ereg and "target" replacement

[Anon]

Ok, I have this:
if(ereg("target",$ti)) $ti=eregi_replace("target=.+","target=\"_blank\"",$ti);
else $ti=eregi_replace("<a href","<a target=\"_blank\" href",$ti);

This is truncating after the replacement string (ie target=\"_blank\"). How can I change this to just do the replacement and leave the rest in tact?

TIA!

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[Anon]

try strpos and then str_replace.
sorry, but i don't know about ereg.