<?php function is_valid_domain_name($domain_name) { return (preg_match(“/^([a-z\d](-*[a-z\d])*)(\.([a-z\d](-*[a-z\d])*))*$/i”, $domain_name) //valid chars check && preg_match(“/^.{1,253}$/”, $domain_name) //overall length check && preg_match(“/^[^\.]{1,63}(\.[^\.]{1,63})*$/”, $domain_name) ); //length of each label } ?> Test cases: is_valid_domain_name? [a] Y is_valid_domain_name? [0] Y is_valid_domain_name? [a.b] Y is_valid_domain_name? [localhost] Y is_valid_domain_name? [google.com] Y is_valid_domain_name? [news.google.co.uk] Y is_valid_domain_name? [xn--fsqu00a.xn--0zwm56d] Y is_valid_domain_name? [goo gle.com] N is_valid_domain_name? [google..com] … Read more