[SOLVED] preg_match

[steviez]

Hi,

 

I have a field on my site where users enter a URL, i need it to make sure that http:// has been entered. How do i check for ths with preg_match?

 

Thanks

[dooper3]

Why not use substr();?

 

$url=http://www.google.com;

if (substr($url, 0, 7) != "http://") {
echo ("You didn't enter http://");
}

 

Hope that helps.

[KrisNz]

$userInput = 'www.google.com';
//strpos way (faster)
$pos = strpos($userInput,"http://");
if ($pos !== 0) {
    echo "you didnt enter http://";
}
//regex way
if (!preg_match("/^http:\/\//",$userInput)) {
    echo "you didn't enter http://";
}

[steviez]

Thanks