<?php
$text = <<<TXT
http://www.something.com and https://www.something.com</p> are working. Also http://www.something.com/some/thing/index.html works.
www.something.com not and http://something.com. also gives a problem. Also https://something.com/something/else/test?something=true.
This is a test for the URL thingy.This is a test for the URL thingy.This is.... etc..
TXT;
if (preg_match_all('~(https?://|www)[a-z\d.-]+[\w/.?=&%:#]*\w~i', $text, $matches)) {
foreach ($matches[0] as $url) {
$prefix = stripos($url, 'www') === 0 ? 'http://' : '';
$text = str_replace($url, "<a href='{$prefix}{$url}'>{$url}</a>", $text);
}
}
echo $text;
<a href='http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a> and <a href='https://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>https://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a></p> are working. Also <a href='http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a>/some/thing/index.html works.
<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a> not and <a href='http://something.com'>http://something.com</a>. also gives a problem. Also <a href='https://something.com/something/else/test?something=true'>https://something.com/something/else/test?something=true</a>.
This is a test for the URL thingy.This is a test for the URL thingy.This is.... etc..
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
<a href='http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a> and <a href='https://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>https://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a></p> are working. Also <a href='http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a>'>http://<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a></a>/some/thing/index.html works.
<a href='http://www.something.com'>www.something.com</a> not and <a href='http://something.com'>http://something.com</a>. also gives a problem. Also <a href='https://something.com/something/else/test?something=true'>https://something.com/something/else/test?something=true</a>.
This is a test for the URL thingy.This is a test for the URL thingy.This is.... etc..