RE: [PHP] Extract url from string

> -----Original Message----- > From: Tijnema ! [mailto:tijnema@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:10 PM > To: Brad Fuller > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Extract url from string > > On 3/12/07, Brad Fuller <bfuller@cpacampaigns.com> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the > right > > pattern to use to extract a URL from a string using preg_match(). > > > > I've been STFW for a while now, and all the examples that I find are for > > extracting URLs from within a <a href=""> tag. > > > > Here's what I need, and I'm sure it's quite common, especially with > forums > > etc.; hopefully someone has a code snippet they can share. > > > > INPUT: > > > > This is some text http://www.example.com/page.html this is > > some more > text. > > > > OUTPUT: > > > > This is some text <a > > > > href="http://www.example.com/page.html">http://www.example.com/page.html > > </a> > > this is some more text. > > > > Thx in advance, > > > > -B > > > I'm not very familiar with PCRE, but you should search for a pattern > starting with http: and ends with a space. > > Tijnema > > -- I tried this: preg_match("/http(s)?:\/\/(*.?)\s/", $stringUrl, $matches) But my pattern syntax is messed up cuz I get this error: Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 15 in /path/to/myfile.php on line 5