Giving A Custom Name To Http (Preg_Replace)

[Volkabulaire]

I have a function with a button, that fetches a javascript pop-up with an input where people can post a hyperlink to another website. That works, but now, I want to give the hyperlink a different name, other than the linkname itself.

 

$message = preg_replace("'\(http://(.*)\)'Ui","<a target=blank_ href=\"http\\3://\\1\">http\\3://\\1</a>",$message);

 

This is what I want to happen:

 

http://i.stack.imgur.com/lcMgH.png

 

So you can see that 1 2 and 3 are links. On my site, you can see the links too, but the full http:// path of the link is shown and not a custom name. How can I make this happen?

[berridgeab]

Your question isn't very clear.

 

Where is the replacement name for the link coming from? The user, or is PHP mean't to generate it?

 

If you already have the raw link from the user its just a case of

 

echo "<a href = '$linkFromUser' target = '_blank'>My Link Title with no HTTP</a>";

[Christian F.]

http\\3://\\1</a>

Hmm... I wonder why you're getting "http://" in the replacement string.

 

Also, you'll want to remove the \\3 from both locations in the replacement string, as there are no third sub group. If there was it would have malformed the URI making the link non-operative.

[Volkabulaire]

Well, alright, let me rephrase it:

 

There is no replacement name for the link (beside the fact that is says http://). A user clicks on the button, a javascript pop-up pops out, the user must insert a valid URL, then, this is entered in the textarea automatically. If they post it, you can see the full URL. Now, I want to make it possible to rename this URL. I guess it is logical to have a second javascript pop-up which says: "what will be your url name replacement" or something else.

 

$message = preg_replace("'\(http://(.*)\)'Ui","<a target=blank_ href=\"http\\3://\\1\">click here</a>",$message);

 

 

I could make this, but this is standard and not renamed by the user. I want it to be renamed by the user.

Edited September 30, 2012 by Volkabulaire

[Christian F.]

I'd have a second input element in that same pop-up, asking for the link text right away. Makes it clear straight up what is necessary, and what the result will be.

In this case you don't even need preg_replace (), just normal string concatenation.

 

You might need to alter the table you're saving this in as well, to add another field for the link text. Unless you're storing the HTML code directly in it, which wouldn't be the best of solutions (in my opinion).

Edited September 30, 2012 by Christian F.

[Volkabulaire]

I'd have a second input element in that same pop-up, asking for the link text right away. Makes it clear straight up what is necessary, and what the result will be.

In this case you don't even need preg_replace (), just normal string concatenation.

 

You might need to alter the table you're saving this in as well, to add another field for the link text. Unless you're storing the HTML code directly in it, which wouldn't be the best of solutions (in my opinion).

 

But how can I hide the full url path and replace it with the user generated text automatically? It does not make sense that a input field will solve it all.

[Christian F.]

Why would you need to hide it, isn't it your code which determines how the HTML code is built?

[Volkabulaire]

Why would you need to hide it, isn't it your code which determines how the HTML code is built?

 

No, what I meant is that I want to let the users input a html code, but I want to get that renamed/replaced by something else, which is also been done by users. How can I get it replaced?

[Christian F.]

Why not just limit them to the URL and the link text, just like the link button works in most forum solutions? It would make the situation a lot simpler, for both you and your users. That'll leave you with only one string with two variable inputs, pure and simple.

[Volkabulaire]

Why not just limit them to the URL and the link text, just like the link button works in most forum solutions? It would make the situation a lot simpler, for both you and your users. That'll leave you with only one string with two variable inputs, pure and simple.

 

Hmm, I didn't know it was that simple... Could you give a code example? I don't know where to start really, especially now PHP and all other languages are mixed together.