// Take a URL from the wild, prepend http:// if necessary
-// and check DNS to see if it's real
+// and check DNS to see if it's real (or check if is a valid IP address)
// return true if it's OK, false if something is wrong with it
if(! function_exists('validate_url')) {
$url = 'http://' . $url;
$h = @parse_url($url);
- if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h['host'], DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR))) {
+ if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h['host'], DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR) || filter_var($h['host'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) )) {
return true;
}
return false;
return false;
$h = substr($addr,strpos($addr,'@') + 1);
- if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR + DNS_MX))) {
+ if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h, DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR + DNS_MX) || filter_var($h['host'], FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) )) {
return true;
}
return false;