preg_match_all

[ThomasJSmart]

Hi,

the variables and options of preg_match_all are giving me a headache again

i was wondering if anyone could help me with the following:


i need to find WORD in STRING.

- STRING is a page of html text

- WORD is always 1 single query and will have letters, numbers and/or special chars like ë

- WORD must not be within an A or DIV tag in STRING


after i have found an array of WORDS im going to replace them with CODE_WORD_CODE. This part is all working. And this is what i have for the preg so far:

$regex1 = ">[^<]*(";
$regex2 = ")[^<]*<";
preg_match_all("/".$regex1.$word.$regex2."/i", $string, $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

as you can see im just missing the part where WORD should not be within an A or DIV tag...

ok: WORD <div para='bla'>bla</div> <- this i have
not ok: bla <div para='bla'>WORD</div> <- HOW ???
not ok: bla <div para='WORD'>bla</div> <- this i have

ok: WORD <a href='bla'>bla</a> <- this i have
not ok: bla <a href='bla'>WORD</a> <- HOW ???
not ok: bla <a href='WORD'>bla</a> <- this i have



Thank you

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