On 6/27/2011 8:25 AM, Plamen Ivanov wrote: > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 06/27/2011 10:01 AM, Plamen Ivanov wrote: >>> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:44 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 >>>> >>> >>> Another possible solution could be: >>> >>> $ary = explode('://', $url); >>> if (1 >= count($ary)) { >>> echo 'No schema specified!'; >>> } else { >>> // Schema specified. >>> // $ary[0] is the protocol >>> $allowed = array('http', 'https'); >>> if (FALSE == in_array($ary[0], $allowed) { >>> // Protocol not valid! >>> exit(1); // or return FALSE; whatever... >>> } >>> // $ary[1] is the uri, validate with filter_var(). >>> } >>> >>> Hope this helps. >> >> May make more sense to use parse_url() than explode. >> >> -- >> Thanks! >> -Shawn >> http://www.spidean.com >> > > http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php > "This function is not meant to validate the given URL..." > > I would use parse_url() after URL validation. > Shawn meant to use parse_url() in place of your explode statement. He didn't say to use parse_url() as a method to validate the url. He said it would make more sense to do the following. Also, use strict type matching if you want to compare against boolean(FALSE) $allowed = array('http', 'https'); $scheme = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME); if (FALSE === in_array($scheme, $allowed) { // Protocol not valid! exit(1); // or return FALSE; whatever... } Seems a little less muddy to me. Jim Lucas -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
