Regex PHP, Match all links with specific text

Question

I am looking for a regular expression in PHP which would match the anchor with a specific text on it. E.g I would like to get anchors with text mylink like:

Answer 1

Try a parser instead:

require_once "simple_html_dom.php";

$data = 'Hi, I am looking for a regular expression in PHP which would match the anchor with a 
specific text on it. E.g I would like to get anchors with text mylink like: 
mylink

So it should match all anchors but only if they contain specific text So it should match t
hese string:

mylink

blabla mylink

mylink bla bla

bla bla mylink bla bla

but not this one:

bla bla bla bla Because this one does not contain word mylink.

Also this one should not match: "mylink is string" because it is not an anchor.

Anybody any Idea? Thanx Granit';

$html = str_get_html($data);

foreach($html->find('a') as $element) {
  if(strpos($element->innertext, 'mylink') === false) {
    echo 'Ignored: ' . $element->innertext . "\n";
  } else {
    echo 'Matched: ' . $element->innertext . "\n";
  }
}

which produces the output:

Matched: mylink
Matched: mylink
Matched: blabla mylink
Matched: mylink bla bla
Matched: bla bla mylink bla bla
Ignored: bla bla bla bla

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