This is what I use on my messageboard. rereplace(str, "((((https?:)\/\/)|(www\.|ftp\.))[-[:alnum:]\?%,\.\/&##!@:=\+~_]+[A-Za-z0-9\ /])", "<a href=""\1"" target=""_blank"">\1</a>", "ALL");
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Victor Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Regex to convert url to link Hi, I get a text field form the db. Sometimes the text contains url like: http://www.abc.com (or just www.abc.com). Id is possible to write a regex to replace it to: <a href="http://www.abc.com";>http://www.abc.com</a> Thanks Victor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
