preg_replace to add <p> tags to text not surrounded by specific charcters

[giraffemedia]

Hello,

 

I have two functions in my document that convert anything in a string between the characters [] as a link <a href="example.com">example</a> or {} as a paragraph <p class="example">example</p> like so…

 

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 

Sed aliquet, ante et blandit fermentum, [www.example.com] sem elit fermentum odio, sit amet sagittis arcu libero vitae nunc. Sed sed viverra diam. Etiam tristique sagittis neque id aliquet. {Etiam quam enim, vestibulum nec hendrerit nec, faucibus ut est.} 

Donec vel orci eu elit pretium euismod ac vitae nisi. Praesent scelerisque aliquet nunc vel ultrices. Praesent interdum massa at dolor tempus aliquet. 

 

 

What I would like is a new function that wraps all other text in <p></p> tags but leaves the one's I have already processed. I want it to look like the following…

 

<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>

<p>Sed aliquet, ante et blandit fermentum, <a href="www.example.com">www.example.com</a> sem elit fermentum odio, sit amet sagittis arcu libero vitae nunc. Sed sed viverra diam. Etiam tristique sagittis neque id aliquet.</p>

<p class="example">Etiam quam enim, vestibulum nec hendrerit nec, faucibus ut est.</p>

<p>Donec vel orci eu elit pretium euismod ac vitae nisi. Praesent scelerisque aliquet nunc vel ultrices. Praesent interdum massa at dolor tempus aliquet.</p> 

 

Is it possible to write one function that does all of this in one?

 

Thanks,

 

James

[titan21]

without seeing the code - can u not run the function to generate the <p> and then immediately afterwards run the [] function?