|||||| if - Wildcard Symbol ?????

Gary_Kambic

I have clients sending other clients some information. I don't want them spamming back to me (with my e-mail address) so I check to see if their e-mail address equals mine ($myemail).

Problem is, I have about ten aliases ****@mydomain.com. How do I check $visitormail against a wildcard like:

if ((visitormail) == (*@mydomain.com))

Thanks,

Gary

------ original code below ------

if (($visitormail) == ($myemail))
{
print ("YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS MUST BE UNIQUE" . " \n" . "Please Re-Enter Your E-Mail Address . . ." . " \n") ;
print "<a href='http://www.tnevni.com/4_timber_ridge_lane/tellfriend.htm'>" ;
print ("Use Browser BACK Button or Click HERE to Return to Tell a Friend") ;
exit;
}

ir4z0r

try this one:

if (preg_match("/^{.*@mydomain.com$/i",} $visitormail)) echo "no, u need unique addy";

mcgruff

String functions are generally faster than regex'ing. You could create an array of your email addresses, and loop through the array with substr_count to test for a match. I'm not sure just what the speed difference would be.

Gary_Kambic

Thanks for the help. The script worked fine.

I'm still trying to solve this problem and maybe you can help:

echo "<a href='" . $redirectlink . "'>RETURN</a>";

is returning a Page not Found, why?

Is it the single quotes? What is the escape character to include the " symbol?

Thanks,

Gary

Here is the view source it is returning:

INFORMATION FIELD IS BLANK 
Please Re-Enter Information Field . . . 
Use Browser BACK Button or Click RETURN to Tell a Friend<a href=' . http://www.tnevni.com/4_timber_ride_lane/tellfriend.htm . '>RETURN</a>

ir4z0r

well, it shouldn't have those dots in it, weird

2nd attempt:

echo "<a href=\"" . $redirectlink . "\">RETURN</a>";

Gary_Kambic

THANKS !!! 🙂 It works great! I love PHP.

Gary_Kambic

Something challenging to ponder, or maybe not for you guys!

When I click the return link all the fields on the form are now blank.

When I click the Back Button the filled in fields are still there.

Is their anyway to keep the fields filled in when I click the return link?

Thanks again for the help.

Gary

ir4z0r

then you should better use javascript:

one of these should work:

<a href="javascript:history.back()">Return</a>
<a href="javascript:window.back()">Return</a>

OR you could automatically create a form, with only hidden input
fields, fill them with PHP and use the submit-button as Return-Link

1st one is easier, but Javascript is not enabled on each pc,
2nd one is not difficult, but needs reload of the page