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<?php $string = 'Blablabla Beginning Text <u>\\n\\\\*HYPERLINK \\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VUsoeT9aM\\"1.A Youtube Video</u> blablabla Text Middle <u>\\n\\\\*HYPERLINK \\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VUsoeT9aQ\\"2. A Youtube Video</u> blabla Text after'; $newpattern = '/(http[?.:=\w\d\\/]*)\\\\"([\s\w.]+)</'; print "does the pattern work?\n"; preg_match_all($newpattern, $string, $allMatches); var_dump($allMatches); print "yep!\n\n"; $newReplace = '<a href="\\1">\\2</a>'; var_dump( preg_replace($newpattern, $newReplace, $string) );