[GoWFB_SEO]

Originally Posted by helloworld

<?php
//check what?? could possibly use a $GET_['text'] to change a form //
$input = "http://www.yahoo.com is a great place to visit";

///change it///
     $input = trim($input);
     $input = htmlspecialchars($input);
     $input = preg_replace('#(.*)\@(.*)\.(.*)#','<a href="mailto:\\1@\\2.\\3">Email</a>',$input);
     $input = preg_replace('=([^\s]*)(www.)([^\s]*)=','<a href="http://\\2\\3" target=\'_new\'>\\2\\3</a>',$input);
     
   //echo modified input//
  echo "$input";
?>

This code will do

IE:

http://www.yahoo.com
www.yahoo.com
you@yahoo.com "converted to a mailto that says email"

what it will not do is,

http://yahoo.com

hope it helps, just didn't have much time today

thanks a lot, helloworld!! you really gave me a lot of help and i really appreciated it

just have one unswered question here,
for that upper level directory, i tried to use "../", but it seems still does not work