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<?php $text ="I found some really good articles on such and such topic. Here are a few links to check out: http://www.example.com/hOSDHOUA and https://www.mywebsite.com/h/yIFeelLowIfImHigh and http://example-site.com/today-is-a-beautiful-day/. "; $reg_exUrl = "/(http|https|ftp|ftps)\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(\/\S*)?/"; // The Text you want to filter for urls // I will provide it if needed. // Check if there is a url in the text if(preg_match($reg_exUrl, $text, $url)) { // make the urls hyper links echo preg_replace($reg_exUrl, "<a href={$url[0]}>{$url[0]}</a> ", $text); // <--- Part in question } else { // if no urls in the text just return the text echo $text; }