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Revision: 14488
at June 5, 2009 07:51 by iloveitaly
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// this function processes a URL that 'should' be a full url (http://something.com/dfsdfs/)
// and makes sure it contains the correct format to be included into a href attribute
function processURLString($urlString) {
	$urlString = trim($urlString);
	
	if($urlString) {
		$urlString = preg_replace('/https?:\/\//', '', $urlString);
		$urlString = trim($urlString);
		$urlString  = 'http://'.$urlString;
	}
	
	return $urlString;
}
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this function processes a URL that 'should' be a full url (i.e. http://something.com/dfsdfs/)
and makes sure it contains http:// for easy inclusion as a link into a href attribute

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
Standardize URL String

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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url, http, format

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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PHP