Question

I would like to add a link around my string which is

    "My new Tweet **#new** this is cool".

And I would like to get the hashtag #new to wrap into a link.

After that, I’ll get :

    "My new Tweet <a href="http://twitter.com/search/%23new">new</a> this is cool.

How could I do that?

Answer 1

Try this:

$string = "My new Tweet **#new** this is cool".
$linked_string = preg_replace('/\*\*(\#(.*?))\*\*/', '<a href="http://twitter.com/search/$1">$2</a>', $string);