note 84879 added to function.preg-replace

the function transform the URL in a text into link <a href to be clickable <?php function replace_plain_text_link($plain_text) { $url_html = preg_replace('/(?<!S)((http(s?):\/\/)|(www.))+([w.1-9\&=#?-~%;]+)/', '<a target=_blank href="http$3://$4$5">http$3://$4$5</a>', $plain_text); return ($url_html); } echo replace_plain_text_link('hi this is dummy text before the link http://www.smjdesign.com hi this is dummy text after and also here is my personal website http://www.mohamedbadr.com please check the site') ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 212.138.113.12 (proxied: 212.26.82.20) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/84879 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84879 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/84879 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php