note 38464 deleted from function.preg-replace by tularis

Note Submitter: martin at vertikal dot dk ---- Opposite most expamles mentioned here, I needed to replace "proper" HTML-formatted URL's with stripped down http-URL's to be used in a non-HTML newsletter. This would enable non-HTML newsletter subscribers to click directly on the URL. This small function did it for me: $txt = preg_replace("/<a href=\"(.*)\">(.*)<\/a>/i", "\\2 (\\1)", $txt); This will strip the tag <a href="xxx"> and its matching closing tag </a> but keep the text (here: xxx) between them. After this it will place the original URL in parenthesis. You can fiddle the sequence and formatting of the variables 1 (URL) and 2 (link text) as you please. I can now pass the result of a text with HTML-formatted URL's from my CMS directly through this small funtion and into an email. I haven't tested this thoroughly with all types of text, complex HTML or strange URL's, but it works well in my controlled environment. Martin