> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tijnema ! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:10 PM
> To: Brad Fuller
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Extract url from string
>
> On 3/12/07, Brad Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I've been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out the
> right
> > pattern to use to extract a URL from a string using preg_match().
> >
> > I've been STFW for a while now, and all the examples that I find are for
> > extracting URLs from within a <a href=""> tag.
> >
> > Here's what I need, and I'm sure it's quite common, especially with
> forums
> > etc.; hopefully someone has a code snippet they can share.
> >
> > INPUT:
> >
> > This is some text http://www.example.com/page.html this is some more
> text.
> >
> > OUTPUT:
> >
> > This is some text <a
> > href="http://www.example.com/page.html";>http://www.example.com/page.html
> > </a>
> > this is some more text.
> >
> > Thx in advance,
> >
> > -B
>
>
> I'm not very familiar with PCRE, but you should search for a pattern
> starting with http: and ends with a space.
>
> Tijnema
>
> --
I tried this:
preg_match("/http(s)?:\/\/(*.?)\s/", $stringUrl, $matches)
But my pattern syntax is messed up cuz I get this error:
Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed:
nothing to repeat at offset 15 in /path/to/myfile.php on line 5
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