if ($homeurl !~ m[^http://] and $homeurl !~ m[^https://]) { print "Your home url has to start with http:// or https://"; } #### if ($homeurl !~ m[^http://|https://]) { print "Your home url has to start with http:// or https://"; } #### if ($homeurl !~ m[^https?://]) { &inerror("Your home url has to start with http:// or https://"); }