valid_url rule not working

any string treating as valid. "test","spinytel", "rejoan" all are tested. returning true & form submitting

...because those are valid URLs. Try using a character which is not permitted in a URL, or an invalid structure for the URL. I'm not sure how good the validation is, but I'm sure that your examples so far have all been valid URLs.

You're clearly looking for a validation which does something else, probably more explicit than simply determining whether it is a valid URL.

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