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Title Test Find Pattern Title
Expression
^((((H|h)(T|t)|(F|f))(T|t)(P|p)((S|s)?))\://)?(www.|[a-zA-Z0-9].)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}(\:[0-9]{1,5})*(/($|[a-zA-Z0-9\.\,\;\?\'\\\+&%\$#\=~_\-]+))*$
Description
Matches URLS that start with numbers and any TLD that is 2 to 6 characters long. Matches most URLs. Thanks to eveyone for suggesting modifications! UPDATES::[Nov. 11, 2005] Now it matches uppercase and lower case protocols. Updates::December 3, 2005 Added restriction to ports since they will only go up to 65535. (Thanks lorello) Keep the suggestions coming! Thanks for the heads up!!
Matches
hTtP://3iem.net/ | http://3iem.museum:1337/ | plik.co.uk
Non-Matches
http://foobar | lameurl.toolongtld
Author Rating: The rating for this expression. Phil Cogbill
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Title: Not that good !
Name: Twÿst
Date: 6/2/2022 1:47:12 PM
Comment:
It doesn't match: http://www.my-domain.accountants But match some exotic stuff like: HtTpS://www?-.-0-.com


Title: Not that good !
Name: Twÿst
Date: 6/2/2022 1:46:48 PM
Comment:
It doesn't match: http://www.my-domain.accountants But match some exotic stuff like: HtTpS://www?-.-0-.com


Title: Not that good !
Name: Twÿst
Date: 6/2/2022 10:47:57 AM
Comment:
It doesn't match: http://www.my-domain.accountants But match some exotic stuff like: HtTpS://www?-.-0-.com


Title: Not that good !
Name: Twÿst
Date: 6/2/2022 10:47:40 AM
Comment:
It doesn't match: http://www.my-domain.accountants But match some exotic stuff like: HtTpS://www?-.-0-.com


Title: Missing other protocols
Name: t-a-g
Date: 7/15/2008 10:38:50 AM
Comment:
This is a pretty good Reg Ex for URLs. It does not support an IP address instead of a URL, which would be a nice enhancement. Thanks for your work, time, and creativity.


Title: working just fine
Name: w1z44rdy.com
Date: 3/4/2007 2:07:52 PM
Comment:
Thanks


Title: Port number
Name: lorello
Date: 12/1/2005 2:54:07 PM
Comment:
Thanks for your work, I've changed it only in port number patter, substituting (\:[0-9]+) with (\:[0-9]{1,5}) because I cannot have more than 65535 ha a port number.


Title: Now supports upper case and lower case protocols
Name: Phil Cogbill
Date: 11/11/2005 6:09:53 PM
Comment:
Thanks for the heads up on that. I updated the expression to support HTTP, HtTPs, FTp, FTpS, etc. etc. I've tried this with PHP's posix regular expression funtions and it seems to work good. Any luck with ASP? I don't have any experience with it.


Title: Re: Upper Case Protocols
Name: Case
Date: 11/16/2004 8:11:17 AM
Comment:
"What about URLs that start with upper-case HTTP:// etc?" Use a case-insensitive check...


Title: Upper Case Protocols
Name: Diplo
Date: 9/22/2004 9:31:05 AM
Comment:
What about URLs that start with upper-case HTTP:// etc?


Title: Great URL validator
Name: Gregory Long
Date: 8/12/2004 2:07:52 PM
Comment:
This has been a boon to us. This does a good job of validated a wide variety of URLs. Thanks.


Title: Nice for urls with first character for number.
Name: Phil Cogbill
Date: 6/20/2004 9:23:23 PM
Comment:
This has been a life saver for some out of sorts urls and the newer TLDs.


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