PHP regex. Convert [text](url) to text [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can use this regular exprestion \[(.*?)\]\s*\((.*?)\) and replace with <a href="$2">$1</a> like so

preg_replace('/\[(.*?)\]\s*\((.*?)\)/', '<a href="$2">$1</a>', '[text](url)');

\[(.*?)\] select anything between [] and store it in first capture group \((.*?)\) select anything between () and store it in first capture group

$1 use content of first capture group

preg_replace ( $pattern , $replacement , $subject ) take a look

Test if it works for you