[SOLVED] Making all URLs in a string into hyperlinks

[avvllvva]

Hi,

 

Here I have a plain-text string, it may contain one or more URLs inside it. I want to make all of them into hyperlinks.

 

This Example explain more :-

<?php
$str = " Plain text plain text plain textplain textplain textplain text plain text  plain text plain text plain text.  Plain text plain text plain text
	 plain text plain text plain text plain www.google.com/analytics text plain text plain text. Plain text  plain text plain text plain text plain text 
         plain text plain text
         plain text plain text plain text http://yahoo.com plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text
         plain text plain text.  Plain text  plain text plain text plain text https://www.example.com plain text plain text plain text plain text.
	"; 
?>

 

In the above string you can see 3 URLs, say

1. www.google.com/analytics

2. http://yahoo.com

3. https://www.example.com

(I think, i've covered all possible formats of an URL in the above three.)

 

 

So whenever echoing this string I want to make these URLs into hyperlinks. ie; appending anchor tag at the begining.

 

Output like this:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Plain text plain text plain textplain textplain textplain text plain text  plain text plain text plain text.  Plain text plain text plain text

plain text plain text plain text plain  www.google.com/analytics  text plain text plain text. Plain text  plain text plain text plain text plain text

        plain text plain text

        plain text plain text plain text  http://yahoo.com  plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text

        plain text plain text.  Plain text  plain text plain text plain text https://www.example.com plain text plain text plain text plain text.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Can anybody help me to acheving this?

 

[dreamwest]

$str = " Plain text plain text plain textplain textplain textplain text plain text  plain text plain text plain text.  Plain text plain text plain text
       plain text plain text plain text plain www.google.com/analytics text plain text plain text. Plain text  plain text plain text plain text plain text 
         plain text plain text
         plain text plain text plain text http://yahoo.com plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text
         plain text plain text.  Plain text  plain text plain text plain text https://www.example.com plain text plain text plain text plain text.
      "; 

preg_match_all('~http://(.*?).com~is', $str, $matches);

foreach ($matches[1] as $link) {

echo "<a href = 'http://{$link}.com'>{$link}</a><br>";
}

[avvllvva]

Thank you for your help.

 

It outputs only a word "yahoo" but it is hyper linked.

ie;

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

yahoo

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but i'm looking for this

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Plain text plain text plain textplain textplain textplain text plain text  plain text plain text plain text.  Plain text plain text plain text

      plain text plain text plain text plain  www.google.com/analytics  text plain text plain text. Plain text  plain text plain text plain text plain text

        plain text plain text

        plain text plain text plain text  http://yahoo.com  plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text plain text

        plain text plain text.  Plain text  plain text plain text plain text https://www.example.com plain text plain text plain text plain text.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[avvllvva]

Finally I got the solution from php.net, here is the one

<?php
function addLinks($string) {
$string = preg_replace("/(^|[^=\"\/])\b((\w+:\/\/|www\.)[^\s<]+)".
    					"((\W+|\b)([\s<]|$))/i", "$1<a href=\"$2\" target='_blank'>$2</a>$4", $string);
return    preg_replace("/href=\"www/i", "href=\"http://www", $string);
}
echo addLinks($str);

?>

Regular expression did the job, anyway I have to study more on that.