(2003-2009) * @author Froxlor team (2010-) * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt * @package Functions * */ /** * Check if the submitted string is a valid domainname, i.e. * it consists only of the following characters ([a-z0-9][a-z0-9\-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,4} * * @param string The domainname which should be checked. * * @return string|boolean the domain-name if the domain is valid, false otherwise */ function validateDomain($domainname) { // we add http:// because this makes a domain valid for the filter; $domainname_tmp = 'http://' . $domainname; // we just always use our regex $pattern = '/^http:\/\/([a-z0-9]([a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9\-]{2,63}$/i'; if (preg_match($pattern, $domainname_tmp)) { return $domainname; } return false; } /** * validate a local-hostname by regex * * @param string $hostname * * @return string|boolean hostname on success, else false */ function validateLocalHostname($hostname) { $pattern = '/^([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+$/i'; if (preg_match($pattern, $hostname)) { return $hostname; } return false; }