using php preg_replace to change html link's href attribute

Question

I\'m trying to replace all link href\'s in a large string with a different URL. With the following code It seems to replace only the 2nd link leaving the first one intact, c

Answer 1

Just use the greedy operator in your regex like this:

'/<a(.*?)href="(.*?)"(.*?)>/'

Answer 2

Slight modifications to Aurelio De Rosa's answer:

'/<a(.*?)href=(["\'])(.*?)\\2(.*?)>/i'

Answer 3

Instead of any char . use any not (^) quote [^"]

echo preg_replace('/<a(.*)href="([^"]*)"(.*)>/','<a$1href="javascript:alert(\'Test\');"$3>',$string_of_text);