check if a string is a URL [duplicate]

Question

I've seen many questions but wasn't able to understand how it works as I want a more simple case.

If we have text, whatever it is, I'd like to check if it is a URL or not.

$text = "something.com"; //this is a url

if (!IsUrl($text)){
    echo "No it is not url";
    exit; // die well
}else{
    echo "Yes it is url";
    // my else codes goes
}

function IsUrl($url){
    // ???
}

Is there any other way rather than checking with JavaScript in the case JS is blocked?

Answer 1

The code below worked for me:

if(filter_var($text, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL))
{
    echo "Yes it is url";
    exit; // die well
}
else
{
    echo "No it is not url";
   // my else codes goes
}

You can also specify RFC compliance and other requirements on the URL using flags. See PHP Validate Filters for more details.