Posted by Michael Fesser on 08/23/07 16:35

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>How can I parse the output and display a hyperlink one types in the
>body of the entry, into an actual link.
>
>If the body text looks like this for example:
>Today I went to the zoo. If you want to visit the zoo, look at their
>homepage at www.zoo.com I think you'll like it a lot.
>
>How can I get the output to be parsed, recogonize http:// or www. and
>convet the plain text to an actual hyperlink?

Could be done with a regular expression, but it won't be reliable. Not
every URL starts with HTTP or a leading 'www'. What about using BBCode
or something like that?

Micha

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