Why FILTER_VALIDATE_URL return FALSE for only this url?

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Published on 2010-04-07T23:07:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 23:13 UTC
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Hi, i have the following code:

<?php
$pictureurl="http://icons3.iconfinder.netdna-cdn.com/data/icons/pool/poolbird.png";
if(filter_var($pictureurl, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === FALSE){
echo "Invalid Url";
exit;
}else{
echo "Works!";
}
?>

This display "invalid url" for the above url, but not for other simpler urls. Is this a bug? you can even access the image.

And the most important is what's the solution for this?

Thanks

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