How can we convert the following PHP code to JavaScript in order to replace URL links inside text blobs with HTML links? A jsfiddle has been initiated.
<?php
// The Regular Expression filter
$reg_exUrl = "/(http|https|ftp|ftps)\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(\/\S*)?/";
// The Text you want to filter for urls
$text = "The text you want to filter goes here. http://google.com";
// Check if there is a url in the text
if(preg_match($reg_exUrl, $text, $url)) {
// make the urls hyper links
echo preg_replace($reg_exUrl, "<a href="{$url[0]}">{$url[0]}</a> ", $text);
} else {
// if no urls in the text just return the text
echo $text;
}
?>