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<?php $re = '/(")([^"]+)(")/'; $str = 'The nice man said "How\'s things today" and I replied "All is good thanks".'; $subst = '<i class="fa fa-quote-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>\\2<i class="fa fa-quote-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>'; echo preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
The nice man said <i class="fa fa-quote-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>How's things today<i class="fa fa-quote-right" aria-hidden="true"></i> and I replied <i class="fa fa-quote-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>All is good thanks<i class="fa fa-quote-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>.
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135.91 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q