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Automatic Mailto Links

$string = eregi_replace('([_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,3})','<a href="mailto:\\1">\\1</a>', $text);
echo $string;

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  1. AndiD

    Keep in mind that the POSIX Regex functions are deprecated in PHP 5.3.0 and removed in PHP 6.

    See http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.eregi-replace.php

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  2. Frank

    AndiD is right. Use preg_* functions instead of eregi_* functions.

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  3. Attila Hajzer

    what does this do though? im thinking about making a mail:to link on the footer of my site :

    http://attilahajzer.host-ed.net/

    take a look and see if it’d be worth it.

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