Detecting URLs

[Anon]

Hello,

How can I make a function which detects URLs from a string and makes them as links?

<code><pre>
$string = "Check this address www.phpbuilder.com";

$newstring = "Check this address <a href=\"http://www.phpbuilder.com\">www.phpbuilder.com</a>";

</pre></code>

[Anon]

Try this code:

$newstring = ereg_replace("http://(([A-Za-z0-9.=?/*-]))(a-zA-Z0-9/])", <a href=\"\0\">\0</a>", $string);

Or check out:

http://www.php.net/manual/function.ereg-replace.php

for more examples.

Hope that helps!

Chris King