PHP and links (quession 2)

[sannu]

I have in my database (MySQL) text which contains links.
It's ok, if this link starts with http://mypage.com
or www.maypage.com, then I use:

$text = ereg_replace("(http://[^[:space:]]+)", '<a href="\\1">\\1</a>', $text);
$text = ereg_replace("(www[^[:space:]]+)", '<a href="http://\\1">\\1</a>', $text); 

But if link starts with http://www.mypage.com, then all is messed up.
Can anyone give me the soluton?

PS. what does it mean: [^[:space:]]+ and \\1

Thanks!

[Ace Nova]

well are you talking (http://www.mypage.com) or http://www.mypage.com, cause i can clearly see you are using "( )" around the url also if you are using any capitals at the start it can mess things up

ereg_replace is CaSe SeNsItIvE, use eregi_replace which isnt

[^[:space:]]+ and \\1

the space one means you are excluding spaces via pattern matching
the \\1 means you are displaying the data from the first pattern matching you did in the ereg_replace

[sannu]

Originally posted by Ace Nova
well are you talking (http://www.mypage.com) or http://www.mypage.com, cause i can clearly see you are using "( )" around the url

Because I'm beginner, i don't know the difference...