diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.validator.inc.php
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-<?php
-  /**************************************************************************\
-  * eGroupWare API - Validator                                               *
-  * This file written by Dave Hall <skwashd@phpgroupware.org>                *
-  * Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation                              *
-  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *
-  * This library is part of the eGroupWare API                               *
-  * http://www.egroupware.org/api                                            *
-  * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *
-  *  This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it *
-  *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the   *
-  *  Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your  *
-  *  option) any later version.                                              *
-  \**************************************************************************/
-
- /* $Id$ */
-
-  //NOTE This class still needs to be documented and the stubbed methods fixed!
-
-	class validator
-	{
-	 var $error;
-
-		function clear_error()
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		/* check if string contains any whitespace */
-		function has_space($text)
-		{
-			return ereg("( |\n|\t|\r)+", $text);
-		}
-
-		function chconvert($fragment)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function get_perms($fileName)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_sane($filename)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		/* strips all whitespace from a string */
-		function strip_space($text)
-		{
-			return preg_replace('/'."( |\n|\t|\r)+".'/', '', $text);
-		}
-
-		function is_allnumbers($text)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function strip_numbers($text)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_allletters($text)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function strip_letters($text)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function has_html($text='')
-		{
-			return ($text != $this->strip_html($text));
-		}
-
-		function strip_html($text='')
-		{
-			return strip_tags($text);
-		}
-
-		function has_metas($text='')
-		{
-			return ($text != $this->strip_metas($text));
-		}
-
-		function strip_metas($text = "")
-		{
-			$metas = array('$','^','*','(',')','+','[',']','.','?');
-			return str_replace($metas, '', stripslashes($text));
-		}
-
-		function custom_strip($Chars, $text = "")
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function array_echo($array, $name='Array')
-		{
-			echo '<pre>';
-			print_r($array);
-			echo '<pre>';
-		}
-
-		function is_email($address='')
-		{
-			list($user, $domain) = explode('@', $address);
-
-			if(!($user && $domain))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			if(!$this->has_space($user) && $this->is_host($domain))
-			{
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-
-		function is_url($url='')
-		{
-			//echo "Checking $url<br>";
-			$uris = array(
-				'ftp'	=> True,
-				'https'	=> True,
-				'http'	=> True
-			);
-			$url_elements = parse_url($url);
-
-			//echo '<pre>';
-			//print_r($url_elements);
-			//echo '</pre>';
-
-			if(!is_array($url_elements))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			//echo 'Scheme ' . $url_elements['scheme'];
-			if(@$uris[$url_elements['scheme']])
-			{
-				//echo ' is valid<br>host ' . $url_elements['host'];
-				if(preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $url_elements['host']))
-				{
-					//echo ' is name<br>';
-					return $this->is_hostname($url_elements['host']);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					//echo ' is ip<br>';
-					return $this->is_ipaddress($url_elements['host']);
-				}
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				//echo ' is invalid<br>';
-				return $false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		//the url may be valid, but this method can't test all types
-		function url_responds($url='')
-		{
-			if(!$this->is_url($url))
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			$fp=@fopen($url);
-			if($fp)
-			{
-				fclose($fp);
-				return true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		function is_phone($Phone='')
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_hostname($hostname='')
-		{
-			//echo "Checking $hostname<br>";
-			$segs = explode('.', $hostname);
-			if(is_array($segs))
-			{
-				foreach($segs as $seg)
-				{
-					//echo "Checking $seg<br>";
-					if(preg_match('/'."[a-z0-9\-]{0,62}".'/i',$seg))
-					{
-						$return = True;
-					}
-
-					if(!$return)
-					{
-						return False;
-					}
-				}
-				return True;
-			}
-			return False;
-		}
-
-		function is_bigfour($tld)
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_host($hostname='', $type='ANY')
-		{
-			if($this->is_hostname($hostname))
-			{
-				return checkdnsrr($hostname, $type);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		function is_ipaddress($ip='')
-		{
-			if(strlen($ip) <= 15)
-			{
-				$segs = explode('.', $ip);
-				if(count($segs) != 4)
-				{
-					return false;
-				}
-				foreach($segs as $seg)
-				{
-					if(($seg < 0) || ($seg >= 255))
-					{
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
-				return true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		function ip_resolves($ip='')
-		{
-			if($this->is_ipaddress($ip))
-			{
-				return !strcmp($hostname, gethostbyaddr($ip));
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
-		function browser_gen()
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_state($State = "")
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_zip($zipcode = "")
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function is_country($countrycode='')
-		{
-			$this->nonfree_call();
-		}
-
-		function nonfree_call()
-		{
-			echo 'class.validator.inc.php used to contain code that was not Free ';
-			echo 'Software (<a href="(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">see ';
-			echo 'definition</a> , therefore it has been removed. <br><br>';
-			echo 'If you are a application maintainer, please update your app. ';
-			echo 'If you are a user, please file a bug report on ';
-			echo '<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/egroupwaregroup">';
-			echo 'our project page at sourceforge.net</a>. Please copy and paste ';
-			echo 'the following information into the bug report:<br>';
-			echo '<b>Summary<b>: ' . $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'];
-			echo 'calls class.validator.inc.php';
-			echo 'Information:<br> The call was found when calling: ' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
-			echo '<br><br>This application will now halt!<br><br>';
-			echo '<a href="'. $GLOBALS['egw']->link('/home.php') .'">Return to Home Screen</a>';
-			exit;
-		}
-	}
-?>