Replacing Text link as link with preg_replace

Question

I seem to be having an issue replacing a text link with a link to the site posted, it isn\'t linking.

The code:

$status_text = preg_replace(\'#(\\A|[         


        

Answer 1

Can you just try this:

function makeClickableLinks($s) {
  return preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+[-\w])+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.#-]*(\?\S+)?[^\.\s])?)?)@', '$1', $s);
}

To test it, try this:

echo makeClickableLinks('Hello world, you go to www.google.com to check! also http://www.google.com/ works too!');

Demo here: http://codepad.viper-7.com/hkOdCM