Finding @mentions in string
php, regex
Solution
Replace the question mark (`?`) quantifier ("optional") and add in a `+` ("one or more") after your character class:
@([^@ ]+)
Problem
Trying to replace all occurrences of an @mention with an anchor tag, so far I have: ``` $comment = preg_replace('/@([^@ ])? /', '<a href="/$1">@$1</a> ', $comment); ``` Take the following sample string: ``` "@name kdfjd fkjd as@name @ lkjlkj @name" ``` Everything matches okay so far, but I want to ignore that single "@" symbol. I've tried using "+" and "{2,}" after the "[^@ ]" which I thought would enforce a minimum amount of matches, but it's not working.