Replace URLs in text with HTML links

Question

Here is a design though: For example is I put a link such as

http://example.com

in textarea. How do I get PHP t

Answer 1

Here is something i found that is tried and tested

function make_links_blank($text)
{
  return  preg_replace(
     array(
       '/(?(?=]*>.+<\/a>)
             (?:]*>.+<\/a>)
             |
             ([^="\']?)((?:https?|ftp|bf2|):\/\/[^<> \n\r]+)
         )/iex',
       '/]*)target="?[^"\']+"?/i',
       '/]+)>/i',
       '/(^|\s)(www.[^<> \n\r]+)/iex',
       '/(([_A-Za-z0-9-]+)(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@([A-Za-z0-9-]+)
       (\\.[A-Za-z0-9-]+)*)/iex'
       ),
     array(
       "stripslashes((strlen('\\2')>0?'\\1\\2\\3':'\\0'))",
       '',
       "stripslashes((strlen('\\2')>0?'\\1\\2\\3':'\\0'))",
       "stripslashes((strlen('\\2')>0?'\\0':'\\0'))"
       ),
       $text
   );
}

It works for me. And it works for emails and URL's, Sorry to answer my own question. :(

But this one is the only that works

Here is the link where i found it : http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_21878567.html

Sry in advance for it being a experts-exchange.