regex101: PCRE (Legacy) Match Workspace

(?i)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gi

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

href=the literal text href= (case insensitive)

Group 1('|")

1st Alternative'

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

2nd Alternative"

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

Group link(?<link>[^'"]+)

Negated Character Class[^'"]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

'the literal ' (39₁₀ / 47₈ / 27₁₆)

"the literal " (34₁₀ / 42₈ / 22₁₆)

\1the text saved by group 1

(?i-)applies the following effective flags to the remainder of the pattern: gi

i modifier: insensitive. Matches without distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?i)href=('|")(?<link>[^'"]+)\1(?i-)

New

<p><a href="www.link1.com" class="someClass" title="lorem">Lorem</a> dolor sit amet, consectetur
        adipiscing elit. In iaculis, libero aliquam lacinia feugiat, <a href="www.link2.com" class=\"someClass\" title=\"lorem\">lorem</a>
        elit congue risus, sed sagittis turpis tortor eget orci. Integer lacinia quis nisi ac aliquet. Sed et convallis diam.</p>

Substitution

<p><a href="www.link1.com" class="someClass" title="lorem">Lorem</a> dolor sit amet, consectetur
        adipiscing elit. In iaculis, libero aliquam lacinia feugiat, <a href="www.link2.com" class=\"someClass\" title=\"lorem\">lorem</a>
        elit congue risus, sed sagittis turpis tortor eget orci. Integer lacinia quis nisi ac aliquet. Sed et convallis diam.</p>