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Thank you Discomatt and Effigy... the second response is ideal as it allows me to use str_replace and makes the resulting code much more eloquent/readable in that I don't have to code-around varying array sizes as per discomatt's initial solution i.e. I'm very pleased to have found this forum and hope I can give something back in the near future.

A cry for help... Sample text: The cat sat on the [[straw|mat]]. The cat hoped he would jump through the [[windows]] and catch the [[feathered variety|bird on the branch]]. The regex pattern I'm struggling to put together would match all text between "|" and "]]" or where there is no "|" then all text between "[[" and "]]", as per the text above this regex would then match the following strings: "mat" "windows" "bird on the branch" Allowing me to replace the text between and including [[ and ]] with the strings in the match. Any guidance/help would be greatly appreciated.