help with preg_replace

[scorpion]

I want to append a string to the beginning of every link that begins with a number in a string...I came up with the following just wondering if anyone sees some errors:

$string = "<A HREF=534/533.html></A><A HREF=884/53333.html></A>";

$pattern = "/HREF=[0-9]/i";
$replacement = "HREF=../cgi-bin/getfile.cgi?$1";

My idea is for every link that whose first digit is a numeral to append the fixed string in front of that and then match the rest.

For some reason, this doesn't seem like it'll work. Maybe the pattern is not complete?

[coopster]

Correct, you forgot your parenthesized pattern match:

$pattern = "/HREF=[b]([/b][0-9][b])[/b]/i";

[scorpion]

thanks my concern was that the match would do this:

HREF=../cgi-bin/getfile.cgi?HREF=3433/5533.htm

or something that is take $1 and replace it with the whole part matched instead of just the number part after..

i.e.
HREF=../cgi-bin/getfile.cgi?3433/5533.htm

would be the correct output I'm seeking

[MonkeeSage]

coopster's works like you want

Jordan