url question.

[siliconmike]

I'm writing a guest book where users can post comments.

When the text data is displayed on html page, I'd like to convert the
url's to clickable links, using some smart technique.

eg.

Hi I found this link! http://news.bbc.co.uk

(the link should be clickable)

or anything prefixed with www. should be clickable

Is there any built in php function?

Thanks
Mike

[NC]

Re: url question.

siliconmike wrote:[color=blue]
>
> When the text data is displayed on html page, I'd like
> to convert the url's to clickable links, using some smart
> technique.
>
> eg.
>
> Hi I found this link! http://news.bbc.co.uk
>
> (the link should be clickable)
>
> or anything prefixed with www. should be clickable
>
> Is there any built in php function?[/color]

No. You should use regular expressions.

Cheers,
NC