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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);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
<a id="item" class="list-item" href="#">Item</li><li id="item" class="list-item" href="#">Item</a>
preferences:
155.46 ms | 404 KiB | 204 Q