From 89ed39c79ddc900bf9edd2c36175c73fe43e75fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Naeve <confu5ed@serious-pro.de>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 18:34:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added url validation method.

---
 Validate.php | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Validate.php b/Validate.php
index 3377080..b01a5e6 100644
--- a/Validate.php
+++ b/Validate.php
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ class Validate
         return false !== filter_var($address, FILTER_VALIDATE_MAC);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Static function for validating URLs.
+     * @param string $url URL
+     * @return bool is the URL valid?
+     */
+    static function url (string $url) : bool
+    {
+        return false !== filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Static function for validating a number range.
      * @param float $value number to validate