Does the validation rule 'valid_url' work? Doesn't with me!!!

[eluser]danfloun[/eluser]
In my form I am using virtually all the rule sets and they work fine.
However 'valid_url' which isn't listed in the help guide does not seem to work for me.

It is listed in the /language/english/validation_lang.php file:

Code:

$lang['valid_url'] = "The %s field must contain a valid URL.";

Is this rule not in use?

Danny

[eluser]danfloun[/eluser]
Sorry but I have to *BUMP*

If anyone can check this out it would be appreciated.

Thanks

Danny

[eluser]Derek Allard[/eluser]
Although there is an entry in the lang file for it, there is no existing validation rule for valid_url. There's a valid_ip if that's helpful, and on the forums (or maybe the wiki) others have created regular expressions to check for valid urls.

[eluser]danfloun[/eluser]
Cheers Derek,

I just didn't want to be wasting time finding the issue if there wasn't one because the rule didn't exist.

Thanks

[eluser]Derek Allard[/eluser]
Happy to help. If you end up finding/writing a good one write back to this forum, I'm sure others would be interested!