Check valid international URL

Question

I need to check if an international URL is valid. For example:

http://täst.de/äxample-url/

How can I do that? I can use any Composer package.

You could use Zend\Validator\Hostname (http://framework.zend.com/manual/current/en/modules/zend.validator.hostname.html) — d0ug7a5, Jun 29 '15 at 15:07

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 29 '15 at 15:08

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You can try to test the url using a filter from PHP.

Example:

    $url = "http://www.w3schools.com";

    if (!filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === false) {
        echo("$url is a valid URL");
    } else {
        echo("$url is not a valid URL");
    }

http://www.w3schools.com/php/filter_validate_url.asp http://php.net/manual/en/filter.filters.validate.php

answered Jun 29 '15 at 15:08

Miguel

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Thanks for the suggestion but it doesn't work with international domains as far as I know. I tried it earlier today. – user1878980 Jun 29 '15 at 15:14
Hm okok, sorry. And with this answer? http://stackoverflow.com/a/4694816/4627253 – Miguel Jun 29 '15 at 16:08

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