[\/code\]\s*\[code\]/ism',"\n",$body); 
 
 	/**
 	 * Look for any tags and linkify them