Make clickable text to links: PHP

With this function you can make clickable text to links.
Function:

<?php
/* 
Online PHP Examples with Source Code
website: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/
*/

function dolinks($text)
{

$text = html_entity_decode($text);
$text = " ".$text;
$text = eregi_replace('(((f|ht){1}tp://)[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]+)',
'\\1', $text);
$text = eregi_replace('(((f|ht){1}tps://)[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]+)',
'\\1', $text);
$text = eregi_replace('([[:space:]()[{}])(www.[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%_\+.~#?&//=]+)',
'\\1\\2', $text);
$text = eregi_replace('([_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,3})',
'\\1', $text);
return $text;
}

// Example Usage
echo dolinks("This is a test clickable link: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/ You can also try using an email address like username@example.com");

?>

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