Forums / Developer / Convert URL to hyperlink
Will Diaz
Thursday 16 March 2006 2:56:51 pm
I have a variable called event_details, which has the following value:
Event Name: Such and Such Event Date: March 21st, 2006 Event Website: www.domain.com
Currently, the code display the variable with the following line:
{attribute_view_gui attribute=$node.object.data_map.event_details}
Now, what I need to do is to take that URL and turn it into a hyperlink on the fly, like so:
<a href="http://www.domain.com">www.domain.com</a>
How can this be accomplished?
Nabil Alimi
Friday 17 March 2006 3:41:38 am
Hi will,
What kind of datatype is your 'event_details' attribute ?
Text block ?
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Betsy Gamrat
Friday 17 March 2006 5:33:36 am
Check to make sure that the website field is a URL - then it should be displayed as a link by default.
The URL attribute allows you to enter text and the URL, then delivers the content as a standard link.
Sascha Frinken
Friday 17 March 2006 8:32:31 am
I guess your attribute is a textfield...
I would write a template operator that parses the text. This is the php code you need to make your text a clickable link:
$click_text = preg_replace( "#(^Event.*Website:\n)(.*)#sm", "\\1<a href=\"http://\\2\">\\2</a>", $your_attribute );
HTHSascha