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<?php
$permalink = 'permalink';
$text_link = 'text_link';
$links = array(
'<li><a>total</a></li>',
'<li><a href="permalink">permalink</a></li>',
'<li><a href="permalink">permalink</a></li>',
);
$total = count($links);
for($permalink=1; $permalink<=$total ;$permalink++){
$new_links[] = preg_replace('|<a>'.$total.'</a>|', '<a>'.$text_link.'</a>', $links[$permalink]);
}
print_r($new_links);