function valid_url in Drupal 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 4 includes/common.inc \valid_url()
2. 5 includes/common.inc \valid_url()
3. 7 includes/common.inc \valid_url()

Verify the syntax of the given URL.

This function should only be used on actual URLs. It should not be used for Drupal menu paths, which can contain arbitrary characters. Valid values per RFC 3986.

Parameters

$url: The URL to verify.

$absolute: Whether the URL is absolute (beginning with a scheme such as "http:").

Return value

TRUE if the URL is in a valid format.

Related topics

3 calls to valid_url()

aggregator_form_feed_validate in modules/aggregator/aggregator.admin.inc

Validate aggregator_form_feed form submissions.

comment_validate in modules/comment/comment.module

Validate comment data.

profile_validate_profile in modules/profile/profile.module

File

includes/common.inc, line 1049

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function valid_url($url, $absolute = FALSE) {
  if ($absolute) {
    return (bool) preg_match("\n      /^                                                      # Start at the beginning of the text\n      (?:ftp|https?|feed):\\/\\/                                # Look for ftp, http, https or feed schemes\n      (?:                                                     # Userinfo (optional) which is typically\n        (?:(?:[\\w\\.\\-\\+!\$&'\\(\\)*\\+,;=]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+:)*      # a username or a username and password\n        (?:[\\w\\.\\-\\+%!\$&'\\(\\)*\\+,;=]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+@          # combination\n      )?\n      (?:\n        (?:[a-z0-9\\-\\.]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+                        # A domain name or a IPv4 address\n        |(?:\\[(?:[0-9a-f]{0,4}:)*(?:[0-9a-f]{0,4})\\])         # or a well formed IPv6 address\n      )\n      (?::[0-9]+)?                                            # Server port number (optional)\n      (?:[\\/|\\?]\n        (?:[\\w#!:\\.\\?\\+=&@\$'~*,;\\/\\(\\)\\[\\]\\-]|%[0-9a-f]{2})   # The path and query (optional)\n      *)?\n    \$/xi", $url);
  }
  else {
    return (bool) preg_match("/^(?:[\\w#!:\\.\\?\\+=&@\$'~*,;\\/\\(\\)\\[\\]\\-]|%[0-9a-f]{2})+\$/i", $url);
  }
}