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zero-to-prod/validate-url
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Validates a url

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Zerotoprod\\ValidateUrl
=======================

[](#zerotoprodvalidateurl)

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Contents
--------

[](#contents)

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Documentation Publishing](#documentation-publishing)
    - [Automatic Documentation Publishing](#automatic-documentation-publishing)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Local Development](./LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT.md)
- [Contributing](#contributing)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Validates a URL.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.1 or higher.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install `Zerotoprod\ValidateUrl` via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require zero-to-prod/validate-url
```

This will add the package to your project’s dependencies and create an autoloader entry for it.

Documentation Publishing
------------------------

[](#documentation-publishing)

You can publish this README to your local documentation directory.

This can be useful for providing documentation for AI agents.

This can be done using the included script:

```
# Publish to default location (./docs/zero-to-prod/validate-url)
vendor/bin/zero-to-prod-validate-url

# Publish to custom directory
vendor/bin/zero-to-prod-validate-url /path/to/your/docs
```

#### Automatic Documentation Publishing

[](#automatic-documentation-publishing)

You can automatically publish documentation by adding the following to your `composer.json`:

```
{
  "scripts": {
    "post-install-cmd": [
      "zero-to-prod-validate-url"
    ],
    "post-update-cmd": [
      "zero-to-prod-validate-url"
    ]
  }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Returns true if the URL is valid.

If you would like to specify the URL protocols that should be considered valid, pass an array of protocols.

```
Zerotoprod\ValidateUrl\ValidateUrl::isUrl('https://www.example.com')
Zerotoprod\ValidateUrl\ValidateUrl::isUrl('https://www.example.com', ['https', 'udp'])
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the [issues](https://github.com/zero-to-prod/validate-url/issues) page if you want to contribute.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (`git checkout -b feature-branch`).
3. Commit changes (`git commit -m 'Add some feature'`).
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature-branch`).
5. Create a new Pull Request.

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance59

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~48 days

Recently: every ~57 days

Total

7

Last Release

261d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![zero-to-prod](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61474950?v=4)](https://github.com/zero-to-prod "zero-to-prod (19 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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