PHP extract link from <a> tag

php string hyperlink extract href
5et picture 5et · Jun 16, 2011 · Viewed 55.4k times · Source

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PHP String Manipulation: Extract hrefs

I am using php and have string with content =

<a href="www.something.com">Click here</a>

I need to get rid of everything except "www.something.com" I assume this can be done with regular expressions. Any help is appreciated! Thank you

Answer

mfonda picture mfonda · Jun 16, 2011

This is very easy to do using SimpleXML:

$a = new SimpleXMLElement('<a href="www.something.com">Click here</a>');
echo $a['href']; // will echo www.something.com

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