Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.782
diff -u -r1.782 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	12 Aug 2008 08:36:38 -0000	1.782
+++ includes/common.inc	12 Aug 2008 14:59:44 -0000
@@ -436,13 +436,13 @@
   // Parse the URL and make sure we can handle the schema.
   $uri = parse_url($url);
 
-  if (!isset($uri['scheme'])) {
-    $result->error = 'missing schema';
+  if ($uri == FALSE) {
+    $result->error = 'unable to parse URL';
     return $result;
   }
 
-  if (!isset($uri['host'])) {
-    $result->error = 'missing host';
+  if (!isset($uri['scheme'])) {
+    $result->error = 'missing schema';
     return $result;
   }