// This code is licensed under the MIT license
    //
    //###################################################################
    //
    // These are global options. You can set them before calling the autolinking
    // functions to change the output.
    //
    $GLOBALS['autolink_options'] = [
        // Should http:// be visibly stripped from the front
        // of URLs?
        'strip_protocols' => false,
    ];
    //###################################################################
    function autolink($text, $limit = 30, $tagfill = '', $auto_title = true)
    {
        $text = autolink_do($text, '![a-z][a-z-]+://!i', $limit, $tagfill, $auto_title);
        $text = autolink_do($text, '!(mailto|skype):!i', $limit, $tagfill, $auto_title);
        $text = autolink_do($text, '!www\\.!i', $limit, $tagfill, $auto_title, 'http://');
        return $text;
    }
    //###################################################################
    function autolink_do($text, $sub, $limit, $tagfill, $auto_title, $force_prefix = null)
    {
        $text_l = strtolower($text);
        $cursor = 0;
        $loop = 1;
        $buffer = '';
        while (($cursor < strlen($text)) && $loop) {
            $ok = 1;
            $matched = preg_match($sub, $text_l, $m, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, $cursor);
            if (! $matched) {
                $loop = 0;
                $ok = 0;
            } else {
                $pos = $m[0][1];
                $sub_len = strlen($m[0][0]);
                $pre_hit = substr($text, $cursor, $pos - $cursor);
                $hit = substr($text, $pos, $sub_len);
                $pre = substr($text, 0, $pos);
                $post = substr($text, $pos + $sub_len);
                $fail_text = $pre_hit.$hit;
                $fail_len = strlen($fail_text);
                //
                // substring found - first check to see if we're inside a link tag already...
                //
                $bits = preg_split('!!i', $pre);
                $last_bit = array_pop($bits);
                if (preg_match("!\n";
                    $ok = 0;
                    $cursor += $fail_len;
                    $buffer .= $fail_text;
                }
            }
            //
            // looks like a nice spot to autolink from - check the pre
            // to see if there was whitespace before this match
            //
            if ($ok) {
                if ($pre) {
                    if (! preg_match('![\s\(\[\{>]$!s', $pre)) {
                        //echo "fail 2 at $cursor ($pre)
\n";
                        $ok = 0;
                        $cursor += $fail_len;
                        $buffer .= $fail_text;
                    }
                }
            }
            //
            // we want to autolink here - find the extent of the url
            //
            if ($ok) {
                if (preg_match('/^([a-z0-9\-\.\/\-_%~!?=,:;&+*#@\(\)\$]+)/i', $post, $matches)) {
                    $url = $hit.$matches[1];
                    $cursor += strlen($url) + strlen($pre_hit);
                    $buffer .= $pre_hit;
                    $url = html_entity_decode($url);
                    //
                    // remove trailing punctuation from url
                    //
                    while (preg_match('|[.,!;:?]$|', $url)) {
                        $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url) - 1);
                        $cursor--;
                    }
                    foreach (['()', '[]', '{}'] as $pair) {
                        $o = substr($pair, 0, 1);
                        $c = substr($pair, 1, 1);
                        if (preg_match("!^(\\$c|^)[^\\$o]+\\$c$!", $url)) {
                            $url = substr($url, 0, strlen($url) - 1);
                            $cursor--;
                        }
                    }
                    //
                    // nice-i-fy url here
                    //
                    $link_url = $url;
                    $display_url = $url;
                    if ($force_prefix) {
                        $link_url = $force_prefix.$link_url;
                    }
                    if ($GLOBALS['autolink_options']['strip_protocols']) {
                        if (preg_match('!^(http|https)://!i', $display_url, $m)) {
                            $display_url = substr($display_url, strlen($m[1]) + 3);
                        }
                    }
                    $display_url = autolink_label($display_url, $limit);
                    //
                    // add the url
                    //
                    
                    $currentTagfill = $tagfill;
                    if ($display_url != $link_url && ! preg_match('@title=@msi', $currentTagfill) && $auto_title) {
                        $display_quoted = preg_quote($display_url, '!');
                        if (! preg_match("!^(http|https)://{$display_quoted}$!i", $link_url)) {
                            $currentTagfill .= ' title="'.$link_url.'"';
                        }
                    }
                    $link_url_enc = htmlspecialchars($link_url);
                    $display_url_enc = htmlspecialchars($display_url);
                    $buffer .= "{$display_url_enc}";
                } else {
                    //echo "fail 3 at $cursor
\n";
                    $ok = 0;
                    $cursor += $fail_len;
                    $buffer .= $fail_text;
                }
            }
        }
        //
        // add everything from the cursor to the end onto the buffer.
        //
        $buffer .= substr($text, $cursor);
        return $buffer;
    }
    //###################################################################
    function autolink_label($text, $limit)
    {
        if (! $limit) {
            return $text;
        }
        if (strlen($text) > $limit) {
            return substr($text, 0, $limit - 3).'...';
        }
        return $text;
    }
    //###################################################################
    function autolink_email($text, $tagfill = '')
    {
        $atom = '[^()<>@,;:\\\\".\\[\\]\\x00-\\x20\\x7f]+'; // from RFC822
        //die($atom);
        $text_l = strtolower($text);
        $cursor = 0;
        $loop = 1;
        $buffer = '';
        while (($cursor < strlen($text)) && $loop) {
            //
            // find an '@' symbol
            //
            $ok = 1;
            $pos = strpos($text_l, '@', $cursor);
            if ($pos === false) {
                $loop = 0;
                $ok = 0;
            } else {
                $pre = substr($text, $cursor, $pos - $cursor);
                $hit = substr($text, $pos, 1);
                $post = substr($text, $pos + 1);
                $fail_text = $pre.$hit;
                $fail_len = strlen($fail_text);
                //die("$pre::$hit::$post::$fail_text");
                //
                // substring found - first check to see if we're inside a link tag already...
                //
                $bits = preg_split('!!i', $pre);
                $last_bit = array_pop($bits);
                if (preg_match("!\n";
                    $ok = 0;
                    $cursor += $fail_len;
                    $buffer .= $fail_text;
                }
            }
            //
            // check backwards
            //
            if ($ok) {
                if (preg_match("!($atom(\.$atom)*)\$!", $pre, $matches)) {
                    // move matched part of address into $hit
                    $len = strlen($matches[1]);
                    $plen = strlen($pre);
                    $hit = substr($pre, $plen - $len).$hit;
                    $pre = substr($pre, 0, $plen - $len);
                } else {
                    //echo "fail 2 at $cursor ($pre)
\n";
                    $ok = 0;
                    $cursor += $fail_len;
                    $buffer .= $fail_text;
                }
            }
            //
            // check forwards
            //
            if ($ok) {
                if (preg_match("!^($atom(\.$atom)*)!", $post, $matches)) {
                    // move matched part of address into $hit
                    $len = strlen($matches[1]);
                    $hit .= substr($post, 0, $len);
                    $post = substr($post, $len);
                } else {
                    //echo "fail 3 at $cursor ($post)
\n";
                    $ok = 0;
                    $cursor += $fail_len;
                    $buffer .= $fail_text;
                }
            }
            //
            // commit
            //
            if ($ok) {
                $cursor += strlen($pre) + strlen($hit);
                $buffer .= $pre;
                $buffer .= "$hit";
            }
        }
        //
        // add everything from the cursor to the end onto the buffer.
        //
        $buffer .= substr($text, $cursor);
        return $buffer;
    }
    //###################################################################;