rattfieldnz/url-validation

This is a Laravel composer package for validating URL's.

url-validation

This is a Laravel composer package for validating URL's., _(*1)

Validation for this package will include:, _(*2)

• Validating for correct syntax, specified by internal regex libraries
• Validating whether a given url exists or not
• Checking if a given url exists on spam-related databases

Development Calendar:

• 17 March 2015 (St. Patricks Day!)
• 16 March 2015

17 March 2015 (St. Patricks Day!)

Today's development involved refactoring of code and file structure. I also added more formatted comments as appropriate., _(*3)

An external library, php-multi-curl, was sourced to enable more reliable checking., _(*4)

TO DO: Plan for proper unit testing - given the number of possible URL combinations to test, this will require some thinking and research., _(*5)

16 March 2015

This is the very first day of development - not even considered a beta release yet., _(*6)

Initial development today included:, _(*7)

• Setting up classes to handle regex libraries (specifically for url syntax validation)
• Setting up the initial base class for validation
• Creating a Helpers class to manage miscellaneous functionality
• Creating a class to hold adapted regex libraries (which will be sourced)