how do i post a url (link)

[trinitywave]

I am building a search program for my site. And i can't figure our how to post a URL(link) in my search results. Somehow i have to set up mySQL so it stores the path to the URL and then, i need the php script to post the URL in my search results. If anyone know how to do this could you please help me. Thanks

[hi-liter]

maybe?

<a href=\"$url\">$url</a>

or depending on how the url is stored:

<a href=\"http://$url\">$url</a>