[thelist] Regular Expression Question

[Joshua Olson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beau Hartshorne" <beau at hartshorne.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:19 PM


> I am trying to write a regular expression (using PHP's preg_replace())
> that will take a string like this:
>
> She said &quot;hello, world&quot; [<a target=&quot;_new&quot;
> href=&quot;link.html&quot;>1</a>]
>
> And turn it into a string like this:
>
> She said &quot;hi, there.&quot; [<a target"_blank"
> href="link.html">1</a>]

Beau,

I created a solution to the opposite problem in CF:

http://concepts.waetech.com/replace_inner_text/

If you are able to translate from CF to PHP and reverse the logic you may
find that link helpful.

Good luck,

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Joshua Olson
Web Application Engineer
WAE Tech Inc.
http://www.waetech.com
706.210.0168