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 >-------------------------------------------- > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php