Turn off Smilies

*still need help*
I’m very new to WP. Here is the vars.php file:

<?php

// On which page are we ?
$PHP_SELF = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (preg_match('#([^/]+.php)#', $PHP_SELF, $self_matches)) {
$pagenow = $self_matches[1];
} else if (strstr($PHP_SELF, '?')) {
$pagenow = explode('/', $PHP_SELF);
$pagenow = trim($pagenow[(sizeof($pagenow)-1)]);
$pagenow = explode('?', $pagenow);
$pagenow = $pagenow[0];
} else {
$pagenow = 'index.php';
}

// Simple browser detection
$is_lynx = 0; $is_gecko = 0; $is_winIE = 0; $is_macIE = 0; $is_opera = 0; $is_NS4 = 0;
if (!isset($HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$HTTP_USER_AGENT = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
}
if (preg_match('/Lynx/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_lynx = 1;
} elseif (preg_match('/Gecko/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_gecko = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match('/MSIE/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) && (preg_match('/Win/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_winIE = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match('/MSIE/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) && (preg_match('/Mac/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_macIE = 1;
} elseif (preg_match('/Opera/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_opera = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match('/Nav/', $HTTP_USER_AGENT) ) || (preg_match('/Mozilla\/4\./', $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_NS4 = 1;
}
$is_IE = (($is_macIE) || ($is_winIE));

// Server detection
$is_apache = strstr($_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], 'Apache') ? 1 : 0;

// if the config file does not provide the smilies array, let's define it here
if (!isset($wpsmiliestrans)) {
$wpsmiliestrans = array(
' :)' => 'icon_smile.gif',
' :D' => 'icon_biggrin.gif',
' :-D' => 'icon_biggrin.gif',
':grin:' => 'icon_biggrin.gif',
' :)' => 'icon_smile.gif',
' :-)' => 'icon_smile.gif',
':smile:' => 'icon_smile.gif',
' :(' => 'icon_sad.gif',
' :-(' => 'icon_sad.gif',
':sad:' => 'icon_sad.gif',
' :o' => 'icon_surprised.gif',
' :-o' => 'icon_surprised.gif',
':eek:' => 'icon_surprised.gif',
' 8O' => 'icon_eek.gif',
' 8-O' => 'icon_eek.gif',
':shock:' => 'icon_eek.gif',
' :?' => 'icon_confused.gif',
' :-?' => 'icon_confused.gif',
' :???:' => 'icon_confused.gif',
' 8)' => 'icon_cool.gif',
' 8-)' => 'icon_cool.gif',
':cool:' => 'icon_cool.gif',
':lol:' => 'icon_lol.gif',
' :x' => 'icon_mad.gif',
' :-x' => 'icon_mad.gif',
':mad:' => 'icon_mad.gif',
' :P' => 'icon_razz.gif',
' :-P' => 'icon_razz.gif',
':razz:' => 'icon_razz.gif',
':oops:' => 'icon_redface.gif',
':cry:' => 'icon_cry.gif',
':evil:' => 'icon_evil.gif',
':twisted:' => 'icon_twisted.gif',
':roll:' => 'icon_rolleyes.gif',
':wink:' => 'icon_wink.gif',
' ;)' => 'icon_wink.gif',
' ;-)' => 'icon_wink.gif',
':!:' => 'icon_exclaim.gif',
':?:' => 'icon_question.gif',
':idea:' => 'icon_idea.gif',
':arrow:' => 'icon_arrow.gif',
' :|' => 'icon_neutral.gif',
' :-|' => 'icon_neutral.gif',
':neutral:' => 'icon_neutral.gif',
':mrgreen:' => 'icon_mrgreen.gif',
);
}

// sorts the smilies' array
if (!function_exists('smiliescmp')) {
function smiliescmp ($a, $b) {
if (strlen($a) == strlen($b)) {
return strcmp($a, $b);
}
return (strlen($a) > strlen($b)) ? -1 : 1;
}
}
uksort($wpsmiliestrans, 'smiliescmp');

// generates smilies' search & replace arrays
foreach($wpsmiliestrans as $smiley => $img) {
$wp_smiliessearch[] = $smiley;
$smiley_masked = htmlspecialchars( trim($smiley) , ENT_QUOTES);
$wp_smiliesreplace[] = " <img src='" . get_settings('siteurl') . "/wp-images/smilies/$img' alt='$smiley_masked' class='wp-smiley' /> ";
}

// Path for cookies
define('COOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', get_settings('home') . '/' ) );
define('SITECOOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', get_settings('siteurl') . '/' ) );

?>

Exactly, which part do I remove? When I attempted to remove them I got an error message. Thanks!

Thank you so much. 🙂

**update**

These smilies are evil. They won’t leave. You were incorrect and so am I. This is my current vars.php file after my edit. Where the hell are these smilies coming from?

‘<?php

// On which page are we ?
$PHP_SELF = $_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’];
if (preg_match(‘#([^/]+.php)#’, $PHP_SELF, $self_matches)) {
$pagenow = $self_matches[1];
} else if (strstr($PHP_SELF, ‘?’)) {
$pagenow = explode(‘/’, $PHP_SELF);
$pagenow = trim($pagenow[(sizeof($pagenow)-1)]);
$pagenow = explode(‘?’, $pagenow);
$pagenow = $pagenow[0];
} else {
$pagenow = ‘index.php’;
}

// Simple browser detection
$is_lynx = 0; $is_gecko = 0; $is_winIE = 0; $is_macIE = 0; $is_opera = 0; $is_NS4 = 0;
if (!isset($HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$HTTP_USER_AGENT = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’];
}
if (preg_match(‘/Lynx/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_lynx = 1;
} elseif (preg_match(‘/Gecko/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_gecko = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match(‘/MSIE/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) && (preg_match(‘/Win/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_winIE = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match(‘/MSIE/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) && (preg_match(‘/Mac/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_macIE = 1;
} elseif (preg_match(‘/Opera/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT)) {
$is_opera = 1;
} elseif ((preg_match(‘/Nav/’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT) ) || (preg_match(‘/Mozilla\/4\./’, $HTTP_USER_AGENT))) {
$is_NS4 = 1;
}
$is_IE = (($is_macIE) || ($is_winIE));

// Server detection
$is_apache = strstr($_SERVER[‘SERVER_SOFTWARE’], ‘Apache’) ? 1 : 0;

// Path for cookies
define(‘COOKIEPATH’, preg_replace(‘|https?://[^/]+|i’, ”, get_settings(‘home’) . ‘/’ ) );
define(‘SITECOOKIEPATH’, preg_replace(‘|https?://[^/]+|i’, ”, get_settings(‘siteurl’) . ‘/’ ) );

?>’

I tried that before I posted for help. It does not work.

Thanks podz! I didn’t need to delete the directory. I looked closer at the theme I am using and the comment.php file is pointing to it. It is taking me some time to recognize the index.php file is sparsed. Thanks…resolved.