Finding URLS in a string.

[Anon]

I would like to search a string for urls so I can encode them in html. What's the best way to do this?

Thanks

James

[whizkid]

Hi,

This code below will transform URLs and email addresses embedded within a string into clickable HTML links:

function make_clickable($text)
{
$ret = eregi_replace("([[:alnum:]]+)://([^{[:space:]])([[:alnum:]#?/&=])",} "<a href=\"\1://\2\3\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\">\1://\2\3</a>", $text);
$ret = eregi_replace("(([a-z0-9_]|\-|\.)+@([^[:space:]])([[:alnum:]-]))", "<a href=\"mailto:\1\" target=\"_new\">\1</a>", $ret);
return($ret);
}

print(make_clickable("This is an email address: [e-mail]"));

Have fun!
firemouse2001

[Anon]

wow that's pretty long. works well?? thanks.