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PHP: Convert hastags, mentions & URLs to hyperlinks in a tweet.
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parse_tweet.php
<?php
require 'tweet_parser.php';
$userUrl = 'https://twitter.com/';
$tagUrl = 'https://twitter.com/hashtag/';
$my_tweet = "@TangChr: Here's a link: http://willitcompile.net, and here's a #hashtag.";
$formatted = parseTweet($my_tweet, $userUrl, $tagUrl);
$formatted2 = parseTweetPrefix($my_tweet, $userUrl, $tagUrl);
echo <<<HTML
<p>$my_tweet</p>
<p><strong>Excl. prefix:</strong> $formatted</p>
<p><strong>Incl. prefix:</strong> $formatted2</p>
HTML;
?>
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tweet_parser.php
<?php
function parseTweet($tweet, $userUrl, $tagUrl) {
$text = ereg_replace("[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]", '<a class="tweet-link" href=\"\0">\0</a>', $tweet); // Hyperlinks
$text = preg_replace('/(^|\s)@(\w+)/','\1@<a class="tweet-username" href="'.$userUrl.'\2">\2</a>',$text); // Usernames
$text = preg_replace('/(^|\s)#(\w+)/','\1#<a class="tweet-tag" href="'.$tagUrl.'\2">\2</a>',$text); // Hashtags
return $text;
}
// Include prefix (#, @) in link-text.
function parseTweetPrefix($tweet, $userUrl, $tagUrl) {
$text = ereg_replace("[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]", '<a class="tweet-link" href=\"\0">\0</a>', $tweet); // Hyperlinks
$text = preg_replace('/(^|\s)@(\w+)/','\1<a class="tweet-username" href="'.$userUrl.'\2">@\2</a>',$text); // Usernames
$text = preg_replace('/(^|\s)#(\w+)/','\1<a class="tweet-tag" href="'.$tagUrl.'\2">#\2</a>',$text); // Hashtags
return $text;
}
?>
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