http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php On 8/22/06, Alex Turner <aturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If what you mean is a db table, then it would seem to me that you should not be using a regex. PHP has rawurlencode() for this sort of thing. But - you should learn regex ;-) Try something like (untested and late at night) function urlme($location) { $enc=rawurlencode($location); $spc=htmlspecialchars($location); return "<A href='http://$enc'>$spc</a>"; } AJ www.project-network.com www.deployview.com www.funkifunctions.blogspot.com M. Sokolewicz wrote: > Nadim Attari wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have some text in a table... the text contains hyperlinks (but not >> html coded, i.e. plain "Some text...http://www.something.com") >> >> When i retrieve these texts from the table, i want the hyperlinks to >> become clickable, i.e. <a href etc added automatically. >> >> "Some text...<a >> href="http://www.something.com">http://www.something.com</a>" >> >> I know this sould be done using Regex, but i don't know regex. >> >> Any help (links, examples, etc) >> >> Thanks >> Nadim Attari > > You don't know Regex. Well, that's simple then, TRY to learn it. Noone > will (or should) give you any answers if it's absolutely clear that > you're not putting any effort into trying to find one yourself. "I know > this should be done using Regex, but I don't know regex.", wouldn't you > think it'd be a good idea to look up a tutorial somewhere or try to find > out what this "regex" exactly is? Try to type regex in the php doc, see > the notes for the various functions? > > really, a little more effort goes a long way. > - tul -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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