View Full Version : What Does it Mean to "Parse Links in Text?"
Clough
Aug 24, 2009, 11:36 PM
Hi, All!
What does it mean to "parse links in text", please?
That could be for this site or on other ones.
Thanks!
Curlyben
Aug 25, 2009, 02:14 AM
Means the test becomes the link.
So rather than:
Click here ( http://www.whatever.com)
It becomes
click here (www.whatever.com)
Make sense ?
Clough
Aug 25, 2009, 02:50 AM
Is that like the tiny url thing? Or, is it something different?
Thanks!
Curlyben
Aug 25, 2009, 03:08 AM
Nope simply making the words into the link and making them active.
Unknown008
Aug 25, 2009, 03:33 AM
Hey Ben, I've seen that somewhere on AMHD, I mean, the how to parse a link, perhaps in the 'help' link, but I can't find it anymore?
EDIT: Oh, I just tried to quote you, and I could see what you did. :)
Clough
Aug 25, 2009, 03:57 AM
Here's a parse links test.
This is All About Google. (http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en)
Is that what you mean, Ben?
Thanks!
Curlyben
Aug 25, 2009, 04:00 AM
Yeppers
It also means that any www links, non-phased are simply text to the site, where as Phasing makes the link active, i.e. clickable.
www.NONphased.com
www.phased.com (http://www.phased.com)
Make even more sense?
Clough
Aug 25, 2009, 04:21 AM
I'll have to check these things out later, Ben! Got to get to bed, now!
Thanks!
PatrickMc
Nov 10, 2009, 08:57 AM
To see how the links are parsed, have a look at this open source script - http://www.biterscripting.com/SS_URLs.html . It is probably not the same language, but I am certain the algorithm is similar.