Question

I’d like to do some operations on incoming e-mails. Namely transform all 6 digit numbers into links which lead to a url based on the number.

I don’t want to open a huge can of worms, in terms of APIs or languages besides PHP, this isn’t that much of a timesaver, but it would be nice. Anyone done anything like this? Just looking to get pointed in the right direction !

Answer 1

You can use a regex to find your numbers and replace them with your links. Since I do not know your link structure, I made one up.

Here is a simple example:

$str = "Testing 385758 String";
preg_replace( '/(\d{6})/', '<a href="www.example.com/index.php?number=$1">$1</a>', $str);

This will turn $str into:

Testing <a href="www.example.com/index.php?number=385758">385758</a> String

Demo