note 61442 added to function.eregi

i needed a function to find hyperlinks containing a url as text of the hyperlink, exceeding a given maximum length. here my function to finds too long hyperlinks and insert <br />s where needed into the linktext: function breakTooLongLinks($text,$maxLen) { //find hyperlinks that contain too many chars & insert <br>s where neccessary $pattern= '[>]www[.].*/*(.doc|.pdf|.htm|.html|.shtml|.php|.asp)(</a>|</A>)'; $match= eregi($pattern, $text, $regs); if ($match) { foreach ($regs as $link) { if (strlen($link)>$maxLen) { $linkParts= explode('/',$link); $linkRepl= array(); $replI=0; $curLinkPart=''; foreach($linkParts as $linkPart) { $curLinkPart.= $linkPart.'/'; if (strlen($curLinkPart)>$maxLen) { $linkRepl[]= $curLinkPart; $curLinkPart=''; } } $linkRepl= implode('<br />',$linkRepl); $text= str_replace($link, $linkRepl, $text); } } } return $text; } ---- Server IP: 217.13.201.10 Probable Submitter: 80.171.18.43 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.eregi.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+61442 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+61442&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+61442&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php