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Valid URL 1.0 first_party

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Author:
Justin Hurlburt
Published:
Aug 21, 2008
Last Updated:
Dec 01, 2008
License:
First Party License
Categories:
Plugins  Output Text  Text Formatting  
Generates a URL valid for use in XHTML as an href or src attribute

Example Usage

Makes sure that a URL has a protocol, that ampersands are converted to entities, and all
other characters are properly URL encoded.

{exp:valid_url}
www
.example.com/foo bar/bat?=bag&mice=men!
{/exp:valid_url}

Produces:
http://www.example.com/foo+bar/bat?=bag&mice=men%21