Text 2 Link

echo_josh

Does anybody knows how can I convert text into links?
For example, I have a string:

$string = "Hello, my site is www.example.com, or http://www.example.com";

and should be like

$string = "Hello, my site is <a href=.....

I know this can be done with preg_match, but anyone knows how?
If possible, is there a way to do like PHPBB, that big links are like:

[url]http://www.exampl....page.php[/url]

Thank you

ArmyNation_Net

Personally, I Would Do The Following:

<?php
$string = str_replace("http://www.", "<a href=\"$string\">$string</a>", "$string");
?>

Frederick

This will convert anything beginning with http:

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

echo_josh

It doesnt work, it stops on the [url]http://,[/url] and it doesnt do anything if there's not [url]http://[/url] (could be www.example.com only).
Any ideas?
Thanks

echo_josh

Originally posted by ArmyNation.Net
Personally, I Would Do The Following:

<?php
$string = str_replace("http://www.", "<a href=\"$string\">$string</a>", "$string");
?>

that would link http://www. only, thats why a regexp is needed 🙂