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A simple facebook URL checker RegEx for PHP or JavaScript
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<?php | |
/** | |
* A simple regex to test whether or not a facebook url is valid. For basic usage, this will do the job. | |
* @see Test cases <http://ideone.com/ZMJp4f> | |
*/ | |
$fbUrlCheck = '/^(https?:\/\/)?(www\.)?facebook.com\/[a-zA-Z0-9(\.\?)?]/'; | |
$secondCheck = '/home((\/)?\.[a-zA-Z0-9])?/'; | |
$validUrl = 'https://www.facebook.com/atomicpages/'; | |
if(preg_match($fbUrlCheck, $validUrl) == 1 && preg_match($secondCheck, $validUrl) == 0) { | |
echo 'Facebook URL is valid!'; | |
} else { | |
echo 'Facebook URL is not valid!'; | |
} |
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