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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
