function links($url){

if(substr($url,0,7) == 'http://') { 
$url = $url;
} elseif(substr($url,0,4) != 'www.') {
$url = 'http://'.$url;
} else {
$url = 'http://'.$url;
}
$url = eregi_replace("([a-z0-9]{1,10})://([-:@.a-z0-9]{1,250})/*([-?:~^&*=!@%$\/_.a-z0-9]{0,250})", "\\1://\\2", $url);
return $url;
} // End links() --------------