Multiple matches in one array string

Question

I'm trying to match ^Description^*http://google.com* and convert into URL. It's working with JS, but I don't know how implement this into PHP Array. My JS looks like this:

var that = $(this);
    var vid = that.html().match(/\^(.*)\^/gm); 
    var vid2 = that.html().match(/\*(.*)\*/gm);
    var vid2 = jQuery.trim(vid2).slice(1,-1);
    var vid1 = jQuery.trim(vid).slice(1,-1);
     that.html(function(i, h) {
        return h.replace(/\^(.*)\^\*(.*)\*/gm, '<a target="_blank" href="'+vid2+'">'+vid1+'</a>');
    });

And my PHP Array:

$find = array('/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/', '/@(\\w+)/');
$replace = array('<span style="font-weight:bold">$1</span>', '<a href=/profile/$1>@$1</a>');
$result = preg_replace($find, $replace, $comment_text);

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 20 '16 at 10:45

I've done with that :)

$find = array('/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/', '/@(\\w+)/', '/\^(.*)\^\*(.*)\*/');
$replace = array('<span style="font-weight:bold">$1</span>', '<a href=/profile/$1>@$1</a>','<a target="_blank" href="$2">$1</a>');
$result = preg_replace($find, $replace, $comment_text);

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

To match the regular experession ^Description^*http://google.com* in PHP you could use the /s modifier (as described here) instead of the ^ in the middle of the Regex. I tested the code here.

<?php
$find = array('/^Description.*\*(.*)\*/s');
$replace = array('<a href="$1">$1</a>');
$comment_text = 'Description 
*http://google.de*';
$result = preg_replace($find, $replace, $comment_text);
echo $result;

Multiple matches in one array string

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