CFLib.org – isURL

isURL(stringToCheck)

Last updated August 5, 2010

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Version: 2 | Requires: ColdFusion MX7 | Library: StrLib

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Description:
This is a quick way to check if a string is a URL -- handy when, for instance, a user is entering a URL into a form that will later be used to make a link on a web page. Mostly just more convenient than needing to remember the regex. Notice that it makes use of isValid. The isValid function has built in URL checking, but this regex is considered to be stronger. Credit for the regex comes from DragingFireball.net: http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls

Return Values:
Returns a boolean.

Example:

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<cfset list = "www.foo.com,http://www.foo.com,http://intranet/foo/foo.htm,http:/noslash.com">
<cfoutput>
<cfloop list="#list#" index="s">
#yesNoFormat(isURL(s))# - #s#<br>
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>

<cfset list = "www.foo.com,http://www.foo.com,http://intranet/foo/foo.htm,http:/noslash.com">
<cfoutput>
<cfloop list="#list#" index="s">
#yesNoFormat(isURL(s))# - #s#<br>
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required
stringToCheck	The string to check.	Yes

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			<cfscript>
/**
 * A quick way to test if a string is a URL.
 * Regex by Gruber: http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
 * 
 * @param stringToCheck 	 The string to check. (Required)
 * @return Returns a boolean. 
 * @author Nathan Dintenfass (&#110;&#97;&#116;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#64;&#99;&#104;&#97;&#110;&#103;&#101;&#109;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;) 
 * @version 2, August 5, 2010 
 */
function isURL(stringToCheck){
       var URLRegEx = "(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'"".,<>?«»“”‘’]))";
       return isValid("regex", stringToCheck, URLRegex);
}
</cfscript>
		<cfscript>
/**
 * A quick way to test if a string is a URL.
 * Regex by Gruber: http://daringfireball.net/2010/07/improved_regex_for_matching_urls
 * 
 * @param stringToCheck      The string to check. (Required)
 * @return Returns a boolean. 
 * @author Nathan Dintenfass (nathan@changemedia.com) 
 * @version 2, August 5, 2010 
 */
function isURL(stringToCheck){
       var URLRegEx = "(?i)\b((?:[a-z][\w-]+:(?:/{1,3}|[a-z0-9%])|www\d{0,3}[.]|[a-z0-9.\-]+[.][a-z]{2,4}/)(?:[^\s()<>]+|\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\))+(?:\(([^\s()<>]+|(\([^\s()<>]+\)))*\)|[^\s`!()\[\]{};:'"".,<>?«»]))";
       return isValid("regex", stringToCheck, URLRegex);
}
</cfscript>