Turn url to link

[EchoFool]

Hey,

 

I am trying to use my function replace urls into <A href=""> in the array but do not know how i would do it with the current function i am using for my BBCode....

 

Say a user types www.google.com i want it to be clickable in the post.

 

My BBCode function is:

 

<?php
//bb code fucntion
function BBCodechat($BB){
                    $BBCode = array("&" => "&",
                        "[b]" => "<b>",
                        "[/b]" => "</b>",
                        "[i]" => "<i>",
                        "[/i]" => "</i>",
                        "[u]" => "<u>",
                        "[/u]" => "</u>"                        
                        );
                    
                    $Message = str_ireplace(array_keys($BBCode), array_values($BBCode), $BB);
                return $Message;
                                }
?>

 

Hope you can help.

[EchoFool]

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[phpretard]

Have you looked through this?

 

http://theserverpages.com/php/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php

[EchoFool]

woah that looks confusing, is my BBCode function not the best approach then

 

[phpretard]

This one in particular looked fitting to me.

 

<?php
function change_string($str)
   {
     $str = trim($str);
     $str = htmlspecialchars($str);
     $str = preg_replace('#(.*)\@(.*)\.(.*)#','<a href="mailto:\\1@\\2.\\3">Send email</a>',$str);
     $str = preg_replace('=([^\s]*)(www.)([^\s]*)=','<a href="http://\\2\\3" target=\'_new\'>\\2\\3</a>',$str);
     return $str;
   }
?>

[EchoFool]

Yeh but that i cannot include in my BBCode function can i cos its different functions...?

[phpretard]

You mean this?

 

<?php
function BBCodechat($BB)
   {
     $str = trim($BB);
     $str = htmlspecialchars($BB);
     $str = preg_replace('#(.*)\@(.*)\.(.*)#','<a href="mailto:\\1@\\2.\\3">Send email</a>',$BB);
     $str = preg_replace('=([^\s]*)(www.)([^\s]*)=','<a href="http://\\2\\3" target=\'_new\'>\\2\\3</a>',$BB);
     return $BB;
   }
?>

[EchoFool]

No because then these:

 

"&" => "&",
"[b]" => "<b>",
"[/b]" => "</b>",
"[i]" => "<i>",
"[/i]" => "</i>",
"[u]" => "<u>",
"[/u]" => "</u>"    

Won't be included ...

[mattal999]

Do this then:

 

function BBCodechat($BB){
    $BBCode = array("&" => "&",
        "[b]" => "<b>",
        "[/b]" => "</b>",
        "[i]" => "<i>",
        "[/i]" => "</i>",
        "[u]" => "<u>",
        "[/u]" => "</u>"                        
    );
    $Message = str_ireplace(array_keys($BBCode), array_values($BBCode), $BB);
    $Message = trim($Message);
    $Message = htmlspecialchars($Message);
    $Message = preg_replace('#(.*)\@(.*)\.(.*)#','<a href="mailto:\\1@\\2.\\3">Send email</a>',$Message);
    $Message = preg_replace('=([^\s]*)(www.)([^\s]*)=','<a href="http://\\2\\3" target=\'_new\'>\\2\\3</a>',$Message);
    return $Message;
}