preg_replace function problem

[eluser]theprodigy[/eluser]

i try to modify your code this way:

Code:

$finalstring = preg_replace('/([<a[^>]*>].*?('.$find.')+?.*?[^<\/a>]\b)/iU', '<a href="http://google.com">\1</a>', $string,-1,$i);

Try this and see how close you get:

Code:

$find = "[^<a.*?&gt;].*?(web design)+?.*?[^</a>]";

I understand what you tried to do, but your regex looks a bit different.
Try this one:

Code:

$finalstring = preg_replace('/[^<a.*?&gt;].*?('.$find.')+?.*?[^</a>]\b)/iU', '<a href="http://google.com">\1</a>', $string,-1,$i);