http and mailto

7724

Hi Guys,

I have a variable named $datethree, now this variable will contain either an http address or mailto link.

Now when I add http://www.something.com in this variable and save the record, I want it to see it's a http address and ouput it correctly as a clickable link on my live php page, so I thought i'd use this code after a few searches on this problem?

Does not work though - any ideas where i'm going wrong?

<? 
$datethree = preg_replace("/((?:f|ht)tps?:\/\/[\S]*)/i", "<a href=\"$1\">$1</a> ", $datethree);
?>

7724

Hi me again,

OK something new, I'm outputting this $datethree variable, only if the $namethree variable is filled in:

<? 
if (!empty($namethree)) 
{ 
    echo '
    <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> 
        <tr bgcolor="#999999"> 
            <td class="white_bold">' . $namethree . '</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE"> 
            <td>' . $datethree . '</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 
            <td>' . $textthree . '</td> 
        </tr>
    </table> 
    '; 
} 
?>

So how do I add this code to it so it comes out linked. I've tried adding it in several places, but it does not work.

    

$datethree = preg_replace("/((?:f|ht)tps?:\/\/[\S]*)/i", "<a href=\"$1\">$1</a> ", $datethree);

Chris