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It checks to see if $target starts with 'http', 'https' or 'ftp', followed by ':'.

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Re: Re: Need interpretation of line
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 19, 2002 at 11:09 UTC
    thank you for your quick answer. So the unless part is saying if $target does not start with 'http', 'https' or 'ftp', followed by a '.'?
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      That's right.

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        Thank you again.
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