Title: Error website_url
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error website_url

 *  [piaf.be](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leosch/)
 * (@leosch)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-website_url/)
 * Hi,
 * I use the latest version of the plugin.
 * Step 2: Submit your linktrade
 * Errors:
 *  website_url is not a valid url
    Website reciprocal is not a valid url
 * Both url’s are valid! I don’t get this error on all links.
    Certain links work.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-blogroll/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-blogroll/)

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 *  [OlliHerz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliherz/)
 * (@olliherz)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-website_url/#post-3722710)
 * Hi leosch,
 * i have the same problem. I guess this is an PHP-Bug in this function:
    filter_var(
   $url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)
 * On my local instalation (OS X 10.7.5, and MAMP 2.1.3) all works fine, but on 
   the live Server the same error occurs. For a quick fix you can add the pages 
   directly in database.
 * Regards,
 * Oliver
 *  [OlliHerz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olliherz/)
 * (@olliherz)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-website_url/#post-3722711)
 * I have double-checked the Error. It’s a PHP Bug. A URL is invalid when it´s a–(
   dash). This bug is fixed in PHP 5.3.3
 * Regards,
 * Oliver
 *  Thread Starter [piaf.be](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leosch/)
 * (@leosch)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-website_url/#post-3722712)
 * Hi Oliver,
 * Is there a way to fix this that it runs with a lower php version?
 * Regards,
 * Leosch
 *  [Godest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/godest/)
 * (@godest)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-website_url/#post-3722734)
 * Hi,
    I think it is not only dependent on PHP version. There are some problems
   with FILTER_VALIDATE_URL using non-ascii characters…see [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2137080/php-filter-var-filter-validate-url](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2137080/php-filter-var-filter-validate-url)
   and [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18307392/php-filter-validate-url-giving-unexpected-result](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18307392/php-filter-validate-url-giving-unexpected-result)
   so some extra code is necessary I think?
 * Greetings, Martijn

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