RE: [PHP] Regular expression - URL validator

Thanks again Jim, That's what i really need. I'm testing this function... If i put a URL like www.example.com, then it works fine and turns it to http://www.example.com But if i put a URL like http://www.example.com, then it also put another header so it turns to http://http://www.example.com I also tried with the strstr function, but receive the same response. Thanks in advance, Wagner. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lucas [mailto:lists@cmsws.com] Sent: terça-feira, 28 de agosto de 2007 18:35 To: wagnergc@itautec.com Cc: PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Regular expression - URL validator Wagner Garcia Campagner wrote: > Thanks Jim, > > Your sugestion worked perfect for me!! > > I have another question: > > After i validate this URL i want to put a link with this URL in my page. > > The problem is that if the URL is like (www.aol.com), when i create the > link, this URL is appended with the URL of my site. The result is a link > pointing to: http://<mywebsite>/www.aol.com > > But if the URL is like (http://aol.com), then the link is created correct. > > Is there a way to avoid the first situation... so the link is created > correct? > > Thanks again, > Wagner. > You could always do a string comparison for http(s)? in the url if ( strpos($url, array('https://', 'http://')) === false ) { $url = 'http://'.$url; } -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare