| Description |
This regex avoids matching typical mistakes where a sentence ends but there is no space after the full stop (period). Other regexes will think any two words with a dot in between is a URL! My regex does not require http:// and if there isn't http:// it will need to find AT LEAST two dots to guarantee its likely to be a URL and not a sentence that's missing a space like this.It will match www.test.com, http://test.com, test.com/index.htm but it will NOT match test.com. It will not match a dot or a comma at the very end which some people may type when including a URL in a sentence like this www.test.com, or this www.test.com. |
