Guys, when you reply a mail, You should write your reply on the top of it, not at the bottom of it. makes it easier to follow. On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > >
