diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index bab50240c..45126c0eb 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once("include/oembed.php");
 require_once('include/event.php');
 require_once('include/zot.php');
-
+require_once('include/hubloc.php');
 
 function tryoembed($match) {
 	$url = ((count($match)==2)?$match[1]:$match[2]);
@@ -19,15 +19,7 @@ function tryoembed($match) {
 function tryzrlaudio($match) {
 
 	$link = $match[1];
-	$m = @parse_url($link);
-	$zrl = false;
-	if($m['host']) {
-		$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-			dbesc($m['host'])
-		);
-		if($r)
-			$zrl = true;
-	}
+	$zrl = is_matrix_url($link);
 	if($zrl)
 		$link = zid($link);
 	return	'<audio src="' .  $link . '" controls="controls" ><a href="' . $link . '">' . $link . '</a></audio>';
@@ -35,15 +27,7 @@ function tryzrlaudio($match) {
 
 function tryzrlvideo($match) {
 	$link = $match[1];
-	$m = @parse_url($link);
-	$zrl = false;
-	if($m['host']) {
-		$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-			dbesc($m['host'])
-		);
-		if($r)
-			$zrl = true;
-	}
+	$zrl = is_matrix_url($link);
 	if($zrl)
 		$link = zid($link);
 	return	'<video controls="controls" src="' . $link . '" style="width:100%; max-width:' . get_app()->videowidth . 'px"><a href="' . $link . '">' . $link . '</a></video>';
diff --git a/include/bookmarks.php b/include/bookmarks.php
index 21a775f9a..e70158476 100644
--- a/include/bookmarks.php
+++ b/include/bookmarks.php
@@ -23,15 +23,8 @@ function bookmark_add($channel,$sender,$taxonomy,$private,$opts = null) {
 	$iarr['mitem_desc'] = $taxonomy['term'];
 	$iarr['mitem_flags'] = (($ischat) ? MENU_ITEM_CHATROOM : 0);
 
-	$m = @parse_url($taxonomy['url']);
-    $zrl = false;
-    if($m['host']) {
-        $r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-            dbesc($m['host'])
-        );
-        if($r)
-            $zrl = true;
-	}
+	require_once('include/hubloc.php');
+	$zrl = is_matrix_url($taxonomy['url']);
 
 	if($zrl)
 		$iarr['mitem_flags'] |= MENU_ITEM_ZID;
diff --git a/include/hubloc.php b/include/hubloc.php
index 35d9dbeb1..566875ce9 100644
--- a/include/hubloc.php
+++ b/include/hubloc.php
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
+function is_matrix_url($url) {
+	$m = @parse_url($url);
+	if($m['host']) {
+		$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
+			dbesc($m['host'])
+		);
+		if($r)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 
 
 function prune_hub_reinstalls() {
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 7f4dabaa7..26d2fbe1c 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -189,15 +189,8 @@ function add_source_route($iid,$hash) {
 
 
 function red_zrl_callback($matches) {
-	$m = @parse_url($matches[2]);
-	$zrl = false;
-	if($m['host']) {
-		$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-			dbesc($m['host'])
-		);
-		if($r)
-			$zrl = true;
-	}
+	require_once('include/hubloc.php');
+	$zrl = is_matrix_url($matches[2]);
 
 	$t = strip_zids($matches[2]);
 	if($t !== $matches[2]) {
@@ -236,15 +229,8 @@ function red_unescape_codeblock($m) {
 
 
 function red_zrlify_img_callback($matches) {
-	$m = @parse_url($matches[2]);
-	$zrl = false;
-	if($m['host']) {
-		$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-			dbesc($m['host'])
-		);
-		if($r)
-			$zrl = true;
-	}
+	require_once('include/hubloc.php');
+	$zrl = is_matrix_url($matches[2]);
 
 	$t = strip_zids($matches[2]);
 	if($t !== $matches[2]) {
diff --git a/include/oembed.php b/include/oembed.php
index 42a9881ed..de3a6edc8 100755
--- a/include/oembed.php
+++ b/include/oembed.php
@@ -29,18 +29,10 @@ function oembed_fetch_url($embedurl){
 		$txt = "";
 		
 		if (in_array($ext, $noexts)) {
-			$m = @parse_url($embedurl);
-			$zrl = false;
-			if($m['host']) {
-				$r = q("select hubloc_url from hubloc where hubloc_host = '%s' limit 1",
-					dbesc($m['host'])
-				);
-				if($r)
-					$zrl = true;
-			}
-			if($zrl) {
-				$embedurl = zid($embedurl);
-			}			
+			require_once('include/hubloc.php');
+			$zrl = is_matrix_url($embedurl);
+			if($zrl) 
+				$embedurl = zid($embedurl);	
 		}
 		else {
 			// try oembed autodiscovery
diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index 575af80dc..053356f75 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2014-07-13.735
+2014-07-14.736