[SOLVED] Simple URL parser

[morphboy23]

So I want to do this: have text with URL tags in brackets (like [ URL]address[ /URL] and turn it into a link

I'm using

preg_replace('/\[url\](.*)\[\/URL\]/', '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$1</a>', $text);

 

This works fine if there is just 1 link that is in the $text, but if I have 2 like:

check [ URL]something.com[ /URL] and also [ URL]somethingelse.com[ /URL]

then it matches the very first [ URL] and the very last [ /URL] making the whole line one giant link with a screwed up address

is there any way to get it to work how I want it?

 

*note there shouldnt be spaces in the tags, I did that because these forums were actually parsing them

[sasa]

try

$text=preg_replace('/\[url\]([^[]*)\[\/URL\]/', '<a href="$1" target="_blank">$1</a>', $text);