[SOLVED] Regular Expression Image without anchor around it

[aragon1337]

The following regular expression matches an image tags with anchor around it,

 

preg_match_all ('/((?:<\s*a\s*(?:.*)\s*>)<\s*img\s*(?:.*)\s*\/>(?:<\/\s*a\s*>))/i', $news_text, $pattern1, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

 

Now i want another expression that matches ONLY the image tags that DOES NOT have anchor tag around it.

 

For example the following are stored in a variable,

 

$str = '<img src="hello.jpg" title="sadsad" />

<a href="one.html"><img src="hi.jpg" title="asdat" /></a>'

 

I want to match ONLY <img src="hello.jpg" title="sadsad" /> not the other.

 

Please help.

[Wildbug]

Another thread addressed a very similar issue this week.

 

Try:

 

/(?<!>)(?>\s*<img\s+.*?>\s*)(?!<\/a>)/i

[aragon1337]

Worked fine. Thank you.