Comments on: Parsing Twitter with RegExp http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/ Code, Work, and Life Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julien Henrotte http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Julien Henrotte Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:19:41 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-373 Begin with <pre lang="php"> $stringText = preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?(#\S+)?)?)?)@', '<a href="$1" rel="nofollow">$1</a>', $stringText); $stringText = preg_replace('/@(\w+)/', '<a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $stringText); $stringText = preg_replace('/\#(\w+)/', ' <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$1" rel="nofollow">#$1</a>', $stringText); </pre> Because if you have an <code>#hashtag</code> at the beginning... Begin with

$stringText = preg_replace('@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?(#\S+)?)?)?)@', '<a href="$1" rel="nofollow">$1</a>', $stringText);
$stringText = preg_replace('/@(\w+)/', '<a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $stringText);
$stringText = preg_replace('/\#(\w+)/', ' <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$1" rel="nofollow">#$1</a>', $stringText);

Because if you have an #hashtag at the beginning…

]]> By: Webdev http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Webdev Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:01:53 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-360 Thanks for your tutorial, I am trying to do the same but using jQuery. Does anybody know how to parse Twitter text using jQuery with href element. Thanks for your tutorial, I am trying to do the same but using jQuery. Does anybody know how to parse Twitter text using jQuery with href element.

]]> By: maysala http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-322 maysala Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:00:56 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-322 Your hashtag regexp doesn't match characteres that are not english. Your hashtag regexp doesn’t match characteres that are not english.

]]> By: argenisleon http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-264 argenisleon Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:12:48 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-264 Works perfect :D Thanks! Works perfect :D Thanks!

]]> By: justin http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-263 justin Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:28:17 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-263 @argenisleon: A little weird to find emails in tweets, but you can adjust the user regexp like this: <pre lang="php"> $text = preg_replace('/^@(\w+)/', '<a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $text); $text = preg_replace('/ @(\w+)/', ' <a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $text); </pre> The first one get's all your retweets and such that begin with <code>@</code>, and the second one gets only those with a space then an <code>@</code>. This will skip any email addresses. @argenisleon: A little weird to find emails in tweets, but you can adjust the user regexp like this:

$text = preg_replace('/^@(\w+)/', '<a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $text);
$text = preg_replace('/ @(\w+)/', ' <a href="http://twitter.com/$1" rel="nofollow">@$1</a>', $text);

The first one get’s all your retweets and such that begin with @, and the second one gets only those with a space then an @. This will skip any email addresses.

]]> By: argenisleon http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-262 argenisleon Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:02:07 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-262 Amazing code. I have a little proble when parsing email. For example <code>hello@hello.com</code>, only the <code>@hello.com</code> part is parsed as a link. Any help? Amazing code. I have a little proble when parsing email. For example hello@hello.com, only the @hello.com part is parsed as a link. Any help?

]]> By: justin http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-246 justin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:08:56 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-246 @Sony AK: If you are worried about that particular case, just add a forth regexp like this: <pre lang="php"> $text = preg_replace('/^#(\w+)/', '<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$1" rel="nofollow">#$1</a>', $text); </pre> @Sony AK: If you are worried about that particular case, just add a forth regexp like this:

$text = preg_replace('/^#(\w+)/', '<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23$1" rel="nofollow">#$1</a>', $text);
]]> By: Sony AK http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Sony AK Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:47:41 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-245 for the hashtag parsing, if I put the hashtag in the very front of string e.g. '#mychannel bla bla bla' it will not parse properly. for the hashtag parsing, if I put the hashtag in the very front of string e.g. ‘#mychannel bla bla bla’ it will not parse properly.

]]> By: Curran http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Curran Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:11:03 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-214 Thanks Justin! Killer code! Thanks Justin! Killer code!

]]> By: justin http://saturnboy.com/2010/02/parsing-twitter-with-regexp/comment-page-1/#comment-156 justin Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:17:47 +0000 http://saturnboy.com/?p=1055#comment-156 @Austin: Sounds like your server is super lame. Maybe you should ask for an upgrade? Good luck. @Austin: Sounds like your server is super lame. Maybe you should ask for an upgrade? Good luck.

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