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Asked: 2026-06-17T05:39:18+00:00

I’m using a PHP script to link each word of the string: <? $str

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I’m using a PHP script to link each word of the string:

<?
$str = "hello<br> guys good man";
$arr = explode(' ', $str);
foreach($arr as $value){
    echo '<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q='.$value.'">'.$value.'</a>';
}
?>

How do I link each word of the string $str without linking the <br>s?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can just use preg_replace

    // More complext string
$str = "hello<br> guys good man <a href=\"http://google.com\">Google</a> <br /> hurry";

// Url Template
$template = '<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=%1$s">%1$s</a>';

// Replace Words
echo preg_replace("/(?!(?:[^<]+>|[^>]+<\/a>))\b([a-z]+)\b/is", sprintf($template, "\\1"), $str);

    Output 

    <a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=hello">hello</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=guys">guys</a>
<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=good">good</a>
<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=man">man</a>
<a href="http://google.com">Google</a>
<br />
<a href="http://www.dumbsearch.com/now/searchcompleted.php?q=hurry">hurry</a>
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