You can online check for a valid domain using

if (checkdnsrr($mydomain, "SOA"))
{
        echo("is valid domain");
}

note that www.mynewdomain.com CAN be a valid domain also.

bvr.


On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 07:59:22 -0800, Brandon Orther wrote:

>Hello,
> 
>Does anyone know a function or how I could make a function to check a
>variable for being a valid domain name without the "www. <http://www./>
>" In fron of it?
> 
>Ex. $var = "mynewdomain.com"   that would be TRUE
> 
>Ex2. $var = "www.mynewdomain.com"   that would be FALSE
> 
>Ex3. $var = "My Great Domain"   that would be FALSE
> 
>And so on.
> 
>Does anyone have a function that makes sure there are no illegal
>characters and there is a period in the middle of the text?
> 
> 
>-------------------------------------------- 
>Brandon Orther 
>WebIntellects Design/Development Manager
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>800-994-6364
>www.webintellects.com
>--------------------------------------------
> 
>




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