$re = '/(?:class="|\G(?!^))(?:(?!st)[^"])*\Kst/';
$str = 'foo st0 st1 st2 bar
class="st0 st1 st2", class="st3 st45", class="st678"
baz="st0 st1 st2"';
$subst = "stx";
$result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php