Stuff

$topic=stripslashes(escape_data(mysql_result($result,$i,"topic")));
$topic=preg_replace('/b(.*?)b/', '<b>$1</b>', $topic); 

Here is what shows it:
$cresult2 = "<font class=\"lower\">$channel</font></a> ($users)</td></tr><tr><td class=\"std2\"><b>Topic:<br /></b> $topic</td></tr>\n";
}
$cresult3 = str_replace($search, "<div class=\"sresult\">$search</div>", $cresult2);
echo $cresult1.$cresult3;