parse string , return hyperlinks

I have a string with the following information.

$myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";

What I'm wanting is a function to return the following string :

$myString = This is my example string please. Please visit <a
href'http://www.mylink.com'>link</a> . More example text goes here.
another link <a href='http://www.link2.com'>link</a> . more text.. blah..";

Each string may contain 0 or more http:// instances. The function would
only parse on an http:// match.

I know this could be done with regular expressions, but I'm not sure how
to insert the modified data back into the original string at the correct
location.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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"Jesse" <jesseNO@SPAMjesseward.com> wrote in message
news:1092147903.64208@nws01ykf.rim.net...
> I have a string with the following information.
>
> $myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
> http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
> http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";
>
> What I'm wanting is a function to return the following string :
>
> $myString = This is my example string please. Please visit <a
> href'http://www.mylink.com'>link</a> . More example text goes here.
> another link <a href='http://www.link2.com'>link</a> . more text..
blah..";
>
> Each string may contain 0 or more http:// instances. The function would
> only parse on an http:// match.
>
> I know this could be done with regular expressions, but I'm not sure how
> to insert the modified data back into the original string at the correct
> location.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> _______ - ----------------------------------------------/-//- -
> |: | (_) o jesse @ jesseward . com
> |. |____ __
> | | :|(__)
> |_______| .| - -------------------------- -- - - -
> |_____|

$myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";
$myString = preg_replace("|(http://\S*)|i","<a
href=\"$1\">link</a>",$myString);

kingofkolt wrote:

> $myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
> http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
> http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";
> $myString = preg_replace("|(http://\S*)|i","<a
> href=\"$1\">link</a>",$myString);
>
>

thanks! works great.

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|. |____ __
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|_______| .| - -------------------------- -- - - -
|_____|

While the city slept, kingofkolt (jessepNOSPAM@comcast.net) feverishly
typed...

> "Jesse" <jesseNO@SPAMjesseward.com> wrote in message
> news:1092147903.64208@nws01ykf.rim.net...
>> I have a string with the following information.
>>
>> $myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
>> http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
>> http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";
>>
>> What I'm wanting is a function to return the following string :
>>
>> $myString = This is my example string please. Please visit <a
>> href'http://www.mylink.com'>link</a> . More example text goes here.
>> another link <a href='http://www.link2.com'>link</a> . more text..
>> blah..";
>>
>> Each string may contain 0 or more http:// instances. The function
>> would only parse on an http:// match.
>>
>> I know this could be done with regular expressions, but I'm not sure
>> how to insert the modified data back into the original string at the
>> correct location.
>>
> $myString = "This is my example string please. Please visit
> http://www.mylink.com . More example text goes here. another link
> http://www.link2.com . more text.. blah..";
> $myString = preg_replace("|(http://\S*)|i","<a
> href=\"$1\">link</a>",$myString);

Works ok, unless the text is in 'normal' written language - where the full
stop (or period) would appear directly after the link (eg. "Please visit
http://www.mylink.com. More example text..."), in which case the closing
full stop will be a part of the link, and therefore result in a broken link.
Too late at night for me to start thinking how to overcome that, though! ;-)

Cheers,
Nige

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