PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_URL Filter
Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_URL filter removes all illegal URL characters from the string.
This filter allows all characters, numbers, and $-_.+!*'(),{}|\\^~[]`"><#%;/?:@&=.
- Name: "url"
- ID-number: 518
Example
<?php
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL
));
?>
Output:
string(24) "http://www.codew3c.com"