js:
<script>
function url_to_link(text) {
var exp = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig;
return text.replace(exp,"<a href='$1'>$1</a>");
}
$(function(){
var text = $('.target').html();
$('.result').html( url_to_link(text) );
});
</script>
html:
src:
<div class="well target">
google: https://www.google.com/
google secured: http://www.google.com/
</div>
result:
<div class="well result"></div>