Linkable Custom Profile Fields

[GameWizard]

I don't know why for the love of god this hasn't been requested sooner, but I cannot find a way to get this script to work:

if ($profilefield['value'] != '' AND $profilefield[profilefieldid] == 02)  
{ 
        $links = explode ("\n", $profilefield['value']); 
        $output = array(); 
        foreach ($links as $link) 
        { 
                  $link = trim($link); 
                  if (!empty($link)) 
                  { 
                            $ouput[] = '<a href="' . $link . '">' . $link . '</a>'; 
                  } 
        } 
        $profilefield['value'] = implode('<br />', $output); 
}

This is code for a plugin which is intended to allow Custom Profile Fields to be linkable on the Member Profile Page, making it easier to search for matching individuals.

I have managed to find a work around whereas if the user inputs a word that doesn't include any spaces, I can make it linkable and show accurate results. HOWEVER, when the inputed content has a space, or commas, it would link the entire content, rather than seperating it, which is essentially what I hoped I could accomplish.

This should either be possible or included as a feature within the next version of VBulletin, it seems logical to me as atm the only way to find matching people based on profile fields is through the Advanced User Search only.