Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex
by DanBlake on Sunday June 22, 2014 @04:13PM
(#7929030)
Yep.
I should mention that 99.9% of domains will fall into standard form ( handle.domain or ip.ip.ip.ip )
As such, You are definitely more likely to let a user enter a bad URL they did not intend because it validates then to let a uncommon domain actually be used.
As such- a much simpler regex would likely 'make more people happy' than being 100% correct to tech spec.
I should mention that 99.9% of domains will fall into standard form ( handle.domain or ip.ip.ip.ip )
As such, You are definitely more likely to let a user enter a bad URL they did not intend because it validates then to let a uncommon domain actually be used.
As such- a much simpler regex would likely 'make more people happy' than being 100% correct to tech spec.