note 84951 added to function.ereg-replace

Here is the code I use to make links clickable. The code only works on xxxx:// (i.e. ftp://, http://, etc...). It does not work on www. because that is how I want it. The reason my code has an if condition is that it ignores html links and only modifies non-html urls. (see below) <? function make_clickable($text) { if (ereg("[\"|'][[:alpha:]]+://",$text) == false) { $text = ereg_replace('([[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/])', '<a target=\"_new\" href="\\1">\\1</a>', $text); } return($text); } ?> My function ignores code like this: <a href="http://php.net"> php.net </a> But it would make this one click able: http://php.net ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 68.118.72.19 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/84951 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84951 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/84951 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php