Make validate_url more intuitive

- Remove the parameter passed by reference
- Add modified url in return value
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Hypolite Petovan 2017-12-16 19:23:22 -05:00
parent e16852c2f5
commit 1724dd3841
5 changed files with 21 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -470,26 +470,28 @@ function http_status_exit($val, $description = array())
* and check DNS to see if it's real (or check if is a valid IP address)
*
* @param string $url The URL to be validated
* @return boolean True if it's a valid URL, fals if something wrong with it
* @return string|boolean The actual working URL, false else
*/
function validate_url(&$url)
function validate_url($url)
{
if (Config::get('system', 'disable_url_validation')) {
return true;
return $url;
}
// no naked subdomains (allow localhost for tests)
if (strpos($url, '.') === false && strpos($url, '/localhost/') === false)
if (strpos($url, '.') === false && strpos($url, '/localhost/') === false) {
return false;
}
if (substr($url, 0, 4) != 'http')
if (substr($url, 0, 4) != 'http') {
$url = 'http://' . $url;
}
/// @TODO Really supress function outcomes? Why not find them + debug them?
/// @TODO Really suppress function outcomes? Why not find them + debug them?
$h = @parse_url($url);
if ((is_array($h)) && (dns_get_record($h['host'], DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR) || filter_var($h['host'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) )) {
return true;
return $url;
}
return false;