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Replacing a Pattern with a Found String

<html>
<head>
<title>preg_replace</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
     $string = "<a href=\"http://www.java2s.com/\">java2s</a><br />";
   
     $pattern = '/<a[ .]*?(href *= *".*?").*?>(.*?)<\/a>/i';
     $replacement = '\2: <a \1>\1</a>';
   
     $string = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
     print($string);
?>
</body>
</html>








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