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<?php $s = '<li id="item" class="list-item" href="#">Item</li><li id="item" class="list-item" href="#">Item</li>'; $find = "li"; $lenght = strlen($find); $pos1 = strpos($s, $find); $pos2 = strrpos($s, $find); //Echo substr($s,0,$pos1) . "a" . Substr($s,$pos1+$lenght,$pos2-$lenght-1) . "a" . Substr($s,$pos2+$lenght); Echo str_replace(array("<li ", "</li>"), array("<a ", "</a>"), $s);

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