creating hyperlinks from user data

[craigm]

Hello,

I have a simple form for updating a website that works well so far. Right now I want to add a user updatable "Links" page.

I'd like to write some code to find hyperlinks that would insert the appropriate code ( the <a href> tag). I'm pretty confident that I can do this with "explode" and then looking for elements with "www". However, I'm wondering if there's a better way. Maybe a PHP function that works for this.

Or maybe I should use a similar system to this message board, wherein the user clicks a link button that adds the code where it's specified.

Thanks in advance,

-Craig

[HalfaBee]

have a look at www.php.net/preg_replace it is good for this sort of thing.

HalfaBee

[craigm]

Thanks, I actually found some code which uses ereg replace. It seems sensible enough.