Usage of simple URL validation function in php. This simple function helps in validation of URL for correct format, this also validates for mailto links in the content.
function validateURL($url) {
return (bool)preg_match("^((((https?|ftps?|gopher|telnet|nntp)://)|(mailto:|news:))(%[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}|[-()_.!~*';/?:@&=+$,A-Za-z0-9])+)([).!';/?:,][[:blank:]])?$",$url);
}
function validateURL($url) {
return (bool)preg_match("^((((https?|ftps?|gopher|telnet|nntp)://)|(mailto:|news:))(%[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}|[-()_.!~*';/?:@&=+$,A-Za-z0-9])+)([).!';/?:,][[:blank:]])?$",$url);
}
