Href Switch

Doug1963

Complete PHP newbie here.

Let's say I have a line of code like this:

<a href="http://www.123.com">my website</a>

but I want to replace "my website" with "download here" so it looks like this:

<a href="http://www.123.com">download here</a>

What PHP coding would accomplish this switch?

Thanks!

BobLennon

Doug1963 wrote:
Complete PHP newbie here.

Let's say I have a line of code like this:
<a href="http://www.123.com">my website</a>
but I want to replace "my website" with "download here" so it looks like this:
<a href="http://www.123.com">download here</a>
What PHP coding would accomplish this switch?

Thanks!

The code you cite is not php it is html.

The changes you suggest will work in any html page. You should use an appropriate html or text editor to make the change.

Doug1963

I know it's HTML.

However, I want to make the switch using PHP from within my Content Management System as a plugin.

BobLennon

Doug1963 wrote:
I know it's HTML.

However, I want to make the switch using PHP from within my Content Management System as a plugin.

What language are you using for your "Content Management System" and how are "plugin" modules entered?

I think you need to do a little more research into what you want to do, and how to do it in the best way. PHP is not the best answer to all problems.

bpat1434

Well the simple way is this:

<?php
// Or you could make $contents a string of links
$contents = file_get_contents('path/to/your/file.html');

$contents = preg_replace("@<a(.*)href=\"(.*)\"(.*)>(.*)</a>@i", '<a$1href="$2"$3>Download Here</a>', $contents);

echo $contents;
?>

Not sure how you'd fit it to what you're doing though....

BobLennon

bpat1434 wrote:

Well the simple way is this:

<?php
// Or you could make $contents a string of links
$contents = file_get_contents('path/to/your/file.html');

$contents = preg_replace("@<a(.*)href=\"(.*)\"(.*)>(.*)</a>@i", '<a$1href="$2"$3>Download Here</a>', $contents);

echo $contents;
?>

Not sure how you'd fit it to what you're doing though....

Nice code bpat1434! 🙂

But in the interest of simplicity maybe just an include of the html up to the bad anchor, then an echo of
'<a href="http://www.123.com">download here</a>', and finally
an include of the rest of the html might be easier.

It may also be more maintainable for this coder, and possibly more efficient.

Bottom line though is that I think the poster needs to give some more thought about how to do these kind of things dynamically.

bpat1434

I agree that more thought needs to go into this, but at least now they have something to work with when it comes time to implementation.

Oh, and one warning about that code: it replaces all links with Download Here instead of a specific few.