How to hyperlink ?

[akstar]

here is my code.

<?php

echo "<b>Website : </font></b>" . wordwrap($row['website1'],60,"<br />\n",true) . "</td>";

mysql_close($con);
?>

The code above only displays the website url in a NORMAL text.
I would like the user to be able to CLICK on the website text, and take them to the website.

How do I code that ?
I know I have to insert <a href ....... ></a> .... but I don't know where.

Thanks a million for the help provided

[souvikindia]

Try this:

  echo "<b>Website : </font></b><a href='".$row['website1']."'>" . wordwrap($row['website1'],60,"<br />\n",true) . "</a></td>";  
 mysql_close($con); 

[akstar]

hi souvikindia,
thanks for the reply.
its almost there. I can see the hyperlink in blue colour. Underlined.
but somehow, its going to www.myOwnDomainName.com/www.theNewWebsite.com

so it can't seem to link properly.
any idea how to go about ?
Thanks

[LSC-Rob]

If you're not storing the URL as "http://www......." in the database (i.e. only storing "www.url...", then you'll need to use:

  echo "<b>Website : </font></b><a href='http://".$row['website1']."'>" . wordwrap($row['website1'],60,"<br />\n",true) . "</a></td>";  

 mysql_close($con); 

(Note the href='http://)

[Jake Arkinstall]

But what if the url DOES have http:// in it?

$website = preg_match('/https?:\/\//', $row['website1']) ? $row['website1'] : ('http://' . $row['website1']);
printf('<b>Website :</b><a href="%1$s" title="%1$s">%2$s</a>', $website, wordwrap($website, 60, "<br />\n", true)); 

By the way, there isn't really a need for mysql_close() unless in extreme circumstances. Also, CSS can handle the word-wrapping and <b /> tags aren't recommended - again, a CSS approach would be more effective better.

[akstar]

But what if the url DOES have http:// in it?

$website = preg_match('/https?:\/\//', $row['website1']) ? $row['website1'] : ('http://' . $row['website1']);
printf('<b>Website :</b><a href="%1$s" title="%1$s">%2$s</a>', $website, wordwrap($website, 60, "<br />\n", true)); 

By the way, there isn't really a need for mysql_close() unless in extreme circumstances. Also, CSS can handle the word-wrapping and <b /> tags aren't recommended - again, a CSS approach would be more effective better.

thanks LSC-Rob.
yes very good advice arkinstall.
I am using your code, and it works perfectly!
THANKS so so much everyone!