function text2links($str='') {
    if($str=='' or !preg_match('/(http|www/.|@)/i', $str)) { return $str; }
    $lines = explode("/n", $str); $new_text = '';
    while (list($k,$l) = each($lines)) {
        // replace links:
        $l = preg_replace("/([ /t]|^)www/./i", "//1http://www.", $l);
        $l = preg_replace("/([ /t]|^)ftp/./i", "//1ftp://ftp.", $l);
        $l = preg_replace("/(http:////[^ )/r/n!]+)/i",
            "<a href=/"//1/">//1</a>", $l);
        $l = preg_replace("/(https:////[^ )/r/n!]+)/i",
            "<a href=/"//1/">//1</a>", $l);
        $l = preg_replace("/(ftp:////[^ )/r/n!]+)/i",
            "<a href=/"//1/">//1</a>", $l);
        $l = preg_replace(
            "/([-a-z0-9_]+(/.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@([a-z0-9-]+(/.[a-z0-9-]+)+))/i",
            "<a href=/"mailto://1/">//1</a>", $l);
        $new_text .= $l."/n";
    }
    return $new_text;
}