PHP Regular Expression

[cheatasp]

Dear All,

 

I have some problem

I have string like that "www.something.com"

How can i replace it to "<a href=www.something.com>www.something.com</a>"

 

Thanks

[clearstatcache]

not sure if this is what u want....

 

    $str = "www.something.com";

    $new = preg_replace("/($str)/", "<a href=$1>$1[/url]", $str);

 

[The Little Guy]

I am assuming there is more text in the string than just a URL, other wise preg_replace is useless, anyways give this a try:

<?php
$str = 'Hello this is my url www.mysite.com check it out!';

echo $new = preg_replace('~(www\..*|http://.*)\s~','<a href="$1">$1</a>');
?>