preg replace problem

[scorpse]

i have a slight problem in using preg_replace,. in act the regex.

i need an expresion to search for a word inside a text, but not inside tags atributes, and not inside a tag, bun insie other tags.

i am using

$search_tmp = array("/(?!(?:[^<]+>¦[^>]+<\/a>))\b(".$search[$i].")\b/is");

but i will search in sthe href of the a tag.

can u provide some help?

tanks

[edited by: eelixduppy at 11:06 pm (utc) on Jan. 31, 2008]
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[phparion]

can you post a sample of your search string so that i can play with it :)