Adds a target attribute to all links in passed content.

Description

By default, this function only applies to <a> tags.
However, this can be modified via the $tags parameter.

_NOTE:_ Any current target attribute will be stripped and replaced.

Parameters

$contentstringrequired

String to search for links in.

$targetstringoptional

The target to add to the links.

Default:'_blank'

$tagsstring[]optional

An array of tags to apply to.

Default:array('a')

Return

Source

function links_add_target( $content, $target = '_blank', $tags = array( 'a' ) ) {
	global $_links_add_target;
	$_links_add_target = $target;
	$tags              = implode( '|', (array) $tags );
	return preg_replace_callback( "!<($tags)((\s[^>]*)?)>!i", '_links_add_target', $content );
}

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