note 47734 added to function.preg-replace

In addition to pauls note. If you have a string as follows "today I went to http://www.google.com it was great" anything after the url is automatically parsed into the clickable link. Quick fix as follows <? $text = "Hello World. Today I visited http://www.google.com/ for the first time"; $text = preg_replace("/(http:\/\/(.*)\/)[\S]*/", "<a href=\\1>\\1</a> ", $text); echo $text; ?> Simply add \/ After the (.*) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47734 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47734&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47734&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php