Re-Write a URL with regex?

Luke_S

What I would like to do is rewrite URL's in a source, like this:

"index.php?ext=admin&plugin=askin&skinid=1&"

"index.php/ext_admin/plugin_askin/skinid_1.html"

"index.php?ext=admin&plugin=askin&skinid=1"

"index.php/ext_admin/plugin_askin/skinid_1/"

With these examples there can be any path behind index.php like /index.php, /forums/index.php, etc... And the link has to be either wrapped in double quotes or single quotes. If the link ends in & the end produces .html.

How would I do this using Regex? I've been messing around with it for nearly 3 or 4 hours, not to mention immense googling, and I cant seem to produce the correct result.

rgermain

Look into using str_replace()

This should get you the results your are looking for.

Luke_S

Maybe I should mention that this has to work for any arragement of variable names and values, and any number of them. This isnt a simple string replacement.

rgermain

Well, then I guess you should post some code so we can get a better understanding of what you are trying to do.

Luke_S

Well I think my code would be just as un-helpful. The url's I listed above are just examples. But this is what I have that will work only for the first group in the url:

preg_replace("/(index.php.php)(\?)([a-z0-9]+)(=)([a-z0-9]+)(&)/", "\1/\3_\5/", $mix_match)

I need this to work for multiple sets of unspecified variables and values in a url query string. And as I've stated before, if the whole url ends in &, then it ends in .html instead of the trailing slash, /. Then the url has to be in either single or double quotes.

Weedpacket

You might find it easier to start with [man]parse_url[/man]. Look at [man]parse_str[/man] as well.

Luke_S

Hmmm.... Seems like useful functions. Although they dont work for the application I need. The URL(s) are in a pages source code in link tags (a href), forum tags (form action), etc... All I need to do is translate all the url's like I want to right before my skin output is generated. Either that, or when the skin is built into cache.