diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 956344d63d..e2d2e05d37 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1080,6 +1080,159 @@ function get_mood_verbs() {
 	return $arr;
 }
 
+
+if(! function_exists('smilies')) {
+/**
+ * Replaces text emoticons with graphical images
+ *
+ * It is expected that this function will be called using HTML text.
+ * We will escape text between HTML pre and code blocks from being
+ * processed.
+ *
+ * At a higher level, the bbcode [nosmile] tag can be used to prevent this
+ * function from being executed by the prepare_text() routine when preparing
+ * bbcode source for HTML display
+ *
+ * @param string $s
+ * @param boolean $sample
+ * @return string
+ * @hook smilie ('texts' => smilies texts array, 'icons' => smilies html array, 'string' => $s)
+ */
+function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
+	$a = get_app();
+
+	if(intval(get_config('system','no_smilies'))
+		|| (local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','no_smilies'))))
+		return $s;
+
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','smile_encode',$s);
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','smile_encode',$s);
+
+	$texts =  array(
+		'&lt;3',
+		'&lt;/3',
+		'&lt;\\3',
+		':-)',
+		';-)',
+		':-(',
+		':-P',
+		':-p',
+		':-"',
+		':-&quot;',
+		':-x',
+		':-X',
+		':-D',
+		'8-|',
+		'8-O',
+		':-O',
+		'\\o/',
+		'o.O',
+		'O.o',
+		'o_O',
+		'O_o',
+		":'(",
+		":-!",
+		":-/",
+		":-[",
+		"8-)",
+		':beer',
+		':homebrew',
+		':coffee',
+		':facepalm',
+		':like',
+		':dislike',
+		'~friendica',
+		'red#',
+		'red#matrix'
+
+	);
+
+	$icons = array(
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-heart.gif" alt="&lt;3" title="&lt;3" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-brokenheart.gif" alt="&lt;/3" title="&lt;/3" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-brokenheart.gif" alt="&lt;\\3" title="&lt;\\3" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-smile.gif" alt=":-)" title=":-)" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-wink.gif" alt=";-)" title=";-)" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-frown.gif" alt=":-(" title=":-(" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" alt=":-P" title=":-P" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" alt=":-p" title=":-P" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-kiss.gif" alt=":-\" title=":-\" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-kiss.gif" alt=":-\" title=":-\" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-kiss.gif" alt=":-x" title=":-x" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-kiss.gif" alt=":-X" title=":-X" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-laughing.gif" alt=":-D" title=":-D"  />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-surprised.gif" alt="8-|" title="8-|" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-surprised.gif" alt="8-O" title="8-O" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-surprised.gif" alt=":-O" title="8-O" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-thumbsup.gif" alt="\\o/" title="\\o/" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-Oo.gif" alt="o.O" title="o.O" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-Oo.gif" alt="O.o" title="O.o" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-Oo.gif" alt="o_O" title="o_O" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-Oo.gif" alt="O_o" title="O_o" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-cry.gif" alt=":\'(" title=":\'("/>',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif" alt=":-!" title=":-!" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-undecided.gif" alt=":-/" title=":-/" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-embarassed.gif" alt=":-[" title=":-[" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-cool.gif" alt="8-)" title="8-)" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/beer_mug.gif" alt=":beer" title=":beer" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/beer_mug.gif" alt=":homebrew" title=":homebrew" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/coffee.gif" alt=":coffee" title=":coffee" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-facepalm.gif" alt=":facepalm" title=":facepalm" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/like.gif" alt=":like" title=":like" />',
+		'<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/dislike.gif" alt=":dislike" title=":dislike" />',
+		'<a href="http://friendica.com">~friendica <img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/friendica-16.png" alt="~friendica" title="~friendica" /></a>',
+		'<a href="http://redmatrix.me/">red<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="red#" title="red#" />matrix</a>',
+		'<a href="http://redmatrix.me/">red<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="red#matrix" title="red#matrix" />matrix</a>'
+	);
+
+	$params = array('texts' => $texts, 'icons' => $icons, 'string' => $s);
+	call_hooks('smilie', $params);
+
+	if($sample) {
+		$s = '<div class="smiley-sample">';
+		for($x = 0; $x < count($params['texts']); $x ++) {
+			$s .= '<dl><dt>' . $params['texts'][$x] . '</dt><dd>' . $params['icons'][$x] . '</dd></dl>';
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		$params['string'] = preg_replace_callback('/&lt;(3+)/','preg_heart',$params['string']);
+		$s = str_replace($params['texts'],$params['icons'],$params['string']);
+	}
+
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<pre>(.*?)<\/pre>/ism','smile_decode',$s);
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<code>(.*?)<\/code>/ism','smile_decode',$s);
+
+	return $s;
+
+}}
+
+function smile_encode($m) {
+	return(str_replace($m[1],base64url_encode($m[1]),$m[0]));
+}
+
+function smile_decode($m) {
+	return(str_replace($m[1],base64url_decode($m[1]),$m[0]));
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * expand <3333 to the correct number of hearts
+ *
+ * @param string $x
+ * @return string
+ */
+function preg_heart($x) {
+	$a = get_app();
+	if(strlen($x[1]) == 1)
+		return $x[0];
+	$t = '';
+	for($cnt = 0; $cnt < strlen($x[1]); $cnt ++)
+		$t .= '<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/smiley-heart.gif" alt="&lt;3" />';
+	$r =  str_replace($x[0],$t,$x[0]);
+	return $r;
+}
+
+
 if(! function_exists('day_translate')) {
 /**
  * Translate days and months names