PHP FILTER_SANITIZE_URL Filter
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_SANITIZE_URL filter removes all illegal URL characters from a string.
This filter allows all letters, digits and $-_.+!*'(),{}|\\^~[]`"><#%;/?:@&=
- Name: "url"
- ID-number: 518
Example
<?php
$var="https://www.w3schoo��ls.co�m";
var_dump(filter_var($var, FILTER_SANITIZE_URL));
?>
The output of the code will be:
string(24) "https://www.w3schools.com"
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