PHP: convert emails to mailto links

It looks like an easy task, but I decided to share it.

I think that preg_replace function is the best option for doing that. It's just one line of code:

preg_replace('/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]*@\\S+\\.\\w+)/', '<a href="mailto:$1">$1</a>', $str);

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