How to validate URL?

[Con]

Hi, is there a method with PEAR that would allow one to properly
validate a URL?

Thanks in advance,

-Conrad

[Markku Uttula]

Re: How to validate URL?

Con wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi, is there a method with PEAR that would allow one to properly
> validate a URL?[/color]

Syntactically correct URL can quite easily be invalid. The only way to
validate URL is to connect to it and see if it can be retrieved.

--
Markku Uttula

[Peter Albertsson]

Re: How to validate URL?

There is the Net_URL class.

Maybe something like this could do it:

I wouldn't trust this to be working 100% correctly at all times though...

$urlObj = Net_URL($url_st r);
if ($url_str == $urlObj->getURL()) {
// Valid URL
} else {
// Not valid URL
}

Best Regards,

Peter Albertsson




"Con" <conradwt@runbo x.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, is there a method with PEAR that would allow one to properly
> validate a URL?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Conrad
>[/color]