Make clickable links using indices of associative array

Question

I have an associative array of links like this

$my_links = [
       'city 1' => 'http://link1',
       'city 2' => 'http://link2',
       'Head Office' => 'http://link3'
    ];

and some html like this. The html is dynamically generated by a script ( wordpress blog content).

<p>
   You can visit our stores at City 1 
   and City 2, 
   or visit our Head office.
</p>

Required Output: Make clickable links using indices of above array

<p>
   You can visit our stores at <a href="http://link1">City 1</a>
   and <a href="http://link2">City 2</a>, 
   or visit our <a href="http://link3">Head office</a>.
</p>

How to achieve this using PHP and/or JQuery?

do like this <p> You can visit our stores at <a href="<?php echo $my_links['city 1'];?>">City 1</a> and <a href="<?php echo $my_links['city 2'];?>">City 2</a>, or visit our <a href="<?php echo $my_links['Head Office'];?>">Head office</a>. </p> — Death-is-the-real-truth
– Death-is-the-real-truth, Commented Mar 29, 2019 at 12:41
Thanks for quick reply and Edit. The html is dynamically generated by a script ( from a wordpress blog content). Updated my question. — Qaisar Feroz
– Qaisar Feroz, Commented Mar 29, 2019 at 12:53

mighty_dev · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-29 12:44:25Z

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<?php 

$my_links = [
       'city 1' => 'http://link1',
       'city 2' => 'http://link2',
       'Head Office' => 'http://link3'
    ];


$str = "<p>
   You can visit our stores at City 1 
   and City 2, 
   or visit our Head office.
</p>";


foreach ($my_links as $link_title => $link) {
    $str = str_ireplace($link_title,"<a href='$link'>".ucwords($link_title)."</a>",$str);
}

echo $str;

Loop over your $my_links. Find the link title present in the string and use str_ireplace() to replace the link title with the anchor tags.

answered Mar 29, 2019 at 12:44

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Qaisar Feroz Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for this!

Jay Blanchard · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-29 12:41:52Z

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Just use the array references:

<p>
   You can visit our stores at <a href="<?php echo $my_links['city 1']; ?>">City 1</a>
   and <a href="<?php echo $my_links['city 2']; ?>">City 2</a>, 
   or visit our <a href="<?php echo $my_links['Head Office']; ?>">Head office</a>.
</p>

answered Mar 29, 2019 at 12:41

Jay Blanchard

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Qaisar Feroz Over a year ago

Thanks for quick reply. The html is dynamically generated by a script ( from a wordpress blog content). Updated my question.

Pupil · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-29 12:51:39Z

If your content is coming from PHP, use PHP's str_replace() function.

This function's three parameters search the purpose:

search: string or array

replace: string or array

actual string: string

If search and replace are arrays, their elements count should be same.

Now, find the string segments like City 1, City 2 and Head Office and replace them by adding <a href="... to them.

Code:

<?php
$my_links = [
       'city 1' => 'http://link1',
       'city 2' => 'http://link2',
       'Head Office' => 'http://link3'
    ];
$content = '<p>
   You can visit our stores at City 1 
   and City 2, 
   or visit our Head office.
</p>';

$find = ['City 1', 'City 2', 'Head office'];
$replace = [
'<a href="'.$my_links['city 1'] . '">City 1</a>',
'<a href="'.$my_links['city 2'] . '">City 2</a>',
'<a href="'.$my_links['Head Office'] . '">Head Office</a>',
 ];
echo  str_replace($find, $replace, $content);
?>

A Quick Update:

Please use str_ireplace() instead of str_replace() discussed above as we have case insensitive comparison e.g. city 1 vs City 1. This function works the same way as str_replace(), only it is case insensitive.

Jeffrey Hitosis · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-29 12:42:44Z

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You can try this

<p>
   You can visit our stores at <a href="<?=$my_links['city 1']?>">City 1</a>
   and <a href="<?=$my_links['city 2']?>">City 2</a>, 
   or visit our <a href="<?=$my_links['Head Office']?>">Head office</a>.
</p>

answered Mar 29, 2019 at 12:42

Jeffrey Hitosis

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Qaisar Feroz Over a year ago

Thanks for quick reply. The html is dynamically generated by a script ( from a wordpress blog content). Updated my question.

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