parse link?? not sure... please help..

hi guys
i am making a comment section on my site... and i want my users to be able to provide url link... which will automatically be appearing as a link... suppose if the users write anything with "http://" it will be acted as a link...
now how can i do that??
thanks in advance...

 

function parse_links($text)
{
    return preg_replace('~(?:ht|f)tps?://[^\s\(\)"\'<>\!]+~i', '<a href="$0">$0</a>', $text);
}

PHP:

... untested, but should work.

 

i dont understand what u wrote... :S

 

that's an regular expression, they are a lil hard to read but they work really good.
You might google and look at some tutorials then you will soon know how to use regular expressions.

 

I always thought that regular expression is a combination of smiley faces.
but only after I learned how to use it I finally understood how amazing it is.

 

Tested, and it does work. Nice regex.

 

thanks guys.... that works as u said...