URL links

[Anon]

I have a page on which in one part I display some references with this script: <?php echo ereg_replace("\n", "<br>", $hero->f("Ref")); ?>.

But in the references field there are some URLs. How can I transform this automatically in links?

In Cgi you can use something like... $ref =~ s/(http:\/\/\S*)/<a href=\"\1\" target=\"_blank\">\1<\/a>/g;... what could I use in PHP?

[Anon]

You can simply do this with a printf:

$ref=$hero->f("Ref");

printf("<a href=\"%s\" target=_blank>%s</a><br>\n",$ref,$ref);

hth

JBL

[Anon]

Here ya go (Thanks to tobias):

<?
function sfl_makeLink($var) {
$val = eregi_replace("([[:alnum:]]+)://([^{[:space:]])([[:alnum:]#?/&=])",}
"<a href=\"\1://\2\3\" target=\"_new\">\1://\2\3</a>", $var);
$val = eregi_replace("(([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@([^[:space:]])([[:alnum:]-]))",
"<a href=\"mailto:\1\" target=\"_new\">\1</a>", $val);
return($val);
}
?>
<? print sfl_makeLink("This is how to make a link: [e-mail]"); ?>

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