diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 197b6d2381..e4a13ce92c 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ function validate_url(&$url) {
 		$url = 'http://' . $url;
 	$h = parse_url($url);
 
-	if(($h) && (checkdnsrr($h['host'], 'ANY'))) {
+	if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h['host'], DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ function validate_email($addr) {
 		return false;
 	$h = substr($addr,strpos($addr,'@') + 1);
 
-	if(($h) && (checkdnsrr($h, 'ANY'))) {
+	if(($h) && (dns_get_record($h['host'], DNS_A + DNS_CNAME + DNS_PTR + DNS_MX))) {
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f6ea0c9a80..abc02521a2 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ else
  * further processing.
  */
 
+
 if(strlen($a->module)) {
 	if(file_exists("mod/{$a->module}.php")) {
 		include("mod/{$a->module}.php");