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jlvallelonga on 08/01/09


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formatWebAddress

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URL: http://justpushbuttons.com/examples/format_web_address_example.php

this function formats a web address for use in a link. echo formatWebAddress("google.com"); http://www.google.com/

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  1. function formatWebAddress($webAddress) {
  2. 	$originalWebAddress = $webAddress;
  3. 	$webAddress = "*" . $webAddress;
  4. 	$formattedWebAddress = "";
  5. 	if (stripos($webAddress, "http://") == 1) {	//starts with http://
  6. 		if (substr_count($webAddress, ".") == 1) {	//one dot only
  7. 			$formattedWebAddress = $originalWebAddress;
  8. 			$formattedWebAddress = insertString($formattedWebAddress, "www.", 7);
  9. 		}
  10. 		else
  11. 			$formattedWebAddress = $originalWebAddress;
  12. 	}
  13. 	else {	//does not start with http://
  14. 		if (substr_count($webAddress, ".") == 1)	//one dot only
  15. 			$formattedWebAddress = "http://www." . $originalWebAddress;
  16. 		elseif (substr_count($webAddress, ".") >= 2)	//two dots only
  17. 			$formattedWebAddress = "http://" . $originalWebAddress;
  18. 		else
  19. 			$formattedWebAddress = $originalWebAddress;
  20. 	}
  21. 	// add slash at end
  22. 	if (substr_count($formattedWebAddress, "/") == 2)	//if it has "//" at beginning
  23. 		$formattedWebAddress .= "/";
  24. 	$formattedWebAddress = strtolower($formattedWebAddress);
  25. 	return $formattedWebAddress;
  26. }

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