Use regex on all image src attributes with PHP
See here for the original answer.
A modification of the thread you linked to do what you are requesting:
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$dom->loadHTML($content);
foreach ($dom->getElementsByTagName('img') as $img) {
$current_src = $img->getAttribute('src');
$new_src = preg_replace('http://', '/files/images', $current_src);
$img->setAttribute( 'src', $new_src );
}
$content = $dom->saveHTML();
I don't have a machine with PHP readily available to test this for you (not at home), so let me know if you have any issues with it and I would be happy to troubleshoot for you.