>> "^<a href[\"\'A-Za-z0-9_+\.+\"\']>[A-Za-z0-9+\.A-Za-z0-9+]</a>" > >Aren't you missing an equals sign? Surely the string you are >matching should begin with: > ><a href=" > >not: > ><a href" Yeah, there probably should be something like that in there... ;o) /me looks sheepish and blushes for not checking before posting... :oP