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-rw-r--r--engine/lib/output.php7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/output.php b/engine/lib/output.php
index 989eca60e..6554481f5 100644
--- a/engine/lib/output.php
+++ b/engine/lib/output.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function elgg_clean_vars(array $vars = array()) {
*
* @example
* elgg_normalize_url(''); // 'http://my.site.com/'
- * elgg_normalize_url('dashboard'); // 'http://my.site.com/dashboard'
+ * elgg_normalize_url('dashboard'); // 'http://my.site.com/dashboard'
* elgg_normalize_url('http://google.com/'); // no change
* elgg_normalize_url('//google.com/'); // no change
*
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ function elgg_normalize_url($url) {
$validated = filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
}
+ // work around for handling absoluate IRIs (RFC 3987) - see #4190
+ if (!$validated && (strpos($url, 'http:') === 0) || (strpos($url, 'https:') === 0)) {
+ $validated = true;
+ }
+
if ($validated) {
// all normal URLs including mailto:
return $url;