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

Use this code:

$p = '~((]*?>))?(amazon)~smi';

$str = 'Amazon';

$s = preg_replace($p, "$1My $3 Link", $str);
var_dump($s);

OUTPUT

String(50) "My Amazon Link"