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<?php function special_text( $content ) { $search_for = 'specialtext'; $replace_with = '<span class="special-text"><strong>special</strong>text</span>'; return preg_replace( '/<a.*?<\/a>(*SKIP)(*F)|'.$search_for.'/m', $replace_with, $content ); } echo special_text('<a title="specialtext" href="http://specialtext.com">specialtext</a>');
Output for 4.4.9, 5.2.5 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 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 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
<a title="specialtext" href="http://specialtext.com">specialtext</a>
Output for 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.8, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.4
Warning: preg_replace(): Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 11 in /in/ZS0Yv on line 6
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.10
Warning: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 11 in /in/ZS0Yv on line 6

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