Re: Php filter validate url
| From: | Shawn McKenzie | Date: | Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:44:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Php filter validate url | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On 06/26/2011 12:31 PM, Adam Tong wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted tu use php filters for validation to avoid regular expresions.
> Is it possible that FILTER_VALIDATE_URL only checks if the string has
> http:// and do not check for the format domain.something?
> ----
> $url = 'http://wwwtestcom';
> $url = filter_var($url,FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
> echo $url;
> -----
>
> Or I am doing something wrong
>
> Thank you
Unless I'm totally misunderstanding what you want (validate that a
string starts with http://) try:
if(strpos($url, 'http://') === 0) {
//starts with http://
} esle {
// does not start with http://
}
--
Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com