Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51305&edit=1
ID: 51305 User updated by: rakan dot alhneiti at gmail dot com Reported by: rakan dot alhneiti at gmail dot com Summary: filter_var returns false on valid URLs Status: Duplicate Type: Bug Package: Filter related Operating System: Redhat PHP Version: 5.2.13 New Comment: yup i've upgraded my version of php a couple of days ago via compiling the latest php 5.2.13 source and this happened. and as you can see the fix came after the release Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-16 10:17:33] ahar...@php.net This was fixed after 5.2.13 was released, so yes, 5.2.13 would be affected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-16 10:07:28] j...@php.net Are you really using 5.2.13? I definately am and this test script of yours returns the url as expected. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-16 10:05:45] ahar...@php.net Already fixed in SVN, per bug #51192. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-16 09:52:50] rakan dot alhneiti at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Hello, I am currently testing script attached which is supposed to validate URLs The URL as you can see is a valid URL but the 4 var_dump's done return false. Here is a test run result: string(29) "http://my-domain.mydomain.com" bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) bool(false) I tested my_domain.mydomain.com and it returned the domain correctly. while on the '-' dash sign it returns false Test script: --------------- <?php $URL = "http://my-domain.mydomain.com"; var_dump($URL); var_dump(filter_var($URL, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)); var_dump(filter_var($URL, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED)); var_dump(filter_var($URL, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED)); var_dump(filter_var($URL, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, FILTER_FLAG_SCHEME_REQUIRED | FILTER_FLAG_HOST_REQUIRED)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- return the URL in case it is valid even if it contains '-' Actual result: -------------- returns false ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51305&edit=1