preg_match doing screwy stuff

mapexdrum

All right, so I have this script that is searching a listing of a filenames from a directory for anything containing mp3 and tif.

The preg_match for "mp3" ($extMatchMp3 = preg_match("/mp3/i", $file)😉 works just fine.

The preg_match for "tif," which uses the exact same format ($extMatchTif = preg_match("/tif/i", $file)😉 will not identify the tif file in the folder as a tif. It identifies the mp3 file and echoes the proper link.

The link for the tif is incorrect (because the matching is not working properly.

I echo the result for each match and it comes out as:
1 AND 0sbtechno.mp3 - match1
0 AND 1Ducky.tif - match1

In the output, the first number in the "1 AND 0" is the search for mp3 and the 0 is the search for "tif."

I even changed the search for "tif" to just "t" and got this:
1 AND 1sbtechno.mp3 - match1
0 AND 1Ducky.tif - match1

The "x AND y" part is echoed in front of the filename for testing purposes. The match 1 is also for testing.

Below is the code that lists the files during a while loop:

		if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file != ".DS_Store")) {
			echo $extMatchMp3." AND ".$extMatchTif;
			if ($extMatchMp3 == "1") {
				$path2 = "$path/$file";
				echo "<a href=\"download.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
			} elseif ($extMatchMp3 == "0") {
				$path2 = "$path/$file";
				echo "<a href=\"index.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
			} elseif ($extMatchTif == "1") {
				$path2 = "$path/$file";
				echo "<a href=\"download.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";				
			} elseif ($extMatchTif == "0") {
				$path2 = "$path/$file";
				echo "<a href=\"index.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
			}
		}

Any and all help is appreciated. I'm stumped.

leatherback

Hi,

If I am correct, it has to do with the combination of /t, which would mean an ASCII tab, if I am correct.

Replace the exoression to

($extMatchMp3 = preg_match("/.tif/i", $file)

and let us know whether it helped.

mapexdrum

Thanks for the quick reply.

Unfortunately, that snippet did not work for $extMatchTif.

Aaron

mapexdrum

I just noticed that it is finding the tif file and noting at such, but my if statement is killing it.

Any ideas? I am tired of staring at this code.

visualAd

The problem is you are using the IF statement to check for both the a true and a false condition on the mp3 match. Once a condition is met in the IF block none of the other conditions are tested. So to have the other conditions tested you need to put them in a separate IF block.

		if (($file != ".") && ($file != "..") && ($file != ".DS_Store")) {
			echo $extMatchMp3." AND ".$extMatchTif;

		if ($extMatchMp3 == "1") {
			$path2 = "$path/$file";
			echo "<a href=\"download.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
		} else {
			$path2 = "$path/$file";
			echo "<a href=\"index.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
		} 

		/* use a separate IF block here */
		if ($extMatchTif == "1") {
			$path2 = "$path/$file";
			echo "<a href=\"download.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";				
		} elseif ($extMatchTif == "0") {
			$path2 = "$path/$file";
			echo "<a href=\"index.php?path=$path2\">$file</a> - match1 $extMatch1<br>";
		}
	}