diff --git a/lib/weblib.php b/lib/weblib.php
index 0d7390ac128..fe90134fd51 100644
--- a/lib/weblib.php
+++ b/lib/weblib.php
@@ -2309,10 +2309,10 @@ function convert_urls_into_links(&$text) {
     //<a href="blah">
     //&lt;a href="blah"&gt;
     //&lt;a href="blah">
-    $filterignoretagsopen  = array('<a\s[^>]+?>', '<img\s[^>]+?>');
-    $filterignoretagsclose = array('</a>','');
+    $filterignoretagsopen  = array('<a\s[^>]+?>');
+    $filterignoretagsclose = array('</a>');
     filter_save_ignore_tags($text,$filterignoretagsopen,$filterignoretagsclose,$ignoretags);
-    
+
     // Check if we support unicode modifiers in regular expressions. Cache it.
     // TODO: this check should be a environment requirement in Moodle 2.0, as far as unicode
     // chars are going to arrive to URLs officially really soon (2010?)
@@ -2325,14 +2325,14 @@ function convert_urls_into_links(&$text) {
     }
 
     if ($unicoderegexp) { //We can use unicode modifiers
-        $text = preg_replace('#(((http(s?))://)(((([\pLl0-9]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl0-9])\.)+([\pLl]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl]))|(([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}))(:[\pL0-9]*)?(/([\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2})*)*(\?[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(?<![,.;]))#i',
+        $text = preg_replace('#(?<!=["\'])(((http(s?))://)(((([\pLl0-9]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl0-9])\.)+([\pLl]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl]))|(([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}))(:[\pL0-9]*)?(/([\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2})*)*(\?[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?)(?<![,\.;])#iu',
                              '<a href="\\1" target="_blank">\\1</a>', $text);
-        $text = preg_replace('#((www\.([\pLl0-9]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl0-9])\.)+([\pLl]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl])(:[\pL0-9]*)?(/([\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2})*)*(\?[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(?<![,.;]))#i',
+        $text = preg_replace('#(?<!=["\'])((www\.([\pLl0-9]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl0-9])\.)+([\pLl]([\pLl0-9]|-)*[\pLl0-9]|[\pLl])(:[\pL0-9]*)?(/([\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-fA-F0-9]{2})*)*(\?[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[\pLl0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?)(?<![,\.;])#iu',
                              '<a href="http://\\1" target="_blank">\\1</a>', $text);
     } else { //We cannot use unicode modifiers
-        $text = preg_replace('#(((http(s?))://)(((([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)+([a-z]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z]))|(([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}))(:[a-zA-Z0-9]*)?(/([a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-f0-9]{2})*)*(\?[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(?<![,.;]))#i',
+        $text = preg_replace('#(?<!=["\'])(((http(s?))://)(((([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)+([a-z]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z]))|(([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}))(:[a-zA-Z0-9]*)?(/([a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-f0-9]{2})*)*(\?[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?)(?<![,\.;])#i',
                              '<a href="\\1" target="_blank">\\1</a>', $text);
-        $text = preg_replace('#((www\.([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)+([a-z]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z])(:[a-zA-Z0-9]*)?(/([a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-f0-9]{2})*)*(\?[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(?<![,.;]))#i',
+        $text = preg_replace('#(?<!=["\'])((www\.([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9])\.)+([a-z]([a-z0-9]|-)*[a-z0-9]|[a-z])(:[a-zA-Z0-9]*)?(/([a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@-]|%[a-f0-9]{2})*)*(\?[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?(\#[a-z0-9\.!$&\'\(\)*+,;=_~:@/?-]*)?)(?<![,\.;])#i',
                              '<a href="http://\\1" target="_blank">\\1</a>', $text);
     }