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<?php
$permalink = 'permalink';
$text_link = 'text_link';
$links = array(
'<li><a href="permalink1">permalink1</a></li>',
'<li><a href="permalink2">permalink2</a></li>',
'<li><a href="permalink3">permalink3</a></li>',
);
$total = 'permalink'.count($links);
foreach($links as $link){
$new_links[] = preg_replace('|<a[^>]*>'.$total.'</a>|', '<a>'.$text_link.'</a>', $link);
}
print_r($new_links);