On Jan 21, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Ron Piggott wrote: Would someone write me a syntax so all the web site addresses in $data turn into links $data = “Visit our web site http://www.site.com, http://www.secondsite.org and http://www.thirdsite.info.”;; My desired results for what I am asking for help turn $data into: $output =“Visit our web site <a href=”http://www.site.com”;>http://www.site.com</a>, <a href=”http://www.secondsite.org”;>http://www.secondsite.org</a> and <a href=”http://www.thirdsite.info”;>http://www.thirdsite.info</a>.”; Please make provision for .net web sites as well. Ron The Verse of the Day “Encouragement from God’s Word” http://www.TheVerseOfTheDay.info "Would someone write me a syntax" hummm... If you need help, we can do that, but if you want someone to write it for you, go here: http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=hire+freelance+PHP+web+developer&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=d87fcfdb2e6b7745 === Now that I have seen some examples I will work on this and may ask a specific question tomorrow. I know how to program in PHP --- I am just not strong in the string manipulation commands. Thanks for these valuable links. Ron