note 112964 added to filter.filters.validate

It's worth noting, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL validates absolute URLs only. It rejects relative URLs of any sort. I noticed this while trying to write some code that works with scheme-relative URLs (i.e. "//youtube.com" rather than "http://youtube.com"). The filter will reject this one. As others have mentioned, using parse_url() is probably a better option if you have to handle relative URLs. ---- Server IP: 103.6.212.224 Probable Submitter: 202.78.240.7 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112964 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112964 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112964 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php