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How to add http:// if it doesn't exist in the URL PHP?
Here, we have set a function that adds "http:// to a string. Let’s say we have passed the following value −
example.com
And the output we want is with "http://" i.e. an actual link −
http://example.com
For this, you can use dot(.) notation and conditional match with preg_match().
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<body>
<?php
function addingTheHTTPValue($stringValue) {
if (!preg_match("~^(?:f|ht)tps?://~i", $stringValue)) {
$stringValue = "http://" . $stringValue;
}
return $stringValue;
}
echo addingTheHTTPValue("example.com");
echo "<br>";
echo addingTheHTTPValue("https://example.com");
?>
</body>
</html>
Output
http://example.com https://example.com
Updated on: 2020-10-12T13:01:17+05:30
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