Regex to match words or phrases in string but NOT match if part of a URL or inside tags. (php)

Question

I am aware that regex is not ideal for use with HTML strings and I have looked at the PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser but still believe this is the way to go. All the HTML tags w

Answer 1

Improvisation. It should link only if it is a whole word "Amazon" and not words like AmazonWorld.

$result = preg_replace('%\bAmazon(?![^<]*)\b%i', 'Amazon', $subject);