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Created January 24, 2013 09:37
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A simple facebook URL checker RegEx for PHP or JavaScript
<?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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