Validate value as a URL in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to validate value as a URL.
Example
<?php//w w w. j a va2 s . co m
$url = "http://www.java2s.com";
if(!filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)){
echo "URL is not valid";
}else{
echo "URL is valid";
}
?>
The code above generates the following result.
