Updated URL validation methods for Laravel that allow linking to International Domain Names (IDN)

php artisan bundle:install idnavalidator

return array(
	...
	'idnavalidator' => array('auto' => 'true')
	...
);

IDNAValidator can be used just like any Laravel\URL method;

print IDNAValidator\URL::to('http://äöü.com/');

Since IDNAValidator\URL directly extends Laravel\URL, you can alias it so that any Laravel class that uses URL will use IDNAValidator\URL instead. This is necessary if you want HTML::link (or others) to use international validation as well.

To do the alias replacement, find the 'aliases' array in application/config/application.php, and comment out

'URL'        => 'Laravel\\URL',

and then add the following

'URL'        => 'IDNAValidator\\URL',

Once you've replaced the alias, you should be able to use URL methods like normal:

URL::to_route($route);

And things like

HTML::link('http://äöü.com/','Link');

will work with IDN urls