preg_replace function problem

[eluser]basty_dread[/eluser]
do you have a testing server like xampp?

i tried to modify it again just removing some values and it turned good, but it removes the spacing between then

can you try this?

Code:

$find = "web design";
$string = "WEB DESIGN Web Design web design <a href='yahoo.com'>web design google</a> las vegas";
$finalstring = preg_replace('/(^|[^<a.*?&gt;])('.$find.')\b/iU', '<a href="http://google.com">\2</a>', $string,-1,$i);
echo $finalstring;
echo '<br />'.$i;