Comments on: how to convert twitter mentions, hashtags and URLs to active links using regular expressions in php http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php useful info to burn into your mind Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: burnmind http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-75512 burnmind Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.burnmind.com/?p=382#comment-75512 @Richard: If you store the tweet in the $tweet variable and you pass it through all of the above regular expressions, you'll get the outcome that you want (the hash-tag as a search link and the username as a profile link). Test it yourself: $tweet = 'RT @Blah_Blah This is a test #tweet '; //include the regular expressions here echo $tweet; @Richard: If you store the tweet in the $tweet variable and you pass it through all of the above regular expressions, you’ll get the outcome that you want (the hash-tag as a search link and the username as a profile link).

Test it yourself:

$tweet = ‘RT @Blah_Blah This is a test #tweet ‘;
//include the regular expressions here
echo $tweet;

]]> By: Richard http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-75502 Richard Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:41:14 +0000 http://www.burnmind.com/?p=382#comment-75502 What if you want to retrieve retweets? Let's say joe_soap: RT @Blah_Blah This is a test #tweet ; Using the normal regular expression doesn't match @Blah_Blah What if you want to retrieve retweets? Let’s say joe_soap: RT @Blah_Blah This is a test #tweet ; Using the normal regular expression doesn’t match @Blah_Blah

]]> By: Adrian http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-68644 Adrian Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:33:03 +0000 http://www.burnmind.com/?p=382#comment-68644 Thanks so much for this snippet. Works beautifully. Thanks so much for this snippet. Works beautifully.

]]> By: burnmind http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-60371 burnmind Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:05:26 +0000 http://www.burnmind.com/?p=382#comment-60371 You can do it easily by altering the second regular expression (I updated the post to include it). You can do it easily by altering the second regular expression (I updated the post to include it).

]]> By: web design http://www.burnmind.com/howto/how-to-convert-twitter-mentions-and-urls-to-active-links-using-regular-expressions-in-php/comment-page-1#comment-47438 web design Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.burnmind.com/?p=382#comment-47438 Does this code also account for #hashtags within tweets or are #hashtags not even applicable in this case because the # mark is a type of link internal only to twitter.com? Does this code also account for #hashtags within tweets or are #hashtags not even applicable in this case because the # mark is a type of link internal only to twitter.com?

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