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tylerhall on 03/21/07


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Regex (regular expression) to match a URL

Published in: PHP 

This regular expression matches a URL.


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  1. https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?
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  3. PHP Example: Automatically link URL's inside text.
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  5. $text = preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)@', '<a href="$1">$1</a>', $text);

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