How can i use php's preg_replace with a simple string and wildcards?

Question

If i have the string [link="*"] where * is a wildcard how could i then use php to replace the string with <a href="*"> where * is the same value as before?

Is preg_replace the best way to do this?

Thanks, any help appreciated!

Answer 1

preg_replace('~\[link="(.*?)"\]~', '<a href="$1">', $text);

Answer 2

$link = '[link="http://www.google.com/"]';
$link = preg_replace('/\[link="(.*)"\]/', '<a href="$1">', $link);