Replacing HTML tags

Anon

this is what I am trying to do... I have a webpage open, with a file handle. I need to search for a certain attribute, for example HREF, once I get there, I need to get the whole tag, so I would need <A HREF="location" TARGET="blah" NAME="blah" etc >. At that point I need to change the location and insert the whole string back into the page. I know the basics/intermidiates of PHP, so if someone can either show me, or just point me where to go... then that would be great. Thanks in advance! Mike

Anon

Maybe I can clarify a little... I need to take a whole HTML document and turn all <A HREF="foo.bar" > with <A HREF="site.php?link=foo.bar" >
Thanks

Anon

$new=preg_replace("/<A HREF=\"|'[\"|']>/Ui", "<A HREF=\"site.php?link=\1\">", $old);

Anon

Well maybe I can help you.

Personally I use NOTE TAB PRO program, which has a possibility of searching and replacing strings. The best thing is you can use "REGULAR EXPRESSIONS" to search any kind of combined characters in many files at a go.

Using REGULAR EXPRESSIONS is cumbersome, but you can start by copying the examples mentioned in that program.

Anon

I would use a program but this needs to be done on the fly when someone requests a site. So, that wouldn\'t really be an option.
Mike Cassano

Anon

Thanks for the code snippet, I need to replace the old anchor with the link that it was pointing to, not just site.php, so <a href=microsoft.com> would be <a href=site.php?url=microsoft.com> and <a href=phpbuilder.net> would be <a href=site.php?url=phpbuilder.ner> Is this possible? Mike Cassano

Anon

I answered my own question thanks guys.