Transform URL to hyperlinks
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Language:: PHP
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Type:: Back-end
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Context:: create your own multi-select categories to further describe the purpose of the snippet e.g. is this to do with styling, making API calls, creating utility functions etc.
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Description:: If you leave a URL in the comment form of a WordPress blog, it will be automatically transformed into a hyperlink. If you want to implement the same functionality in your own website or web app, you can use the following code:
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Snippet
`1.``$url` `= ``"Jean-Baptiste Jung (http://www.webdevcat.com)"``;`
`2.``$url` `= preg_replace(``"#http://([A-z0-9./-]+)#"``, ``'<a href="$1">$0</a>'``, ``$url``);`
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