URL Checker???

Hylian

hey guys...what's happening? I just need a little help on a script I'm writing (i'm a total newb so it's not that great of a script, yet i think it will get the job done). What I want to do is include a menu file, only when the user has accessed a certain directory level. for example

No menu in this directory:
http://www.myhost.com/media

A menu in this directory:
http://www.myhost.com/games

I think I just need to write something like
<?php
if (?) {
include("menu.php");
}
else {
echo(" ");
}
?>

where the ? is the code i need for the url grabber. if it contains the game\ then it will include it...but i don't know how to grab the url using php and to see if it has that text string in it. Your help would be greatly appreciated

jburfield

Check the REQUEST_URI variable...(look in the docs)

It will provide with all of the info for the URL after your ending domain (.com, .net, etc...)

So, you would get '/media/' and '/games/' in the example shown here.

$URL = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REQUEST_URI"];

(or $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; depending on what version of PHP you use.)

You could then do a check on the value and see where you are.

if(ereg("^/games/", $URL))
{
include the file
}

-- Jason

Hylian

Thanks...i'll try that asap