Linkify Twitter JSON feed, via http://davidwalsh.name/linkify-twitter-feed

linkify_json_twitterfeed

private function linkify($status_text){
    // linkify URLs
    $status_text = preg_replace(
      '/(https?:\/\/\S+)/',
      '<a href="\1">\1</a>',
      $status_text
    );

    // linkify twitter users
    $status_text = preg_replace(
      '/(^|\s)@(\w+)/',
      '\1@<a href="http://twitter.com/\2">\2</a>',
      $status_text
    );

    // linkify tags
    $status_text = preg_replace(
      '/(^|\s)#(\w+)/',
      '\1#<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23\2">\2</a>',
      $status_text
    );

    return $status_text;
  }