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PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_URL filter

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Definition and Usage

FILTER_SANITIZE_URL filter remove all illegal URL string characters.

The filter allows all of the letters, digits and $ -_ + * '(), {} | \ ^ ~ [] `"> <#%; /:.! @ & =?

  • Name: "url"
  • ID-number: 518

Examples

<?php
$var="http://www.w3cschooal.cc";

var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));
?>

Output code is as follows:

string(24) "http://www.w3cschool.cc"


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