A while back I remember seeing a huge regexp for a valid URL, as well as
a more modularized version for validating a given string as a URL. I've
looked around in libwww.pl for an easy way of doing this without
success. I've been hard pressed to find any examples laying around
either. If anyone has a good answer, please post it. This would also
make a good addition to the FAQ. Thanks...

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even if you don't want to use the module, you can see how it was done :)

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On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:51:26 -0500, brian d foy wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:

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++ > A while back I remember seeing a huge regexp for a valid URL, as well as
++ > a more modularized version for validating a given string as a URL. I've
++ > looked around in libwww.pl for an easy way of doing this without
++ > success. I've been hard pressed to find any examples laying around
++ > either. If anyone has a good answer, please post it. This would also
++ > make a good addition to the FAQ. Thanks...

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