ereg_replace help

[Adamthenewbie]

ok I want to make it so when there is a <link>http://phpbuilder.com</link>

it gets changed to this
<a href = "http://phpbuilder.com" target = "_blank">http://phpbuilder.com</a>

I have been trying to use something like this
$content = ereg_replace("<link>", "<a href = \"\" target = \"_blank\">", $content);
$content = ereg_replace("</link>", "</a>", $content);

But how do I get the http://phpbuilder.com in the href = ""???

[drew010]

forgive me for jumping to preg, but its usually a faster alternative to ereg and is more widely used, since its derived from perl.

<?php

$text = "this is the user submitted text, they decided to make a <link>http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum</link> in right here!";

$text = preg_replace("/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/i", "<a href=\"\\1\">\\1</a>", $text);

echo $text;

?>

thats the basic idea of how it works right there.

[bubblenut]

First off I'd suggest using PCRE because it's generally quicker (and I know it better so I'll be able to help you 😉).

$content=preg_replace('/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/', '<a href="\\1" target="_blank">\\1</a>', $content);

Chek out the [man]PCRE[/man] pages for an explination.

[edit]Damned backslashes in php code blocks :mad: [/edit]

[bubblenut]

HAHA, Wicked, same answer, same reason 😃

[Weedpacket]

You certainly are forgiven 🙂 - ereg does not come with ungreedy matching.

[Adamthenewbie]

thanks guys.