php linkify

php linkify

                function linkify($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;
                }