preg_replace on customize short-code

Question

I have the following code:

{bookielink href="bet-at-home"} body content{/bookielink}

and I want to get the following:

<a href="index.php?bookie=bet-at-home">body content</a>

This is my tries:

$buffer = preg_replace("/.*{bookielink[^>]*}|.*/si", "<a>", $buffer);
$buffer = preg_replace("/.*{\/bookielink}|.*/si", "</a>", $buffer);

possible duplicate of [Best methods to parse HTML with PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3577641/best-methods-to-parse-html-with-php) — ajreal, Sep 10 '11 at 11:01
@ajreal: not at all. Kicsi is trying to _generate_ HTML from a custom format. — Mat, Sep 10 '11 at 11:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '11 at 11:06

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The following:

$buffer = 'foo {bookielink href="bet-at-home"} body content{/bookielink} bar';
echo preg_replace(
    '#{bookielink\s+href="([^"]*)"\s*}([^{]+){/bookielink}#i', 
    '<a href="index.php?bookie=$1">$2</a>', 
    $buffer
);

will print:

foo <a href="index.php?bookie=bet-at-home"> body content</a> bar

answered Sep 10 '11 at 11:06

Bart Kiers

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The regex seems fairly straightforward to me, but if you need some explanation, just say so, and I'll expand a bit. – Bart Kiers Sep 10 '11 at 11:08

preg_replace on customize short-code

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