Transform URL to hyperlinks

• Language:: PHP
• Type:: Back-end
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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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`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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