Converts a plain text Twitter tweet into html to <a> tags for URLs, #links and @links
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<?php | |
/** | |
* Takes a string argument, which may include URLs, twitter #links or twitter @links, | |
* imbeds html <a> tags into the string and returns it. | |
* | |
* @param [type] $string [description] | |
* @return [type] $string [description] | |
*/ | |
function getLinksFromTwitterText($string) | |
{ | |
// Converts a plain text url to a hyperlink | |
$string = preg_replace('~(?:(https?)://([^\s<]+)|(www\.[^\s<]+?\.[^\s<]+))(?<![\.,:])~i', '<a href="$0" ' . $target . ' " title="$0">$0</a>', $string); | |
// Converts hashtags to a link | |
$string = preg_replace("/#([A-Za-z0-9\/\.]*)/", "<a href=\"http://twitter.com/search?q=$1\" " . $target . " >#$1</a>", $string); | |
// Converts @user to a link | |
$string = preg_replace("/@([A-Za-z0-9\/\.]*)/", "<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/$1\" $target >@$1</a>", $string); | |
return $string; | |
} |
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