How to check if string contain the "url or link" and retrieve it

Question

I have comment section of page where user can post the comments on uploaded content, I want to check if user has shared any url links in his comment.

for Example -

var comment = "To search more on this question you can look to http://stackoverflow.com/ "

Now How do I find out that it is URL link and retrieve that link?I would be great if I can find a way to do this in Jquery and Java Script but PHP is also acceptable.

Thanks in advance.

Refer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10570286/check-if-string-contains-url-anywhere-in-string-using-javascript — Zander Rootman, May 16 '14 at 13:10
@ZanderRootman that question does not explain how to retrieve the URL from the string. — Rory McCrossan, May 16 '14 at 13:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '14 at 13:10

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Try to use this REGEX

((http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?(www.)?(([a-zA-Z0-9-]){2,}\.){1,4}([a-zA-Z]){2,6}(\/([a-zA-Z-_\/\.0-9#:?=&;,]*)?)?)

answered May 16 '14 at 13:10

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How to check if string contain the "url or link" and retrieve it

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