Valid url check in form validation

Valid url check in form validation

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07-15-2010, 03:55 AM

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
Not a good idea.

First of all, filter_var() is PHP 5.2.0+, which is not always available. And second, it does a very lousy job in validating a URL. Internally, it only checks if a parse_url() is possible, for with the PHP documentation states that it should not be used for URL validation.

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Valid url check in form validation - by El Forum - 04-10-2009, 08:42 AM

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