auto make url into hyperlink

[richie]

When I read text from a database, I want to automatically convert all urls into hyperlinks. Here is how far I've gotten:

$text = "Click on http://www.somedomainname.com/ for details";
$srchTerm="http://";
$srchTerm2="www";
if (!is_int(strpos($text,$srchTerm) || strpos($text,$srchTerm2) ))
{
$text=str_replace("$text","<a href='$text'>$text</a>",$text);
}

The above will convert the whole $text, rather than just the url.

How do I single out a url and make it into a hyperlink within a bunch of text?

Thx.

Richie.

[drawmack]

Once upon a time someone wrote a manual for this language. In this manual they included some sample code. That sample code included this

<?php
$text = ereg_replace("[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]",
                     "<a href=\"\\0\">\\0</a>", $text);
?>

RTFM

[richie]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, this is the output.

Click on <a href=" for details

[drawmack]

at some point you're using html entities on that before it's printed.