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user1765876
user1765876

Reputation:

converting string to URL in PHP

I have a string in php and I want to convert it into a URL,Basically I am taking input from the user so I am not sure either he write http://www.google.com or just www.google.com or maybe just google.com, In either cases I have to show him the URL link in an anchor tag. I am looking for any PHP function that can do this, Otherwise I have to manually search for http and other If else condition will surely gonna waste my time,If there is no function I would be more than happy to write one and make it open to the community. EDIT: Another thing is the best way to write HTML in PHP, I mean is it good if we use echo' long HTML Forms' etc any solution Thanks

Upvotes: 3

Views: 18013

Answers (4)

mikaelrandy
mikaelrandy

Reputation: 281

You can use parse_url() who will try to parse input into part. And you just have to check if "scheme" is here to know how to complete url.

If you want to validate input, you can use filter_var() with FILTER_VALIDATE_URL option

filter_var($input, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) ) ? echo "Valid url" : echo "invalid url";

Upvotes: 0

nhenrique
nhenrique

Reputation: 894

you can still use parse_url function

$parsed = parse_url($urlStr);
if (empty($parsed['scheme'])) {
    $urlStr = 'http://' . ltrim($urlStr, '/');
}

about writing html with PHP, it's okay to use echo function, just make sure you escape the double quotes with backslash

Upvotes: 7

require_once
require_once

Reputation: 2055

Use the substr() functoin for existence of HTTP and if not present add HTTP, put the string as Href in the anchor tag.Surely gonna work

Upvotes: 0

allen213
allen213

Reputation: 2277

I think you are looking for parse_url

http://php.net/manual/en/function.parse-url.php

Upvotes: 2

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