How can I add http://
to a URL if it doesn't already include a protocol (e.g. http://
, https://
or ftp://
)?
Example:
addhttp("google.com"); // http://google.com
addhttp("www.google.com"); // http://www.google.com
addhttp("google.com"); // http://google.com
addhttp("ftp://google.com"); // ftp://google.com
addhttp("https://google.com"); // https://google.com
addhttp("http://google.com"); // http://google.com
addhttp("rubbish"); // http://rubbish
A modified version of @nickf code:
function addhttp($url) {
if (!preg_match("~^(?:f|ht)tps?://~i", $url)) {
$url = "http://" . $url;
}
return $url;
}
Recognizes ftp://
, ftps://
, http://
and https://
in a case insensitive way.