Regular Expressions, doesn't return wanted values...

Hello,

I'm trying to create a regular expression for filtering out external urls out of anchor tags with PHP, but somehow it doesn't work properly. Maybe I have to use multiple expressions, but for some reason I have the idea this thing could be done by using just one. I created the following expression:

This expression does match with some urls, but only the ones with an extra attribute after the "href" (i.e. <a href="http://www.test.com" target="_new">Test</a> will return "http://www.test.com" and "Test". <a href="http://www.test.com">Test</a> will not match).

Does anyone here has any idea about this? I will be very thankful!!

Cheers,

Spongy

It's doing what you told it to do. Remove the last '\s'.

Why did you post this here instead of in the PHP forum?

Thanks for the help! I couldn't see the forest by the trees anymore.

But, next question... How can I extend this expression so that it'll match with bad coded anchors (i.e. <a href=www.google.com>google</a>) too, without the quotes?

Cheers,

Spongy

P.S.: The reason I posted here instead of the PHP forum, is that a previous question about regular expressions was moved here.

You're welcome

Replace both instances of

with

Well, thanks for the input but it doesn't seem to work... It only returns 'http://' now... Do you have more suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers

What does the regular expression look like now?

Well, with your suggestions it now looks like:


This expression just returns the 'http://' and not the complete url...

Try this.


If that doesn't work, then please show me the string you're testing with.

Thank you, it's working now!

Cheers,

Spongy