Help needed formatted submit results - Changing data

**Jim Rendant** · Jul 19 '05, 04:36 AM

Re: Help needed formatted submit results - Changing data

Robert V <ducott@hotmail .com> wrote in message
news:45SRa.4821 88$Vi5.12525096 @news1.calgary. shaw.ca...[color=blue]
> Hi all, another area I could use some help with is changing submitted data
> based on the data conditions ... I will elaborate. I have a form textarea
> where a user can type in some text. This text is sent to a perl script[/color]
that[color=blue]
> eventually will send that data to someone by email in HTML format. Here is
> where I need some help.
>
> If a user was to type in a web address www.mysite.com etc, in the text[/color]
box,[color=blue]
> I would like my script to detect web addressed and add the necessary HTML
> tags before and after ... this is needed because unlike MIME email, HTML
> email must have the A HREF tags in order for the link to become[/color]
hyperlinked.[color=blue]
> So here is what I need ... a code example that will detect a web address[/color]
in[color=blue]
> the submitted data and add the
>[/color]
try something like "<a href=\"http://".$sitename.\"> ".$sitename,"\" </a>"
thant should do it![color=blue]
> <a href="http://www.mysite.com" >www.mysite.com "</a>
>
> tags before and after the found web address. I see Perl Forum scripts do
> this all the time but i have no idea how it's done. If you are able to
> provide an example that would be wonderful. Thankx!
>
> RV
>
>[/color]

Help needed formatted submit results - Changing data

Help needed formatted submit results - Changing data

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