<?php

// NOTE: this works just fine by sticking this chunk of code into bp-custom.php

add_filter( 'bp_get_activity_content', 'bp_forums_filter_decode' );
add_filter( 'bp_forums_new_post_text', 'bp_forums_filter_encode' );

add_filter( 'bp_get_the_topic_post_content', 'bp_forums_filter_decode' );
add_filter( 'bp_get_the_topic_latest_post_excerpt', 'bp_forums_filter_decode' );

function bp_forums_filter_encode( $content ) {
	$content = htmlentities( $content, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8" );
	$content = str_replace( '&', '/amp/', $content );

	return $content;
}

function bp_forums_filter_decode( $content ) {
	$content = str_replace( '/amp/', '&', $content );
	$content = @html_entity_decode( $content, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8" );
	$content = str_replace( '[', '<', $content );
	$content = str_replace( ']', '>', $content );
	$content = stripslashes( wp_filter_kses( $content ) );

	return $content;
}

?>