check if input text has link and make it clickable

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Hi to all! I will like to change URL entered as strings in a form input to be changed to hyperlink when it's submitted.

For example

hi this is link http://www.codeproject.com/

changes to

hi this is link http://www.codeproject.com/

Posted 7-May-13 6:24am

TheSniper105

Updated 7-May-13 6:45am

Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer

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Richard C Bishop 7-May-13 12:26pm

You will need to clarify your thread. None of that makes any sense. Use propper capitalization, spelling, grammar and punctuation.

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Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07T06:37:00

Solution 1

This should do the trick

PHP

function makeClickableLinks($s)
{
    return preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.-]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)@', '<a href="$1">$1</a>', $s);
}

Posted 7-May-13 6:37am

Oso Oluwafemi Ebenezer