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Convert links into clickable hyperlinks

<? phpfunction makeClickableLinks($text) { $text = eregi_replace('(((f|ht){1}tp://)[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]+)', '<a href="\\1">\\1</a>', $text); $text = eregi_replace('([[:space:]()[{}]) (www.[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]+)', '\\1<a href="http://\\2">\\2</a>', $text); $text = eregi_replace('([_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,3})', '<a href="mailto:\\1">\\1</a>', $text); return $text;} // Usage// Email address example$text = "you@example.com";echo makeClickableLinks($text);echo "<br /><br />"; // URL example$text = "http://www.example.com";echo makeClickableLinks($text); echo "<br /><br />";// FTP URL example$text = "ftp://ftp.example.com";echo makeClickableLinks($text); ?>