Wildcard Question

rpanning

Hi, I'm trying to use a wildcard for a if statement using the query string.

<?php if ($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] == "http*" ): ?>
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<?php else: ?>
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<?php endif; ?>

What I would like to happen is if the query string starts with http then the first html stuff is displayed or else the other is. I don't know exactly how to do this, tried a few ways with no luck. Any help would be great!

Thanks,
Ryan

iceraider

ever tried a regex?

rpanning

Nope, I'm new to PHP so I'm just learning right now. What is regex?

iceraider

A regex will search through your variable for http, heres an example:

if (preg_match ("/http/", "$variable")) {

rpanning

Hey it works! Thanks icraider, just what I was looking for.

Here's the code I'm using.

<?php if (preg_match ("/http/", $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) : ?>
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<?php else: ?>
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<?php endif; ?>

iceraider

NP, just glad it worked for you.

diego25

If you're going to use regexp, I'd recommend using this one:

"/^http/"

The "^" makes sure that "http" comes at the beginning. If you just use plain /http/, it will match something like "www.http.com", where "http" is in the middle.

Diego

rpanning

Ah, that's better yet. Thanks for the idea diego25.

Ryan