How can PHP be used to automatically convert internal URLs to external URLs in a webpage?

When working with webpages that contain internal URLs, it can be helpful to automatically convert these internal URLs to external URLs for better usability. This can be achieved using PHP by detecting internal URLs and replacing them with their corresponding external URLs. This can be done using regular expressions to match internal URLs and then replacing them with the desired external URLs. 

<?php
// Define an array of internal URLs and their corresponding external URLs
$internal_urls = array(
    '/internal/page1' => 'https://www.external.com/page1',
    '/internal/page2' => 'https://www.external.com/page2'
);

// Function to convert internal URLs to external URLs
function convert_internal_to_external($content) {
    global $internal_urls;
    
    foreach($internal_urls as $internal_url => $external_url) {
        $content = preg_replace('/' . preg_quote($internal_url, '/') . '/', $external_url, $content);
    }
    
    return $content;
}

// Sample webpage content with internal URLs
$content = '<a href="/internal/page1">Internal Page 1</a>';
$content .= '<a href="/internal/page2">Internal Page 2</a>';

// Convert internal URLs to external URLs
$content = convert_internal_to_external($content);

echo $content;
?>

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