Re: Regex for Validating URL

* Thus wrote Nick Wilson: > > * and then Manuel Lemos declared.... > > >Does anyone have the regex to make sure an http address is full and > > >without error? like http://www.example.com > > > > Usually I use this expression: > > > > > > '^(http|https)\://(([-!#\$%&\'*+.0-9=?A-Z^_`a-z{|}~^?]+\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,6})(\:[0-9]+)?(/)?/' > > > > DING DING DING!! Ladies and gentleman, i think we have a winner! ;-) um.. ok.. i guess you consider http://?#.zzzzzz/ a full url without error. This answer could have been easily answered if you simply answered the question that wanted to know this. > > You know guys? I think you all take this a bit too seriously, > perdanticness (is there such a word?) is all well and good for an FBI > agent but I stand by the claim that my original question really was > rather simple. No its not that simple, unless you have the magical 8 ball: http://woohoo/ http://foo@bar.com/ http://foo:user@bar.com/ http://port.deprived:8230/ http://another-one-bites-the-dust.com/ http://forever_we_could.go-but.not-done.com/ http://another.one.so.where/at/a/location/ http://a.sub.domain.crazy.person.com/ ftp://woah.switch.protocols.on.us.com/ myown://custom.protocol.or-could.be-any_standard.whatchamacallit/ http://neverneverland:842/~chickensrule/ file://c:/windows/hatred.ini So which one is full and without error? Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid!