note 52671 added to function.preg-replace

Regular expression for replacing urls by anchor. Examples: www.google.com -> <a href="http://www.google.com" title="www.google.com">www.google.com</a> http://www.google.com -> <a href="http://www.google.com" title="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a> https://www.google.com -> <a href="https://www.google.com" title="https://www.google.com">www.google.com</a> $text = preg_replace( "((http)+(s)?:(//)|(www\.))((\w|\.|\-|_)+)(/)?(\S+)?i", "<a href=\"http\\3://\\5\\6\\8\\9\" title=\"\\0\">\\5\\6</a>", $text); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52671 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52671&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52671&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52671&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52671&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52671&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52671&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php