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ACS LLC
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March 10, 2008
Question

Hyperlinking a block of text

  • March 10, 2008
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I have a block of text that I retrieve from the sql dbase. I then need to display this on the site. However, what I need to do is search for any hyperlinks, which could be defined by strings that start with HTTP:// and then replace them with <A href="THELINK">THELINK</a>, so that the links all hyperlink when displayed.

There will be multiple links in one block of text.

Does anybody have any code that code take care of this? I guess replacenocase will come into place somehow

Thanks

Mark
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Dan_Bracuk
Inspiring
March 10, 2008
Actually, I was asking about the starting point for the closing anchor tag.
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ACS LLCAuthor
Inspiring
March 10, 2008
That would still be the space?
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Dan_Bracuk
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March 10, 2008
What will the links end with?
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ACS LLCAuthor
Inspiring
March 10, 2008
that is an unknown as our usres type in their own text and URL's. However the proceeding character has to be a space

So it would being with HTTP:// and the decided character at the end would be a space.

Example
I think you should go to http://www.google.com to search for the information

By locating the http:// and the space after the .com it could be hyperlinked.
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