find mapping link url and link text using php

Question

this is my file and the contents of the file can change (just consider the format only not the exact wording for given in put file below)

i am <a href="link1">rohit</a>.So can any <a href="link2">body</a> help me regarding this. 

from the above string i want mapping like a[0][0] = link1 and a[0][1] = rohit and a[1][0] = link2 and a[1][1] = body. this means in the file if text has href then add in to the mapping array else leave the text. i want this solution using php so please help as soon as possible.

Answer 1

Try this:

$sub = 'i am <a href="link1">rohit</a>.So can any <a href="link2">body</a> help me regarding this. ';
preg_match_all('/<a href="(.+?)">(.+?)<\/a>/', $sub, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

// output
print_r($matches);


Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a href="link1">rohit</a>
            [1] => link1
            [2] => rohit
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a href="link2">body</a>
            [1] => link2
            [2] => body
        )

)

Ref: preg_match_all()