This Textformatter will create HTML links out of anything that resembles a URL or email address, as long as it is not already part of an tag.
TextformatterMakeLinks for ProcessWire
This Textformatter module is just a wrapper around the method fHTML::makeLinks from flourishlib (http://flourishlib.com/api/fHTML#makeLinks)
The following description is basically just slightly modified copy from the official flourishlib documentation (http://flourishlib.com/docs/fHTML):
The Textformatter will parse through a string and create HTML links out of anything that resembles a URL or email address, as long as it is not already part of an tag.
Here is an example of it in action:
If you put this text into a textarea inputfield which uses this textformatter
Example 1: www.example.com. Example 2: https://example.com. Example 3: john@example.com. Example 4: ftp://john:password@example.com. Example 5: www.example.co.uk. Example 6: john@example.co.uk. Example 7: <a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>.
The output would be:
Example 1: <a href="http://www.example.com">www.example.com</a>. Example 2: <a href="https://example.com">https://example.com</a>. Example 3: <a href="mailto:john@example.com">john@example.com</a>. Example 4: <a href="ftp://john:password@example.com">ftp://john:password@example.com</a>. Example 5: <a href="http://www.example.co.uk">www.example.co.uk</a>. Example 6: <a href="mailto:john@example.co.uk">john@example.co.uk</a>. Example 7: <a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>.
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