Don't parse links when inside this?

Basically i have this regex to parse links in a post:


How do i adjust it so it won't parse anything wrapped in:

Any help would be grand!

Simply add at the end of your regex (it's called a negative look ahead, btw).

Thanks, i added it into it so it now looks like this:

It still seems to try and parse it though so my image code ends up like this:


I am guessing i added it in wrong?

No, you didn't. Your regex will now match only url's NOT directly followed by "[/img]", which is what you asked for, AFAIK. If "it doesn't work", please provide enough information (1. actual input, 2. actual output and 3. desired output) to get help.

Good luck!

Ok sure well actual input is this (without the quotes, just stopping it parsing on here):

Actual output was this:

Desired is this:


To parse the image im doing this:

In your original post you said you wanted to parse url's NOT inside img-tags. Yet what you post now is the complete opposite: you're parsing url's inside img-tags.

I'm logging out for tonight, I'll have a look at this thread tomorrow. I'd like to see a proper problem description (preferably with some decent examples), otherwise I'm afraid I can't help.

Good luck.

What i said is true, i have a parser which currently will parse html links.

I don't want that to parse a link if it is included inside img tags because i want the image parser side to do that.

I still have no idea what exactly you're trying to do. The few examples you've provided have not helped me to figure this out.

No need to explain yourself further to me perhaps someone else can help you.

Best of luck of course.

I don't know how this is hard to understand?

I have a link parser which turns

Into a html link.

I Don't want it to turn it into a link if the url is wrappin in img tags, it's that simple like i tried explaining.

It isn't all that complex, but IMO you explained your problem very poorly. Especially with regex advice it is very important to see exactly what you are doing and in what way things are going wrong.
After you said that my first reply didn't work (without providing the exact code you used) and I asked for calcification, you then provided some sample code where you actually tried to match urls INSIDE img-tags which lead me to believe you were trying to do the exact opposite of what you described in your original post. You are also using the word "url" to describe a web-address (http://...), but also as an html anchor which also does not help clarify your explanation.

It may very well be clear to you, but realise that posting your problem on a public forum you will have to explain your problem very precisely.

Anyway just to prove that my first suggestion was the correct answer, here's a snippet of code:



As you can see, http://abc and http://ghi are NOT inside img-tags and they get matched because of the negative look ahead.

Also notice that I posted a small piece of code that you can actually copy, paste and run without making any modifications to it (contrary to your code posted in this thread). This is always the preferred way of posting code on a forum: that way anyone can see exactly what you're seeing and will leave less room for speculations.

I hope you can see it from my point of view.

Good luck.

Sorry i really have never been very good at explaining things i do need to apologise for that i'm a little slow with certain things unfortunatly.

When i say url i mean a web address, currently when an address is entered it will be turned into a html equivalent (so it then becomes a clickable link).

What i wish to do is when people add img tags around an address turn that into the html for an image.

I really hope that is a little better. I can deffinately see from your point of view and i really appreciate your replys.

What i want is to adjust the original regex to not parse the web address if it is wrapped in img tags.

The actual current code for it is pretty much this:


Is the preg match a better way to do it?

Okay, no problem.
Now, did you run my code? Does it do what you want? If both are answered by a "yes", then what exactly is the problem?
If you still have a problem, please post a snippet of code as I described: something that I can copy, paste and run so that I see exactly what you see (without needing to change anything!). Help me help you!

I tested with this text entered (without the quotes, just stopping it parsing on here):


And then this to parse:


Also my img code:


Where "$this->text" is the first set of addresses.

And it gave me this:

* You didn't answer any of my questions from my previous reply;
* You didn't provide a snippet I can simply copy, paste and run without needing to change anything;
* You didn't explain what exactly is wrong.

I'm out.

Ugh fine im out too i've done the best i can and i posted code you can use.