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Could somebody please recommend a good way to input a textarea's contents and return the same contents, whereas all patterns matching a URL or EMAIL address are auto-linked?

ie:

Aliquam posuere iaculis [!--coloro:#CC6600--][span style=\"color:#CC6600\"][!--/coloro--]www.augue.com[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]. Mauris dictum pellentesque ipsum. Nam lacus. Sed mattis commodo lectus. Duis malesuada, lorem et gravida mattis, magna purus viverra orci, id tempus ante lorem et arcu. Nullam congue orci at metus. Ut tortor pede, placerat a, tristique eget, tempor id, augue. Mauris tincidunt risus sit amet diam. Mauris vehicula lectus eu dui. Aenean porttitor gravida purus. Vivamus nisl ipsum, aliquam sed, tincidunt vitae, dictum quis, purus. [!--coloro:#CC6600--][span style=\"color:#CC6600\"][!--/coloro--]Nam@bibendum.com [!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]diam.

becomes

Aliquam posuere iaculis [!--coloro:#CC6600--][span style=\"color:#CC6600\"][!--/coloro--]<a href='www.augue.com' target='_new'>www.augue.com</a>[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--]. Mauris dictum pellentesque ipsum. Nam lacus. Sed mattis commodo lectus. Duis malesuada, lorem et gravida mattis, magna purus viverra orci, id tempus ante lorem et arcu. Nullam congue orci at metus. Ut tortor pede, placerat a, tristique eget, tempor id, augue. Mauris tincidunt risus sit amet diam. Mauris vehicula lectus eu dui. Aenean porttitor gravida purus. Vivamus nisl ipsum, aliquam sed, tincidunt vitae, dictum quis, purus. [!--coloro:#CC6600--][span style=\"color:#CC6600\"][!--/coloro--]<a href='mailto:Nam@bibendum.com'>Nam@bibendum.com</a>[!--colorc--][/span][!--/colorc--] diam.

THANKS for your help, you guys,

Benny
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You're going to want to use preg_replace(). If you don't know how to use regular expressions, check out this site: [a href=\"http://www.regular-expressions.info/\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.regular-expressions.info/[/a]
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