I'm trying to do something simple but i'm failing : I want to use preg_replace in PHP to make keywords become a link, but i don't want to insert it in headings.
My actual preg_replace :
$data_replace = '<a href="'.$link.'">$1</a>';
$word_to_replace = "keyword";
$data_source = "<h1>keyword</h1><p>keyword</p>"
$pattern = "/\\b(?!<h[0-6]*\>)(.*?)(" . trim($word_to_replace) . ")(.*?)(?!<\/h[0-6]>)\\b/";
preg_replace($pattern, $data_replace, $data_source, 1);
And I want to get :
<h1>keyword</h1><p><a href="http://...">keyword</a></p>
For now, my output gives :
<h1><a href="http://...">keyword</a></h1><p>keyword</p>
Where am i wrong in my regex pattern ? Thanks !
Try this:
<?php
$data_replace = '<a href="'.$link.'">$1</a>';
$words = ["keyword","foo"];
$out = "<h1>keyword</h1><p>keyword</p>";
foreach ($words as $word){
$pattern = "/(<[^h].*?>)($word)(<\/)/";
$out = preg_replace($pattern, "\\1<a href=\"#\">$word</a>\\3", $out);
}
var_dump($out);
Produces:
dejavu:~ jancha$ php -q aa.php
string(46) "<h1>keyword</h1><p><a href="#">keyword</a></p>"
p.s. this has enhancement for multiple keywords.